NMI (Nazarene Missions International) resources

NMI (Nazarene Missions International) is a local-church-based mobilization organization focused on global missions, encouraging prayer, education, and giving.
NMI helps local churches be a means of spreading the Good News worldwide through information about neds and opportunities, informed prayer, and challenges to sacrificial giving.
This website offers missionary biographies, materials for missions councils or committees, lists of songs with global emphases, PowerPoint presentations, and reflections on the biblical foundations for global mission work.

Boosting missions: Nazarene Missions International is the local-church-based global nuissuibs mobilization and awareness-raising arm of the Church of the Nazarene. NMI is a grass-roots missions committee structure that summons church members to:

Intercessory prayer for global missions outreach
Sacrificial giving to global missions outreach
Involving children and youth in activities featuring global missions information
Listening for God's call to become go-ers.

NMI is a global missions mobilization organization. Though it publicizes the global vision and plan of the Church of the Nazarene and raises money, 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 resolve and sacrifice [ Faith Promise info ]
We will partner with new church starts, resourcing them in global 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 the missions president of my church." — Janell W., Oregon

Mission education resources

Subscribe to the weekly emails from NMI Central: News, information, prayer requests, and stories

Mission trip resources

Giving to World Missions

Faith Promise event resources

Missionary biographies

Resources for missions councils or committees

Songs with global emphases

PowerPoint presentations

A wide 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!

Nazarene Missions Teams

The very first Nazarene Missions Team (formerly Work & Witness) event: "Miracles in Mexico." plus devotional thoughts on short-term missions teams

"What will it take for Nazarene Missions International to be effective from this point forward?"

Nina Gunter said we must:

Re-visit the Biblical basis for our mission
Reflect seriously 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 Ft. Worh, TX missions conference

Nina Gunter, former Global NMI Director, on "The greatest challenge facing the church"

Video: "Making disciples in all nations" (13 minutes)

-- Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu

"Dr. Culberson's website with NMI resources has a wealth of information our local NMI president regularly uses." -- student course evaluation

Afterword: What's the Purpose of NMI?

Nazarene Missions International (NMI) is an organization within the Church of the Nazarene, a global evangelical Christian denomination. Its purpose is to mobilize support for the denomination's efforts in global missions work, NMI serves to educate and inspire members of the Church of the Nazarene regarding the church's evangelism, discipleship, and humanitarian aid activities worldwide.

The three tasks of Nazarene Missions International are:

Mobilization: NMI aims to mobilize individuals and congregations to support global missions work. This involves raising awareness about the importance of world evangelism, providing resources, and encouraging people to get involved through prayer, giving, and service.
Global Awareness: NMI provides opportunities to help people understand the biblical basis for missions, the needs of the world, and the various ways they can contribute to global mission efforts.
Support: NMI raises support for missionaries and world mission projects. This support may involve raising funds, sending supplies, mobilizing prayer support, and providing encouragement to those serving cross-culturally in more than 160 world areas.

What is Nazarene Missions International? It is an organization that gets Christ-followers involved in global Great Commission fulfillment. By doing that, NMI aids the Church of the Nazarene fulfill its stated mission of making Christlike disciples in all nations.