Missions | Ministries at Redeemer
Redeemer Church is a missional church. That means we consider reaching the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ a high priority in the overall life of our church. As you spend time at Redeemer you will soon notice that a missionary spirit is reflected in every ministry of our church.
Our Mission Department exists to instill this missionary vision and to encourage our congregation in the work of the Great Commission by providing the church with resources, personnel, evangelistic training, and opportunities to serve and to share as God provides. Our key function as a department is to work as a team SENDING, FUNDING, and EQUIPPING our missionaries and GOING as a church into all the world making disciples of every people group.
We believe God is using Redeemer as a part of His grand scheme to call His elect out from every nation, tribe and tongue. But reaching the world with the Gospel does not come cheap. There is a cost on our time, our energies, our skills, our spiritual gifts, and our resources. Jesus set the model for us in Scripture through His life of sacrifice. We join Him in sacrificially investing in the lives of people who need to know the love and grace of God found only in the person of Jesus Christ. Redeemer’s financial investment into missions is provided in two ways: a percentage of the general budget that is set aside for Missions, and a mechanism called FAITH PROMISE GIVING.
What Is Faith Promise Giving?
A Faith Promise investment is primarily sacrificial giving that is “over and above” giving. There is money that each one of us should give, our tithe, but there are also those funds we could give; that’s sacrificial giving. There are also funds that we would give if the Lord would provide them. Faith Promise giving is the could and the would gifts. We are encouraging each member of Redeemer to make a Faith Promise pledge to give as God blesses them. It’s the money we all have and spend when we discover that we have more than we expected to get from a job or project, a bonus or a special gift or inheritance.
Faith Promise Giving enables us to participate in missions on even a greater scale than we normally could with just our regular giving. It is designed not to interfere with the regular giving to the church, and it is not a substitute for our tithes and our special offerings for the building and other ministries of the church. Along with the Missions support provided through our tithes and offerings to the General Budget, Faith Promise gives us additional funds with which we can support more ministries and mission efforts locally and around the world. You will find Faith Promise Investment Cards in the card racks on the back of every pew. Please take one and pray and plan now to invest in missions through Faith Promise.
