Nazarene Missions International

Boosting missions: Nazarene Missions International is the local-church-based global mobilization and promotional arm of the Church of the Nazarene. NMI is a grass-roots missions committee structure that summons church members to intercessory prayer, to sacrificial giving, to involving children and youth, and to sending.

NMI is a mobilization organization. Though it promotes the global vision plan of the Church of the Nazarene, NMI does not administer Nazarene world evangelism efforts.

Mission statement

NMI exists to mobilize the church in mission through prayer, education, giving, and interactive experiences

The mission vision of Nazarene Missions International

To encourage the sending church and the missionary team . . .

We will view the local church as the primary instrument to carry the Good News to all nations
We will integrate missions throughout the life and ministry of the local church [ how two churches view missions ]
We will increase opportunities for family involvement and cross-generational mission experiences
We will provide increased networking, training and accountability of church leaders
We will encourage diversity in cultures, gender and generations among leaders at all levels
We will give our financial resources with greater purpose, resolve and sacrifice [ Faith Promise info ]
We will partner with new church starts, resourcing them in missions
We will pray with passion in our hearts and purity in our lifestyles
We will proclaim the ultimate goal of missions: all nations worship Him [ Biblical passages on missions ]

"This site is such a valuable resource for me as missions president of my church." — Janell W., Oregon

Mission education resources

Bible passages on missions    10/40 window   Nazarene global expansion   Nazarene world regions   94 Nazarene languages   Nazarene missions    NMI history    Missions slogans   Praying for missions   Parable: Apple Picking Society   Two churches' attitudes toward missions   Mission Priority One   Mobilizing your church   Mission books ballad   Montth-by-month emphases

World missions giving resources:    Miracle on 10^th Street Alabaster: Nazasrene global building fund   Elizabeth Vennum    Giving to Alabaster all month long   Where I channel all my compassionate giving . . . and why    Where Nazarene missions dollars go: .    December day-by-day compassionate ministry giving suggestions   Payroll deduction giving   Medical plan giving   Ten Percent Giving   World Evangelism Broadcast offering

Biographies:   Susan Fitkin    Harmon and Lula Schmelzenbach    Wanda Knox    Paul and Mary Orjala   Earl and Gladys Mosteller

Worship folder inserts

Resources for missions councils or committees:   10 starter questions   Bread pledge   President's checklist   Survivor kit   Conflict on your council?

Compassionate ministry philosophy
Deputation services    Links missionaries    Discouraged missionaries

Faith Promise event resources:   1950s theme   Commitment card sample   FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions about Faith Promise   Successful Faith Promise Conventions   Themes    Recipe from Haiti

Mission Call Coordinator   Nazarene Missions class   Nazarene missionary hero scrapbook

Songs with global emphases:   Classic missions hymns   Choruses in other languages   Contemporary missions songs   Missionary words set to familiar tunes
   Unreached people group adoption covenant   Used accordions wanted   Volunteer short term-missions

Church and district Internet pages:   :Local church NMI pages   District NMI pages
   World Week of Prayer flyer/poster

Low cost motivational and thank you gifts

Candy gifts for Nazarene Missions International council members Survival Kit for NMI leaders | New pastors' gifts - district convention

PowerPoint presentations

A rich variety of missions PowerPoint presentations is available. These can be viewed individually on the Internet or downloaded for your use in church services. Check them out!

Work & Witness

Read about the very first Nazarene Work & Witness event: "Miracles in Mexico." Devotional thoughts on Work & Witness "These hands I give to you"

"What will it take for Nazarene Missions International to be effective in the 21st Century?"

Nina Gunter said we must:

Re-visit the Biblical basis for our mission
Reflect deeply on the nature and heart of God
Re-examine God's purpose for the Church
Discover God's purpose and will for us as individuals
Re-evaluate our methods
Consciously and purposefully involve the next generation
Determine to be mission-minded and mission-hearted

From a message to a missions conference in Ft. Worth, TX

Nina Gunter on "The greatest challenge facing the church"

-- Howard Culbertson

Seeking God's will? An African martyr's commitment Mission trip fund raising Ten ways to ruin a short-term mission trip

Mission books I've written: The Kingdom Strikes Back: Signs of the Messiah at work in Haiti Mr. Missionary, I Have a Question Our Balanced Attack: How Nazarenes finance world evangelism Pasta, Pizza and Pinocchio Rookie Notebook: My first nine months as a missionary

World missions course materials and syllabi

Cultural Anthropology Introduction to Missions Linguistics Missions Strategies Modern Missionary Movement (History of Missions) Nazarene Missions Church Growth and Christian Missions Theology of Missions Traditional Religions World Religions

Go to:

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