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Mission
Ministry Orientation David Mays Some
people are more relationship oriented and some are more task
oriented. When your missions team
makes investment decisions, some people lean toward relationships and others
toward tasks. Picture your missions
ministry this way: Task Oriented
Compassion
Relationships Relationship Oriented If compassion, the desire to help hurting people,
is a primary motivation, then ministries such as disaster relief, AIDs, orphanages, housing for the homeless, and battered
women's centers may receive a high priority.
Luke 4:18 may be your key missions verse. If relationships, the love for people you know, is
a primary motivation, then supporting your own people in ministry will guide
many of your missions decisions. If purpose, accomplishing important goals and
tasks, is a primary motivation, then ministries such as Bible translation,
church planting, and adopting a people group may be a priority. Matthew 28:18-20 may be your key missions scripture. Looking
at the ministries you support and the way you make decisions, would you say
that in your church, missions decisions are guided more by a. Compassion and Needs? b. Relationships? or c. Purpose, Goals and Tasks? If
we are primarily needs and compassion oriented, what might we be missing? If
we are primarily purpose and goals oriented, what might we be missing? Which
way do we need to move? Why? How
will you explain this to those who feel you are moving away from what is
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