Mission Department

Mission Department shall have its departmental fronts.

1. OUTREACH

The department shall bear the responsibilities for its outreach programs and activities such as evangelism and mission works.

Characteristics of outreach:

1. a) Evangelism.
2. b) Mission Fields.
3. c) Shepherding with bottle-feed.
4. d) Department office.

Functions

The following shall be the main functions of the departmental outreach:

1. a) Evangelism

The department, being responsible for the evangelical activities of the church will take up the following works:

To select place or places for a special evangelical works of temporary natures.

To detail and request person or persons for the evangelical campaigns there whenever the department so decides.

To detail its employee to join the campaign and the programs.

To chalk out detail campaign programs.

To allot funds for the campaign within official sanctions.

Till paid evangelists/missionaries are available, campaign programs are to be set as and when it is found good and necessary.

1. b) Mission Field

i)The department will submit its recommendations for a Mission Field of the Church to the Executive Committee for considerations.

ii)Any areas, the Executive Committee approved for a mission field is where the department shall materialize the works.

iii)The department shall be responsible for the running and care of the fields.

iv)The department may recommend to the Executive Committee for its improvement, extension, inclusion within the administration of the Church and for its closure, as the case may be.

1. c) Shepherding with bottle-feed

The department, through its workers and other means, shall be responsible to shepherd the elects, feed the newborns with spiritual milk to let them grow up in likeness of Jesus Christ.

Till the new brothers and sisters are handed over to the main administration of the Church, the department will administer individuals, local churches and area churches.

1. d) Department Office

The department shall run its office in the Secretariat of the Church.

1. EMPLOYMENTS

1.The department will be appointing authority of the department’s employees.

2.The department within the approval of the Executive Committee of the Church may employ missionaries and others under its departmental care.

3.All new appointments shall be as per provisions of the Recruitment Rules of the Church.

4.Pay, allowances and facilities of casual employees shall be on monthly basis as per rule of the church from time to time.

5.The department may terminate the service of any temporary paid worker giving valid reasons, as it, may deem fit.

6.The department, as appointing authority, may take disciplinary actions against the employees under rule of service.

7.All fixation of pay and grades of posts on temporary arrangements shall be subject to change from time to time by the department with prior approval from the Executive Committee.

8.The department may decide House Rent Allowances for individual employees either by having general principle.

9.An employee shall be entitled for Travelling Allowances (T.A.) and Daily Allowance (D.A) whenever summoned or sent for special duty by competent authority on production of authentic order.

10.A missionary is supposed to follow the wishes of the Holy Spirit by preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom to save and to bring others to the feet of Jesus Christ.

11.The responsibilities of a paid worker shall be as provided in the rules or as decided by the department from time to time.

1. FINANCIAL MATTERS

1.Subject to Executive Committee approval, the department may raise funds to meet its requirements.

2.All funds raised and cash donations shall be submitted to the Treasurer of the Church through its sub-Treasurer.

3.The department will function within the limit of approved Annual Budget, including supplementary budgets, subject to sanctions granted by the Executive Committee.

4.The department may apply for additional sanction beyond the present budget, to the Executive Committee for the remaining period of financial year.

5.All funds and donations submitted to the Treasurer shall be treated as general fund of the Church till the Executive Committee adopts the Annual Budget.