Instructions for Local NMI President's Report
(Combined report for your church, including all chapters and mission small groups)
- Report NMI members who are members of NMI and alsoyour local Church of the Nazarene(include adult, youth, and children). Give this number to your pastor.
- Report NMI associate members─members of NMI, but not of your local Church of the Nazarene.(Give this number to your pastor.)
3.Yes or No.Isyour churchpraying for global concerns─missionaries, countries, disasters, needs of other people around the globe, evangelistic efforts, JESUS Film ministry?
4.Yes or No. Is your churchdiscipling children, youth, and adults in mission by inviting them to mission services and encouraging them to explore mission opportunities?
5.Yes or No. Is your churchgiving5.5% of your current income to World Evangelism Fund (WEF)? Check with your church treasurer and/or your pastor.
6.Yes or No. Is your church educatingyour members through all four of theareas listed(a,b,c,d)?
a. Used multimedia mission resources (such as Global Mission DVD, Engageonline mission magazine ( LivingMission( individual missionaries’Web sites or newsletters,MediaLibrary ( videos, NCNNews(and/or utilizedmission publications and communications (such as the youth and/or children mission education, International Mission Education Journal,Mission Connection, Global Glimpses, Nazarene Compassionate Ministries magazine ( Holiness Today, JESUS Film resources ( regional newsletters, etc.).
b. PromotedNMI missions books//CD’s/E-books. Report the number of books read.
c. Participated in mission service projects(such as Work & Witness, Youth in Mission, Youthserve, compassionate ministries centers, community projects, etc.) and/or hands-on mission activities (Crisis Care Kits, School Pal-Paks, relief shipments, LINKS packages, unofficial LINKS, etc.)
d. Attended one or more services with a missionaryspeakeror mission emphasis(local, zone/area, district, and/or regional events; FaithPromise) and/or provided interaction with a mission speaker (district youth or children’s camps, missions events, district NMI convention, mission workshops, etc.).
7.Yes or No. If you marked Yes on 3, 4, 5, and 6, then mark Yes, you are a Mission Priority One Church. Thank you and thanks be to God.
8.Yes or No. Sent at least 5.7% of current income for WEF or $1,500 more than 5.5% of current income (whichever is less). Check with your church treasurer and/or your pastor.
9.Yes or No. Sent Alabaster offering. Check with your local NMI or church treasurer.
10.Yes or No. Sent World Mission Broadcast offering. Check with your local NMI or church treasurer.
11. Yes or No. Participated in Missionary Care by at least one of the following: LINKS, sent an offering for Missionary Health Care or Missionary Christmas Fund, ordered a Memorial Roll orDistinguished Service Award, or participated in Gifts from the Heart.
On a separate page, provide names placed on the Memorial Roll or given a Distinguished Service Award. Also write about unusual ways your local congregation supported the Great Commission and Nazarene missions. It might be through personal connection with your LINKS missionary, or an unusual Alabaster, World Mission Broadcast, or World Evangelism Fund offering, or compassion in your community or elsewhere.
IMPORTANT: Please complete the section on NMI President for New Church Year evenif there is no change. All information should be filled out completely.Follow your district’s instructions in mailing all NMI reports. 02/12