5c0tt J. 8renden

scottb@casaschurch.org

 

Casas Global Outreach

Proposal for World Class Community

The World Class Community is a relationally-based community of learning and mutual support for Casas people who have expressed interest in long-term cross-cultural work. The purpose is to to help each other grow in our understanding and skills as missional followers of Jesus, to help each other continuously fan the flame of our global outreach passion over time, to facilitate relationships between Global Outreach staff and potential future missionaries, and to go through the Casas Global Outreach process together. It is intended to be a group for us until we become full-time missionaries or until God leads us to be involved in another way. It meets for a semester at a time. It is co-facilitated by a member of the group and Global Outreach personnel.

 

  1. to go through the Casas Global Outreach process together - first level ("Academy"?):

       i.      baptism

     ii.      church membership

    iii.      Bible Fellowship involvement

    iv.      become involved in Casas Global Outreach ministries (global and/or local)

      v.      Take the Worldwide Perspectives course - help January - April of each year

   vii.      Core classes - held on Saturdays

 viii.      Meet with GO pastor  

  1. to be a community of support that keeps the flame of our interest burning over years through relationships within the group, through interaction with real missionaries, and through seeing the dream and vision of being part of something great.
  2. to be a community of learning

 

creates learning experiences, supports each other, and

iv.  through meaningful experience modules from which we can choose, report on in the group, give a presentation at the end in the group. We each choose one simple and one intense module per semester, plus meet at least once with Global Outreach pastor.

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simple

(a)   become involved in the leadership of a Bible Fellowship

(b)   make friends with an international student or refugee

(c)   field trip with Corazón ministries

(d)   field trip to refugee ministry

(e)   field trip to Sonora (Lightning Trip)

(f)    field trip to Downtown Ministry

(g)   study a least-reached people group; prepare a strategy for reaching them

(h)   take SHAPE - Casas core class

(i)    take Principles of Spiritual Growth - Casas core class

(j)    go to an ACMC Conference or Worker Care Conference

(k)   help with the Street Fair

(l)    participate in the annual or biennial Cross-Cultural Training

(m)  read a key book

(n)   befriend a Casas global worker

 

intense

(a)   take a class in the language another culture

(b)   start a new Bible Fellowship class or small group

(c)   go on or help lead a Global Team (passport, shots, training, going)

(d)   lead a local ministry or global trip

(e)   mentor a new leader for a local ministry or global trip

(f)    mentor a new member of the world class community

(g)   be part of the Street Fair core team

(h)   turn in all application materials for full-time service

(h)   attend candidate training such as at IMB MLC

(i)    raise support to be a full-time global worker

(j)    be commissioned

  1.  to facilitate relationships between Global Outreach staff and potential future missionaries