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2013 Annual Report Foursquare Missions International

Dr. James C. Scott, Director

2013 Foursquare Cabinet Foursquare Missions International

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Table of Contents From the Missions Director......................................................................................................................................................3 Comparative Report of Global Membership and Spiritual Activity ............................................................................4 Regional Report 2012 .................................................................................................................................................................4 Area Missionary Reports ...........................................................................................................................................................5

NORTH AMERICA – Ted Vail .....................................................................................................................................5 THE CARIBBEAN – David Stone ...............................................................................................................................6 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA – Paul Otremba.............................................................................................7 EUROPE – Jeff Roper...................................................................................................................................................8 MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA (MENACA) – Sam (last name withheld) .................9 WEST AFRICA AND FRANCOPHONE NATIONS (two regions) – Dan Lucero .......................................... 10 EAST AFRICA – Humberto Paz .............................................................................................................................. 12 SOUTHERN AFRICA – Humberto Paz .................................................................................................................. 13 SOUTH ASIA – Wayne (last name withheld) .................................................................................................... 13 SOUTHEAST ASIA – George Butron..................................................................................................................... 15 NORTH ASIA – Corey (last name withheld) ...................................................................................................... 16 SOUTH PACIFIC – Jerry Stott ................................................................................................................................. 17

Foursquare Countries/Works Around the World .......................................................................................................... 27 Missionary Care Report .......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Missionary Training and Education Report...................................................................................................................... 29 FMI Communications Report ................................................................................................................................................ 30 GO Teams Report...................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Foursquare Relief and Compassion Report ..................................................................................................................... 32 Financial Reports....................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Projects Funded by Foursquare Connection 2011 Offerings | Phase II ................................................................. 37 A Global Church with a Global Mission ............................................................................................................................. 40


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The Foursquare Church Foursquare Missions International

Dr. James C. Scott Jr. Director

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From the Missions Director Dear Foursquare Pastor and Leader: With gratitude for all Jesus is doing globally, we ask you to celebrate with us the many victories of 2012. We also invite you to pray fervently with us for the host of nations and people groups who still have not heard the gospel. The task is daunting but in the strength of the Lord and in the power of His Holy Spirit, we will be faithful and see the earth covered with the Foursquare Gospel! Join us in thanking the Lord for His provision and faithfulness throughout the earth. Here are a few highlights of what God is doing through our Foursquare Family:

• Foursquare South Korea has sent missionaries to 14 nations • Trinidad-‐Tobago Ministry Training Center is ready to open and train missionaries from

Latin America, North America and the Caribbean. • FMI trained 30 new missionary applicants, four FMI missionary teams, 18 pastors and

eight missionaries from other ministries in two U.S. intensives. • $65,607.70 in Christmas gifts were received to help FMI minister to children • Church planting teams have been welcomed in three metro areas of Taiwan. • Foursquare Cuba has established an extension of ABI (Angelus Bible Institute) with plans

for institutes in every Cuban province over a three-‐year period. For the King and His Kingdom, Dr. James C. Scott Jr., Director


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Comparative Report of Global Membership and Spiritual Activity Foursquare Non-‐U.S. 2012 Reported* 2011 Reported Salvations 2,361,883 2,524,412 Water Baptisms 822,627 577,210 Holy Spirit Baptisms 962,399 822,273 Members 7,275,324 7,198,516 Churches and Meeting Places 66,393 65,096 Ministers 92,123 82,141 Non-‐U.S. Countries and Territories with Foursquare Works 135** 136** * A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE NOT YET REPORTED. ** THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE U.S.

Regional Report 2012

Regions of the World Area Missionary Countries and Works

Churches & Mtg. Places Members

North America Ted Vail 3 359** 19,192** The Caribbean David Stone 5 101 8,401 Central and South America Paul Otremba 17 18,306 3,548,266 Europe Jeff Roper 25 342 16,695 Middle East/North Africa/ Central Asia (MENACA)

Sam*** 10 120 3,152

West Africa Daniel Lucero 5 4,733 198,328 Francophone Africa Daniel Lucero 16 695 71,939 East Africa Humberto Paz 7 1,077 141,144 Southern Africa Humberto Paz 10 468 23,861 South Asia Wayne*** 5 2,070 28,905 South East Asia George Butron 7 14,078 29,905 North Asia Corey*** 6 1,139 47,227 South Pacific Jerry Stott 12 22,554 2,405,805 Totals* 128 66,042 6,542,870 * A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES HAVE NOT YET REPORTED. ** THIS NUMBER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE U.S. *** LAST NAME WITHHELD DUE TO SECURITY.


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Area Missionary Reports NORTH AMERICA – Ted Vail Opportunities:

• This region is ripe for outreach, leadership development, and church planting! Millions of people live in Central Mexico and it is under-‐reached. The average age is a mere 26 years old.

• Canada, like the U.S. is a land of diverse ethnicity. As in the U.S., people from nations without the gospel are pouring into Canada as well.

• There appears to be a breakthrough with the Foursquare Mexico central property, “Dios es Amor.” After 12 years, it looks like this property will be returned to Foursquare Mexico. It will serve as a training base, national hub, and it returns a sense of soul to the movement.

• We have a central facility in Mexico City that services a new ABI training extension in the Central Mexican region. The number of churches in this region is growing.

• Mike Carey continues to focus on preparing, training, and sending through the establishment of Bible schools.

• John Mazariegos is the ABI representative to Mexico and is experiencing significant growth through his church in San Luis Potosi.

• There are an additional 10 FMI missionary units in Mexico developing leaders planting churches and facilitating partnerships that are increasing the gospel.

• The average age in Mexico is 26 and there is an immense need for outreach to youth and children.

• Urban and Ethnic U.S. and Canada are brimming with opportunity for church planting but require a fresh perspective and prioritization. These are the growth areas of our future.

Challenges and areas of prayer:

• We lack long-‐term ministers of the gospel in Mexico. We have a Bible school started now in Mexico City with a facility and five locations and this is a huge start for the Central Region. We need a fresh burst of young leaders and young missionaries willing to invest their lives.

• There will be presidential elections this year for Mexico as a nation. This will affect the climate towards the gospel.

• There are serious challenges in Foursquare Mexican leadership at the board level. This has discouraged young ministers and made it very difficult to recruit new pastors or connect with potential American missionaries.

• The ongoing violence on the U.S. and Mexican border along with growing challenges such as human trafficking, drug use and drug violence, arms sales and smuggling, and immigration issues reflect the need for transformation within this region.

• There are regions of Mexico with millions of inhabitants where there is inadequate gospel presence.

• In Canada, the city of Quebec continues to be very hard ground. There is an initiative to plant more churches in Toronto which is the most multicultural city in the world. As in


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the U.S., one of the leading strategies of the future is to include partnership with ethnicities and immigrants. In Quebec and Toronto, it may need to be the leading strategy.

THE CARIBBEAN – David Stone Update from Regional Council meeting held Nov. 5-‐7, 2012 in the Dominican Republic:

• Ruben Nieves from Puerto Rico was elected as Regional Chair for the next two years. • John Henry Nosen was present to minister during times of devotion, and to share about

Marc16, the ministry training center he is beginning in Florida, and to discuss how he can partner with the Caribbean as part of the missionary training/experience for students.

• The Peacemakers ministry was presented, and it was agreed that the seminar on conflict resolution would presented in each of the countries to pastors and leaders. A schedule has been set for this to take place.

• There was also a time of sharing updates from each of the national leaders, and a time of personal ministry and prayer for one another.

• A missionary retreat followed the Regional Council meeting.

Points of Celebration/Opportunities: • The church in Cuba began an extension of ABI (Angelus Bible Institute) in January 2013.

This is a 3-‐year plan of training teachers, and students, with teachers from ABI. At the end of 3 years the institute will be run totally by Cubans. It is beginning in one location, with a goal of establishing libraries and institutes in every province on the island.

• A new church is being planted in the capitol city of St. Georges on the island of Grenada. This is their third church.

• The Cross-‐Cultural Ministry Training Center on the island of Trinidad is in place and ready to begin classes in March 2013.

• Contacts and leaders are preparing to open the island of St. Lucia to the Foursquare Gospel. A meeting is scheduled for April 2013 to finalize plans, and launch the church plant.

• A ministry center, El Puente (the bridge), has begun reaching out to university students in the DR. There are encouraging testimonies coming out of this ministry, and its influence is growing and impacting new lives weekly.

• The base camp in Haiti was closed for the holidays. It is now up and running again. The first team of the year arrived on Feb. 4. Teams are scheduled into November, but their are still some open weeks. We have invited some of the key US leaders who have been involved in Haiti to serve on an advisory council as we go through this time of leadership transition, and help give some oversight to the base camp and projects.

• Reid and Kim Crow are raising their financial support to go as missionaries to Jamaica. Their giftings in administration and education are greatly needed, an will be very beneficial to the Jamaican church.


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Points of Challenge: • The family of Pastor Guy Thomas, national leader of Haiti, is living in the Boston area (his

wife and 2 kids). They have been there since the earthquake (3 years), with no plans to return to Haiti. Even though he visits them periodically, this is not a healthy situation for his family, or the church. A major decision/change is needed.

• There is a need to begin focusing more on national church development in Haiti, and less on teams and projects. This could necessitate the appointment of a lead missionary to help walk through this process. In the meantime, there is still the need for base camp staff.

• Jamaica is still recovering from the damage done by hurricane Sandy. While progress has been made, there is still a lot of work to do, and $1000's of dollars to be raised. They are also facing economic challenges at the national office, as well as the need for leadership development.

• The Dominican Republic could be losing two missionary units in the near future that will leave some big gaps. Pray for nationals to be trained to step into those gaps.

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA – Paul Otremba Opportunities:

• El Salvador has only 11 Foursquare churches. The former national leader of El Salvador has sent out a call to all the Latin American countries asking for church planters. Several countries have expressed their interest in sending workers to this harvest field.

• The theme of the last convention of the Panamanian Foursquare Church was on Missions. The Panamanian Foursquare Church is planning on sending out more missionaries to the nations, to the region and also reach out to communities in their own country that have not been reached.

• This year 2013 we are planning to introduce the material of DOING WHAT JESUS DID to countries like CHILE, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY and BELICE. We are also planning to videotape the seminar of DWJD with the idea to not only have the books available, but also use the internet to take this seminar to the most remote areas of the region and train pastors and leaders how to use this material to train the church to do the work of the ministry. More follow up seminars will be held in 2013 in Central and South America.

• With over 2,500 churches and meeting places in Colombia, The Foursquare Church is well established and has good leadership. It is divided into eight districts that work autonomously. New churches are planted all the time and in general the churches are growing. Colombia has the capacity to send missionaries to other countries – and some are already serving in Spain, Dominican Republic, U.S., etc. Leaders are starting to talk about the responsibility to reach out to other nations. Specific decisions to be more intentional in sending out missionaries have not been made.

• There is a bigger awareness among the national leaders of the region of the necessity to develop leadership-‐training seminars that strengthen the present leaders and also raise a new generation of leaders. There is a need to provide higher theological Education for pastors and leaders in the region.

• We continue to see healthy church planting initiatives in several countries, namely Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Honduras.


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• With enormous young populations, there are tremendous opportunities of ministry among the youth in this region.

• Lee Schnabel continues to serve the creation of new in-‐service training models in Chile, with great favor from the national board.

• Argentina is focusing on a new wave of church planting as well as establishing a new discipleship program using the Deckers’ Doing What Jesus Did materials and the Series of the Ambassador.


• Leadership training: There is especially a need for a new generation of leaders to be trained. In several countries we see that more than 60% of the present Foursquare leadership is over 40 years old. Younger leaders are looking for training that will be relevant for the ministry and for opportunities of ministry. Countries like El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bolivia, Uruguay and Belize need help to train more and better leaders for the harvest.

• Training leaders for national positions is also a need. Continuous education for pastors and leaders – with recognized certifications.

• Pastoral care is a major need especially in strengthening the marriages of the leaders and the pastors; moral failures among leaders are affecting the churches.

• Questionable doctrines are entering into the churches and are affecting the healthy development of the churches in the region.

• Many of the evangelistic outreaches are reporting certain numbers of converts and yet we do not see these new “converts” in the churches.

• We have great challenges for church planting in several countries such as Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize, and Peru. Great church planting needs continue to exist in some of the capital cities such as Buenos Aires, Asunción, Santa Cruz, Caracas, Quito, Managua, Guatemala city, San Jose, Lima.

• Big Muslim population in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela EUROPE – Jeff Roper Celebrations

• FMI Missionaries are pioneering churches and/or national works in countries like Hungary, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine; in cities like Amsterdam, Holland, Galway, Ireland, and in areas like the former Soviet Union and the Balkans.

• FMI Missionaries are faithfully serving in places like Poland and Russia reaching out to North Africans who immigrate to Europe, Romania, the Czech Republic, France, and Ireland.

• Doors of opportunity to pioneer Foursquare are opening in Sweden, Denmark, Bosnia, Macedonia, the Republic of Georgia, and Romania among the Romani people.

• There are now 342 Foursquare Churches and meeting places throughout 24 nations within Europe. A number of new cities and nations have Foursquare works in various stages of development.


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Challenges and areas of prayer • Pray for the growth of the existing churches and national works in Europe. • Even though Europe is referred to as a “post-‐Christian continent,” the harvest in Europe

is still ripe. Pray to the Lord of the harvest to raise up laborers for the harvest: Church planters and church planting teams to go into unreached cities, nations, and people groups.

• We need experienced church planters for the major cities of Europe. • Pray for new cities and nations to be reached. Pray for the healthy development of

national churches throughout Europe. Pray for wisdom to steward the people and resources entrusted to us. Pray for the pastors and missionaries serving throughout Foursquare Europe.

• We have a number of nations within Europe who would be considered “stage one” and “stage two” churches that need to be developed through the next stage. Pray for key leaders to help train and to be trained.

• Pray for Europe as it goes through a serious economic crisis. • Pray for Foursquare Churches to be developed in Macedonia, Ukraine, Georgia, Bosnia,

Sweden, and Denmark.

MIDDLE EAST / NORTH AFRICA / CENTRAL ASIA (MENACA) – Sam (last name withheld) Points of Celebration and Opportunity The call and vision of the MENACA region is to share with those who are the least likely to have the opportunity to hear the good news of Jesus’ love and redemption. This calling and vision is being fulfilled by: 1) Foursquare ministries which are reaching out to the neglected parts of society. Some unique ministries include:

• starting the first congregation specifically for the deaf of that country • a ministry for those with physical handicaps • reaching out to children suffering form cancer • going to the streets to feed, clothe and share the Gospel with children living on the

streets • beginning multiple drug and alcoholic rehabilitation centers • housing, feeding and giving vocational training to refugees • fighting for justice for abused and exploited foreign workers employed as maids • reaching foreign workers living in the region, but coming from multiple unreached

nations 2) Bringing the Kingdom of God to the least reached cities and nations. Currently being established are:

• an outreach to a community of over 400,000 residents, but no evangelical churches


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• establishing churches in three largely unreached nations without any Foursquare works • planting the first Foursquare in a city where nearly half the nation’s population lives, but

with no Foursquare presence. Challenges and Points of Prayer

• Increased labors into this vast harvest field • Protection on our national workers, some of whom face persecution and opposition • God would continue to bring individuals to Himself through sign, wonders and dreams

WEST AFRICA AND FRANCOPHONE NATIONS (two regions) – Dan Lucero Dan has relational responsibilities in the French-‐speaking nations around the world and regional responsibilities in West and Francophone Africa. He is also the elected national leader of the French Foursquare Churches and as such is a member of the European Council of Elders. Personal Celebration Point Dan has turned the corner from a near death experience with a botched colon surgery in July 2012 – he developed a hole in the colon on returning from Africa to France – three surgeries later -‐ with the successful final surgery concluded in late September, have put Dan back together and prognosis is he will have no long term effects and has already regained health – The Lucero’s are thankful for all the prayer on their behalf and wish to express that to the ICFG Board, Missions Committee and The US Foursquare Church. Points of Celebration and Opportunities COTE D’IVOIRE The nation is still transitioning out of recent years of civil strife/war... yet we celebrate that Foursquare Cote d’Ivoire continues to take on its’ apostolic responsibilities in the region with more oversight being exercised in Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Mali and in Central Africa (in The Democratic Republic of the Congo in particular).

SUB–SAHARRIAN (SAHEL) Africa Ongoing war led by rebel jihadist groups in many countries (Mali, Niger, Chad, etc.,) and other humanitarian and endemic problems (famine. drought, etc.) render this area of particular challenge even for Africa. That the region is very poor and also 90% plus French-‐speaking Muslim add to the challenges. Dan, while speaking in Senegal a few years ago had a very powerful vision and was forewarned in the vision that the window that was then open to work in these predominantly Muslim nations would soon shut – this is what appears to be happening now with wars, drought, famine, etc., on such a cataclysmic and region wide scale. Taking heed of the warning during the last two years Dan has lead that land and facilities been acquired (some new ones still being built). Today in Mali -‐ a health clinic in Bamako is being built; in Chad a central Church building purchased in the capital city N’Djamena; in Niger -‐ a central church – mission station and land has ben acquired in the outskirts of the capital city


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Niamey; in Senegal – several hectares have been purchased and are being developed for a mission base in the southern part of country. All this can be celebrated as these purchases will secure the long-‐term vision of the church and offer opportunities in the future for indigenous works and workers to grow – knowing that they have the security of their own facilities to work from – and this can not be easily kicked out Muslim landlords. Central Africa Region Though not yet an official Foursquare region, the countries (The Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of Congo, The Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad and Sao Tome and Principe) are monetarily and politically linked. Over the last few years Dan has seen that all these countries now have viable Foursquare churches except for the smallest island nation of Sao Tome and Principe.

• In the past five years we can celebrate that the Foursquare works here have and are especially consolidating and maturing in the nations of 1) Cameroon, 2) The Democratic Republic of the Congo and 3) The Central African Republic. Despite huge obstacles endemic to Africa (material needs, war and rebels, disease, etc.) – over these last few years we have seen in partnership and coordination with the Dan that the nation of Chad has been opened by the Foursquare Church in The Central African Republic; The Republic of Congo has been opened by Foursquare Democratic Republic of Congo (KINSHASA); Gabon opened by Foursquare Holland and Guinea Equatorial opened by Foursquare Spain.

• Amongst these nations Apostolic leaders and anointing are flowing particularly three of

them 1) Cameroon, 2) The Central African Republic and 3) The Democratic Republic of the Congo evidenced with church planting exploits and national programs for leadership training and multiplication. This gives a new indigenous stability to this part of Africa and will allow these leaders to determine their future as concerns regionalization issues / multiplication. Presently they are thrown into the two Regions that are referred to as West Africa and Francophone Africa.

• All the nations here identify as French-‐speaking yet they would probably be better

served (due to distance, costs, and other impracticalities in the present regional configurations) to become their own region and the leaders have begun to talk and process in this direction. Done in a healthy way this should be nurtured and celebrated.

Challenges and areas of prayer

1. National Leaders of Chad & Senegal -‐ Both still deal with health issues. Particularly the Senegal leader who has a kidney and liver cysts /infection disease and is often in France for medical treatment. On-‐going intercession asked for. 2. Guinea -‐ The sudden death in the second week of September 2012 has not stopped the work and the Cote d’Ivoire has apostolically picked up the burden with new land purchases and building projects going on as new churches are being planted.


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• REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Between WEST & FRANCOPHONE AFRICA The long-‐term issues of how English Speaking nations (WAMCO) and Francophone speaking nations interact in West Africa needs to be addressed – especially in light of the Central African nations desiring to work more in collaboration geographically (even though they identify in the Francophone Region). A dialogue was begun at the Phoenix Global Summit between the Francophone Chair and Nigerian leadership (the largest most established Church in West Africa and English speaking), but time did not permit final resolution. No regional gatherings and dialogues concerning this at the Regional level in Africa have taken place since Phoenix, for various reasons. The main nations and leaders should be at the next Convention in Orlando and a road map could be established to map out next steps and process points. Dan’s concern is that whatever final decision is reached, that the process be done in a Godly way that respectfully considers the opinions of each and every nation and their national leadership who are affected/ involved in these two regions. • ARAB-‐SPRING SPILL OVER INTO SAHARA AFRICA With Mali in the US news as French troops have engaged in a ground war In its’ northern region to remove radical Muslim groups proclaiming Sharia law there – the entire area is affected by such instability. Other nations affected by this (Niger, Chad, Nigeria, etc.) see daily acts of violence, kidnappings and other ethnic and religious tensions that often end in horrific acts of violence. Please pray as our Foursquare works are actively developing in these predominate Muslim areas of Saharan (Sahel) Africa.

EAST AFRICA – Humberto Paz Vision: These are long term goals, continuity is key.

• Networking with PAC University to do pastor training of ‘at a distance’ for more effective church planting and church nurturing in urban areas

• Continue Leadership Development sessions for pastors in ministry (most of them have never had any theological education)

• Strengthen National Boards to be more functional • Mentor national leadership to teach and mentor emerging leaders • Work with Regional Councils to be functional • Developing national leaders to succeed the present leadership • Self-‐sustaining fields

Opportunities:

• Experienced pastors from US and other countries to come to East Africa and participate in the Leadership Development

• Missionaries are invited to come to each East African nation • Church development/planting needed in Urban Areas in every country • Teaching young people and emerging leaders skills for self-‐sustaining ministry • Planted vision with emerging younger leaders in Kenya to reach Hindus and Muslims.


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Challenges and areas of prayer: • Some legal issues • Untrained national boards and unclear bylaws • Dependency • Politicizing election of church leaders in some countries • No reporting system in place in some countries. • Youth and children’s ministry is weak and without trained leadership • Growth of influence of Islam in the region

SOUTHERN AFRICA – Humberto Paz Vision: South Africa Region requires a re-‐building process.

• Revitalization of plateaued, weak or dysfunctional national churches (all except Namibia and Angola).

• Developing national leaders to succeed the present leadership • Development and implementation of relevant systems of leadership development at all

levels. • Strengthening of the Regional Council and National Boards. • Church planting throughout the region and opening new nations (Mauritius, Seychelles,

Madagascar, Comoros). • Church planting in Johannesburg , Zambia and Namibia in 2013

Opportunities:

• Only two countries currently have missionaries. More are needed, especially those with equipping and training skills.

• Missionaries to pioneer new countries and church plant in strategic cities. • Experienced pastors/leaders to come and assist in leadership development. • Ministries of compassion: orphanages, water wells, etc.

Challenges and area of prayer:

• Finalizing the legal issues that remain in South Africa and building trust between national leaders and missionaries.

• Working with and developing leaders that have, with a few exceptions, little training or education.

• Responding positively to poverty, AIDS, and corruption. • Overcoming dependency of national churches upon outside resources. This is a chronic

problem throughout Africa. SOUTH ASIA – Wayne (last name withheld) We desire to see healthy Foursquare leaders and churches serving in unity with the Body of Christ to proclaim God's Kingdom in word and deed within each culture, community, language, and social strata of South Asia. The Regional Council and each national church should grow to become: self-‐governing, self-‐expressing/theologizing, self-‐supporting, and self-‐reproducing.


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Points of Celebration: • Bangladesh – Stage 2-‐3, churches planted in multiple villages, young reproducing

leaders under a strong visionary leader • India – Stage 2-‐3, empowerment of board and district supervisors, growth of India

Network to connect with multiple “Foursquare cousins” throughout India and Foursquare ministers reaching into India, outreach ongoing among multiple unreached people groups.

• Nepal – Stage 1-‐2, missionaries doing outreach, church planting, discipleship, recording studio, vocational training, and children’s homes, Nepali church planter with growing city fellowship.

• Pakistan – Stage 2, rebuilding foundations of servant-‐leadership, two new city church plants in Lahore, focus on leadership development.

• Sri Lanka – Stage 4, sustained growth, sending missionaries to multiple nations, need funding help to match strong vision, model national church for the region with ability to help other national churches.

• Afghanistan, Bhutan, Maldives – Following up contacts and building relationships in each of these countries, praying for inroads, work beginning afresh in Afghanistan.

• South Asia Regional Council – Stage 1, Leadership and vision by Regional Chairperson

Opportunities: • Huge need for at least 3-‐4 long-‐term missionary units • Half of world’s unreached people groups (3,575), 97% of 1.6 billion people need Jesus,

millions of Dalits (low-‐caste) responding to Christ. • Foursquare Sri Lanka vision for national transformation. • Sri Lanka increased regional involvement – training/planting/modeling, • Potential for reaching dozens to hundreds of unreached peoples in the region. • Partnership with Foursquare-‐related ministries in India • Development of high-‐level Christ-‐like healthy servant leaders and intentional

empowerment of younger leaders, • Greater vision for and commitment to 4-‐self development • Biblical unity and strong relational bonds

Challenges: • Lack of missionary team • Religious persecution and threats • Political and social instability and upheaval • Strong dividing lines of culture, language, and religion: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam • Rampant corruption • Natural disasters • Unhealthy predominant cultural values and leadership models • Dependency on outside funding


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SOUTHEAST ASIA – George Butron After 3 ½ years of being a part time area missionary and a full time pastor, I have realized that the greatest need for FMI SE Asia is for missionary care. The need for regular visits and pastoral care for missionaries as well as key pastors and national leaders is at the top of my priority list. Since it is not possible for me to do this, I have approached Jim and Linda Thomas from Faith Center in Eugene Oregon to make 2 trips to SE Asia this year as pastoral care missionaries. In addition, I will fully step out of the AM role following the convention in June in order to allow a new person to step into what is clearly a full time position in SE Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines and Guam). I will continue to be involved relationally, in ministry and as a mentor and supporter to the new AM. Points of Celebration and Opportunities:

• Malaysia is moving forward with a vision to plant 300 house churches by 2020 and National leader Henry Liew continues to give oversight to the nation and the SE Asia region as our regional chairman.

• Cambodia has navigated some significant challenges with the appointment of a new national president while the former national president and a key former US ministry partner have teamed up in opposition of Foursquare Cambodia. Ted and Sou Olbrich continue to give oversight to this strongly apostolic movement in spite of significant challenges and warfare

• Philippines is also undertaking an ambitious church planting project along the national

highways. They will also be selecting a new national leader in the next year as Pastor Val Chaves steps down from being the president

• Laos: Outreach continues to take place in the closed nation of Laos with Cambodia

leading the way. Construction of a training center for Lao speakers on the border between the two countries is a key part of the effort to reach Laos

• Myanmar: The more open political atmosphere in Myanmar has allowed from greater

acceleration of church planting and discipleship. Missionary Chris Curry is able to travel to areas previously prohibited to foreigners and the national church in Myanmar is opening new churches in new areas. At the same time, the leadership is stretched and need to find a new place of agreement and unity in order to move forward

• Thailand: The Bangkok building has been sold and the loans paid off. The church there has regrouped and come back into health under the leadership of missionaries Andy and Tina Opie. After serving as the pastors for 1 ½ years, the Opie’s have helped to raise up a new pastor who was just appointed in January. An assessment process is now underway to help the work in Thailand have a fresh start and a new season.


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• Both single and married Missionaries have experienced emotional and physical health problems in the past few months. Others are experiencing significant relational stress and financial challenges. Pastoral care and support is needed here.

• National Leaders and Boards – We have also seen significant challenges that national leaders and boards are facing including marriage and family health, effective functioning and unity of national boards and ongoing problems of fractures and disunity in nations.

• Singapore – Two pastors have withdrawn their churches from Foursquare in at the end

of last year leaving one Filipino congregation and one Indonesian congregation. George Butron continues to pastor an independent church with English, Chinese and Filipino congregations. We need to plant new churches in Singapore among Chinese and English speaking expatriates.

NORTH ASIA – Corey (last name withheld) Vision The North Asia Regional Council exits to provide apostolic leadership for the nations of the region to go beyond present limitations, borders and barriers of language, culture, finance, history and politics. Strengths Having now met 11 times since our initial gathering in September 2003, we were the first to submit a regional council charter and the first to elect a female chairperson. The council has enabled its member nations within the region to connect and cooperate for numerous multilateral efforts including the sending and receiving of missionaries, church plants, training and education. Our strongest national work continues to be South Korea which has sent missionaries to 14 nations and is hosting our first regional conference. We have also entered a new season of national leadership with all but many members of their boards and cabinets between the ages of 30-‐50 which is contributing to an increased awareness of the need and merit of continuous leadership development. Weaknesses Five notable areas of weakness in our present approach and practice of ministry in North Asia are:

• Lack of a developed four-‐self theology to augment our four-‐stage model of development.

• Lack of cohesion and unity amongst workers from local U.S. Foursquare churches, FMI and overseas Foursquare national and local leadership.


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• Over-‐centralized approach to national church government which places an inordinate fiscal and personnel burden upon these national churches and their bivocational leadership.

• Lack of bicultural U.S. ministers willing to encourage, equip and resource our overseas partners.

• Lack of mutual understanding of and shared pursuit of solutions for paternalistic and patristic practices that hinder growth and influence because of “one church, one Foursquare registration.”

Opportunities The top five present opportunities for US Foursquare participation and contribution are:

• Japan – partnership with JFGC to plant churches in the disaster areas of Tohoku and to leadership development in Greater Tokyo and Osaka (population 63 million combined).

• Korea – partnership with ALU in church planting among foreign workers from North Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe.

• Mongolia – opportunities to equip, encourage, empower and resource a rapidly growing metro mix of nomads and urbanites in the city marketplaces of business, education and government.

• Taiwan – church-‐planting teams welcomed for Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung metro areas.

Threats The top five challenges to our partnership and influence in the region are:

• The increasingly heavy burden carried by individual churches and leaders for national churches.

• The growing weakness of the U.S. dollar making “self-‐support” happen at too quick a pace for healthy development of national churches with U.S. Foursquare-‐patterned polity.

• Navigation of the relational issues of various Foursquare ministries working in China amongst the “first, second and third churches.”

• The lack of gifted, prepared and culturally fluent laborers for our region being sent from the U.S.

• Global lack of awareness and commitment to a four-‐self missiology in the opening and development of national works.

SOUTH PACIFIC – Jerry Stott Vision

• Incredible church planting and evangelism continues to thrive in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Every month there are reports of increasing growth and opportunities to do more. Papua New Guinea medical and social outreach programs continue to open doors and bring greater influence to Foursquare.

• The continuing vision is church planting in the thousands of other islands throughout the region and to open new nations in the Pacific with the Foursquare Gospel.


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• Pastors and leaders training as well as the strengthening of national boards to continue in planting self-‐sustainable and reproducible churches throughout the region.

Opportunities

• There are a number of opportunities throughout the South Pacific with the possibility to open new nations. Also, in almost every one of our currently open South Pacific Foursquare nations, nationals are constantly asking us to minister in the smaller islands within their nation where we have not yet planted churches.

• We have continual opportunities to open new Island nations if funds are available for initial pioneering efforts and short-‐term investments.

• Great need for medical workers and schoolteachers continues to be a demand in Papua New Guinea.

• There still remains the need for full time missionary couples in Fiji and in the Kingdom of Tonga.

• We have developed a strong relationship with City Mission, an independent ministry in Papua New Guinea. We currently have two couples serving in key leadership roles and another due to deploy later this year. This is a huge ministry that is now also reaching into the Solomon Islands and using almost all Foursquare missionaries and pastors.

• More and more key US churches are getting involved in reaching into some of our current South Pacific nations. We have several opportunities for key churches to adopt some of the newly pioneered works. These new Stage One and Stage Two works need key pastors and leaders that can bring training/leadership development, worship teams and resources to help these new nations develop into thriving Stage Three or even Stage Four Foursquare Nations.

Challenges and areas of prayer

• Motivating national leaders to reach outside of their own nations and plant churches. • The stirring of more anti-‐Christian persecution in Indonesia. • The lack of regional funds to open new nations where we have opportunities or to even

sustain the new nations we already have. • The desperate need for missionaries to help various opportunities in Fiji, Papua New

Guinea and Tonga. • Kiribati has been experiencing a great number of salvations and healings. Pastors and

teams are needed to spend time in the developing work in this new Foursquare nation. • The desperate need to have a national headquarters and unified work in the rapidly

growing nation of Fiji. New opportunities have come up for outreach into the second most populated island of Vanua Levu. Several key locations and leaders have opened doors for Foursquare to expand and plant new churches.

• Please pray for the newly opened nation of Tuvalu. Pray for favor, growth and leaders to arise during these early days of church planting. We desperately need the ongoing funds to support this work on a monthly basis. Papua New Guinea missionaries are currently serving the new Tuvalu work, but will be forced to close this work if funds are not made available to sustain the initial stages of development.


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• In early January we had an incredible open door into the new nation of Palau. Several meetings were held on the most populated island of Koror. One key family has invited us to send a missionary couple by early March. We need basic finances to see this very wide open door into Palau become the 14th Foursquare Nation in the South Pacific Region.

Foursquare Missions International Personnel *Some full names withheld for security reasons

Jim and Melinda Scott – VP Global Operations and Director of Missions Ted Vail – Associate Director Heidi Chambers – Associate Director, Administrative Operations FMI Team Located in Los Angeles Audrey Doumen – Deployment Coordinator Jackie Fernandez – Executive Assistant to the Director Cheryl Vincent – Missionary Care Coordinator Rachael Walsh – Assistant to the Associate Director, Administrative Operations Tynitra Wilson – Missionary Care Assistant FMI Team Serving the Los Angeles Office, Field-‐based George Cline – Pastor Encounters Stephanie Diongzon – Assistant to the Associate Director Chad Isenhart – GO Teams | Relief and Compassion Rod Light – Communications Coordinator Johnell Loop – Training and Education Coordinator FMI Team Serving Globally Africa – Humberto and Teri Paz, area missionary; Dan and Martine Lucero, area missionary Ron and Charlotte Meyers Kenya Garry and Brenda Kean Namibia Marcia Gilmore Rwanda Rory and Pam Frink Senegal Fabio and Simone Chen South Africa John and Dianne Shober


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Americas Caribbean – David and Nancy Stone, area missionary Dominican Republic Charlie and Darla Finocchiaro Gerald and Betty Poppe Richard and Kirsten Root Grenada Jacque Antoine Central America Paul and Ulrike Otremba – Area missionary Belize Lee and Robyn Brockinton Costa Rica Bill and Debbie Boling Nathan and Kathy Heatherly Josiah and Cynthia Hubbard Ed and Peggy Wagner El Salvador Pablo and Alma Pena North America – Ted and Dawn Vail, area missionary Alaska Rod and Teresa Koop Mexico Robert and Joanne Bainbridge Kyle and Teresa Bauer Michael and Geri Carey Don and Sandy Godwin Ginger Hoeben John and Robin Mazariegos Ray and Cheryl Miller John and Laura Navarro Frank and Elena Razo Steve and Holly Taft


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South America – Paul and Ulrike Otremba, area missionary Brazil Lois Broughton Dale and Patti Downs Chile Aaron and Francis Hunter Lee and Lisa Schnabel Ecuador Michael and Jennifer England Peru Juventino and Maria Arredondo Asia *Mark and Debbie North Asia – *Corey, area missionary Hong Kong Jim and Kathy Shiflett Japan Jeff and Naoko Mackay Steve Niksarian Cary and Chisako Oshiro Michael and Michiyo Williams Renee Williams South Korea Kathy Alexander Taiwan Steve and Beth Lavooi South Asia – *Wayne, area missionary Southeast Asia – George and Joyce Butron, area missionary Cambodia Ted and Sou Olbrich Sam Tolle


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Guam Cesar and Ana Crisostomo Philippines Nolan and Judy Galido DJ and Lynnette Garces Bryant and Patty Sabandal Thailand Mike and Bee Arter Alex and Brook Blanton *Chris and Parichat Daniel and Zina Docto Neill and Diana Gilbert Gary and Paula Hays Kelly and Angela Hilderbrand Andy and Christina Opie Paul and Lori Vernon South Pacific – Jerry and Julie Stott, area missionary Indonesia *Becky Papua New Guinea Ron and Debra Brown Kirt and Denise Triche Europe – Jeff and Debbie Roper, area missionary Albania Chris and Laura Dakas Sean and Vita Mason Bulgaria James and Nikki Scott Czech Republic Ken and Linda Stapleton Estonia Joel and Keturah Mayer Brett and Tammy Toft


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France Francois and Nathalie Gendron Dianne Parcher Germany Anna Marie Mazzone Netherlands Adam and Sarah Hartel Hungary David and Susan Ballantyne Dave and Mindy Sebens Ireland Elizabeth Delaney Tim and Kristina O’Toole Poland Denise Johnson Russia Michael and Karen McDonald Middle East – *Sam, area missionary (*Last names and countries withheld for security reasons) *Charles and Elizabeth *Ester *Zach and Laura Foursquare Area Missionaries (Global-‐Funded) George and Joyce Butron – Southeast Asia *Corey – North Asia Dan and Martine Lucero – West Africa and Francophone Nations Paul and Ulrike Otremba – Central America and Northern South America Humberto and Teri Paz – East/Southern Africa Jeff and Debbie Roper – Europe *Sam – Middle East/North Africa/Central Asia (MENACA) David and Nancy Stone – Caribbean Jerry and Julie Stott – South Pacific Ted and Dawn Vail – North America *Wayne – South Asia


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Global-‐Funded Missionaries Jacque Antoine – Grenada David and Susan Ballantyne – Hungary Chris and Laura Dakas – Albania Charlie and Darla Finocchiaro – Dominican Republic Kelly and Angela Hilderbrand – Thailand Steve and Beth Lavooi – Taiwan Jeff and Naoko MacKay – Japan Ted and Sou Olbrich – Cambodia Lee and Lisa Schnabel – Chile Brett and Tammy Toft – Estonia Church-‐Funded Missionaries Juventino and Maria Arredondo – Peru Mike and Bee Arter – Thailand Robert and Joanne Bainbridge – Mexico Kyle and Teresa Bauer – Mexico *Becky – Indonesia Alex and Brook Blanton – Thailand Bill and Debbie Boling – Costa Rica Lee and Robyn Brockinton – Belize Lois Broughton – Brazil Ron and Debra Brown – Papua New Guinea Mike and Geri Carey – Mexico *Chris and Parichat – Asia Cesar and Anna Crisostomo – Guam Beth Delaney – Ireland Dale and Patti Downs – Brazil Michael and Jennifer England – Ecuador *Elena – Europe Rory and Pam Frink – Rwanda Francois and Nathalie Gendron – France Neill and Diana Gilbert –Thailand Marcia Gilmore – Namibia Don and Sandy Godwin – Mexico Adam and Sarah Hartel – Netherlands Nathan and Kathy Heatherly – Costa Rica Josiah and Cynthia Hubbard – Costa Rica Aaron and Francis Hunter – Chile Denise Johnson – Poland Garry and Brenda Kean – Kenya Rod and Teresa Koop – Alaska (U.S. missions) *Charles and Elizabeth – MENACA *Mark and Debbie – Asia


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Sean and Vita Mason – Albania John and Robin Mazariegos – Mexico Michael and Karen McDonald – Russia Ron and Char Meyers – Southern Africa John and Laura Navarro – Mexico Steve Niksarian – Japan Andy and Christina Opie – Thailand Cary and Chisako Oshiro – Japan Tim and Kristina O’Toole – Ireland Pablo and Alma Pena – El Salvador Jerry and Betty Poppe – Dominican Republic Rich and Kirsten Root – Dominican Republic Bryant and Patty Sabandal – Philippines James and Nikki Scott – Bulgaria Dave and Mindy Sebens – Hungary Jim and Kathy Shiflett – North Asia John and Dianne Shober – South Africa Ken and Linda Stapleton – Czech Republic Steve and Holly Taft – Mexico Michael and Michiyo Williams – Japan Renee Williams – Japan *Zach and Laura – MENACA Church-‐Funded Missionary Team Specialists Kathy Alexander – South Korea Fabio and Simone Chen – Senegal Daniel and Zina Docto – Thailand *Ester – MENACA Nolan and Judy Galido – Philippines DJ and Lynnette Garces – Philippines Gary and Paula Hays – Thailand Ginger Hoeben – Mexico Joel and Keturah Mayer – Estonia Anna Marie Mazzone – Germany Ray and Cheryl Miller – Mexico Dianne Parcher – France Frank and Elena Razo – Mexico Sam Tolle – Cambodia Kirt and Denise Triche – Papua New Guinea Paul and Lori Vernon – Thailand Ed and Peggy Wagner – Costa Rica Deployed 2012 Juventino and Maria Arredondo – Peru Kyle and Teresa Bauer – Mexico


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Alex and Brook Blanton – Thailand *Ester – MENACA Rory and Pam Frink – Rwanda Joel and Keturah Mayer – Estonia Anna Marie Mazzone – Germany Frank and Elena Razo – Mexico Kirt and Denise Triche – Papua New Guinea Ed and Peggy Wagner – Costa Rica Assignment Completed 2012-‐2013 John and Debbie Booker – Haiti Paul and Carina Greer – Papua New Guinea Joy Hanson – New Zealand Tyler and Elizabeth Jorgensen – Botswana *Justin – South Asia Matt and Grace Kladnik – Australia John and Ruth Weed – Kazakhstan Emily Wood – Singapore Foursquare Missions Press Production facilities located at: 4905 E. La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807 Office: 714.693.2016 Toll free: 888.635.4234 x4420 Fax: 714.777.1309

Foursquare Missions Press (FMP) Leaders

Robert (Heidi) Hunt– Director Laura Gerdes – Accounting Joy McInnis – Administrator Grace Enterline – Administrative Assistant Dave McInnis – Africa Coordinator Fred Horner – Asia Coordinator Andy Reyna -‐ Bindery Foreman Matthew Agosto – Children's Gospel Box Coordinator Rick Wulfestieg – Children's Gospel Box Director Eric Jansen – Graphic Artist/Shipping Coordinator Wyce Ghiacy – Graphic Designer Sheila Ransford – Latin America Coordinator Jess DeRevere – Production Manager


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Foursquare Countries/Works Around the World As of February 20, 2013

Albania Angola Argentina Armenia Australia (East) Australia (West) Austria Bangladesh Belize Benin Bolivia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czech Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji France French Guiana* Gabon Germany Ghana Great Britain

Greece Grenada Guam** Guatemala Guinea (Conakry) Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras Hong Kong*** Hungary India Indonesia/Irian Jaya Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Liberia Luxembourg Macau*** Malawi Malaysia Mali Mauritius Mexico Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru


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Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico** Republic of Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka South Sudan Swaziland

Switzerland Taiwan Tanzania Thailand The Gambia Togo Tonga Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States** U.S. Virgin Islands** Uruguay Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

Registered Works: 106; Unregistered Works: 30 *France or French territory **U.S. or U.S. territory ***Part of China Note: Eleven countries/works are not listed for security reasons.

Missionary Care Report Cheryl Vincent

[email protected]

Highlights from 2011 • Furloughs/Re-‐entry Process better defined • Counseling available with Chuck Shoemake or Robby Booth – positive (17 counseled) • Inaugural event: Line items for missionary care expenses added to the budget during the

September budget season – very positive • Meeting with each missionary that attended Connection • Debriefing with missionaries in Los Angeles and at times at CrossPointe • Missionary care team (MCT) attended AACC conference: first training event the MCT

attended since creation of the missionary care concept and MCT in mid 2008 • Designated funds issue for Global Funded Missionary (GFM) resolved (per vote) • New process of bi-‐monthly funds sent out to Church Funded Missionary (CFM) • Progress made with quarterly ministry report with more missionaries responding Priorities for 2012 • Report for newly deployed missionaries: to process first two months of impressions in

country (Field Report: First 2 Months) • New approach to sending ministry quarterly and budget reports


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o Format changed, followed up with quicker responses from missionary care coordinator

• Necessity of increasing MCT budget line item for gifts • Field Retreats (regional): During Missions Committee meeting there was discussion of

importance for Foursquare missionaries to meet bi-‐annually in their region o Line item to be added in 2013 budget to include additional half-‐day/day of training

for field missionaries at the retreat (led by AM and/or MCT) • Creation of missionary profile/snapshot database: Historical document created in light of

file retention policy; the following info to be encapsulated: o Deployment date o Facilitating church o Date file was received by MCT o Report/Letters: Quarterly ministry report for GFMs; quarterly ministry report and

budget report for CFMs o Category: GFM or CFM (including CFM-‐Missionary Team Specialist and CFM-‐Intern) o Date Field Report: First 2 Months received o Issues (i.e. funds, relational, assignment, too much time in U.S., etc.) o Date file docs updated (including docs revised) o Furlough dates o Stateside dates (visits, i.e. Connection attended, vacation, etc.) o Counseling sessions: Number and counselor name o Next assignment (U.S./field; transition process with MCT) o Re-‐entry doc and date; Debrief dates o AM/field supervisor report, receipt date o Date file closed and sent to be archived

• Sabbatical for AMs (one month): o Form/schedule to be determined (not a vacation, rather a spiritual, reflective time) o Pending U.S. church sabbatical policy dialogue (established at March 2012

cabinet/board meetings) • Implementing missionary psych/holistic health assessments

Missionary Training and Education Report Johnell Loop, [email protected]

http://connect.foursquaremissions.org In 2012, two Missionary Training Intensives were held in Los Angeles. A total of 63 people attended. This included 30 new missionary applicants, 4 FMI missionary units, 18 pastors training as coaches (see below) and 8 missionaries from other groups that we embraced to assist in their training needs. Training Expansion In 2012, Eloise Clarno passed her baton of teaching on Living Single on the Field to Linda Richey. Two sessions were upgraded and developed by Dave Metsker. These include: Developing Spirituality for Cross-‐Cultural Ministry and Developing Spirit-‐Directed Team Leaders.


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Field specific reading lists have been established and upgraded and will continue to be developed into 2013. Support Raising Coaches In November 2012, 18 Foursquare pastors were trained as support raising coaches. These pastors attended training along side of our Foursquare missionary candidates. These coaching pastors will be assigned to a new missionary candidate(s) that has been approved to raise support. They will provide weekly encouragement and accountability during the time that they are raising support to go to the field. Our professional support-‐raising trainer, Henri Moreau, has provided both training and coaching materials written specifically for Foursquare Missions International. This training focuses on raising funds from individuals rather than focusing on churches as a support base. This new coaching role is being beta tested this spring. Grant Approval Foursquare Missions International, Foursquare Media and Foursquare Missions Press partnered together in 2012 and were approved for a $40,000 Foursquare Foundation Leadership Development Grant. These funds as well as matching funds will provide the starting monies needed to provide translation and distribution of Foursquare resources for Foursquare leaders and pastors around the world. A second grant is being submitted in hopes of providing a wider scope of translation and distribution possibilities in the immediate future. The ultimate goal is to provide every pastor and leader with a package of doctrinally correct materials in a language that can easily be read and understood. These materials include but are not limited to:

• Foundations of Pentecostal Theology The ICFG Board of Directors has approved the translation of the new edition of this book in three chapter segments as they are completed and approved.

• The Foursquare Church • Women in Leadership Ministry • Disciples of All Nations

FMI Communications Report

Rod Light [email protected]

Foursquare Missions has a rich heritage of effective global ministry but often has lacked the same finesse and relational equity with our U.S. pastors, leaders and church members. This is especially true in the area of FMI Communications. Identifying the Roadmap in 2012 Our threefold goal during 2012 was to identify successes and failures of past communication efforts, determine what currently works well, and develop a roadmap for success in a new paradigm and with a new communications philosophy. FMI contracted with Mark Dreistadt and his team from Infinity Concepts to consult and help steer our processes and personnel leading to a sustainable and self-‐sufficient communications


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team. Although progress was slow in the beginning, by the fall of 2012 we started to gain traction. By the end of December 2012, we had successfully launched and managed a Children’s Christmas Offering campaign resulting in $65,607.70 received that will help FMI support our global ministries to children. This campaign had one major distinction over all other previous fund raising efforts – with this offering we began to engage and cultivate donations from individuals in Foursquare churches in addition to our conventional fund raising efforts with senior pastors and credentialed ministers. We also made major strides in 2012 beginning to identify our FMI mission, message, and brand. Clarity in these three areas is helping us now share the FMI story with more focus and impact. Taking the Journey in 2013 FMI Communications reflects our new philosophy of cultivating the support of individuals in addition to the support of our credentialed ministers and local churches. Our comprehensive communication strategy encompasses the following seven priorities:

• Donation Processing • Donor Receipting • Donor Development • Donor Communications • Video Communications • Website • Media

We are well on our way toward identifying areas of adjustment and innovation in each of these seven priorities. We project that 2013 will see improved FMI communications systems and strategies, tangible donor development, and an increase to the FMI Global Fund.

GO Teams Report Chad Isenhart, [email protected] http://connect.foursquaremissions.org

2012 2011 2010

Teams reported to FMI 250 226 276 Countries visited 63 59 59 Team participants 2154 1659 2200 Estimated $ spent on STMs* $2.6 million $2.3 million $2.8 million *Estimates based on the following formula: (# of participants x best flight cost) + insurance + (# of participants x # days on field x $40/person/day for room, board, transportation and ministry costs.

In 2012, GO Teams worked hard to better track the US church’s involvement in Short Term Missions (STM). This year's data shows that short term missions are still at the heart of the US


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church. While we weren’t able to gather all the data we would have liked, we did gain some valuable information. The number of short term missions teams in 2012 grew significantly from 226 to 250, with the number of countries visited growing from 59 to 63 from 2011 to 2012. Through this growth, it is evident that we are reaching out to more of our global family, but we are still far away from partnering with the entirety of our family. Our goal for the year to come is to continue to pray for outreach opportunities and growth as we strive to reach more nations. Some significant figures this year show a constant presence in Haiti and Japan. The US church’s tremendous efforts to partner with the ongoing relief efforts in Haiti and Japan have been consistent; 57 teams were active in Haiti during 2011, 50 teams in 2012 and Japan had 9 teams in 2011 and 8 in 2012. The numbers show that 20% of our total STM have gone to Haiti over the past 3 years. With this focus on Haiti, one may ask: with over 400k spent on Haiti and the trend of 1 in 5 teams traveling to Haiti, is this focus of resources at the expense of other fields? Mexico is our second most visited country over the past 3 years, with a total of 45 teams participating in efforts within the country. An interesting fact is that Mexico has more missionaries than any other field, compared to Haiti with no long-‐term missionary. In Mexico, 30% of teams are working with Foursquare Missionaries or participating in national work, compared to Haiti where 99% of teams are working with Foursquare and national church. There is a large number of teams going to Haiti and tend to be small and understaffed, but teams are working alongside the local and national church. In Mexico however, teams are helping around the country, and not necessarily with and through the Foursquare National Church or missionaries. Finally, 2012 saw the end of the amazing work from David Wheeler, who served as GO Teams Coordinator for FMI. David created a very high standard of communication and relationship, both of which I strive to continue. I, (Chad Isenhart) have taken over the role as GO Teams Coordinator, combining my experience of missions and disaster relief with GO Teams to help more teams get in the field and be become better equipped and trained to “go into all the world.” I look forward to expanding FMI’s global reach through STM.

Foursquare Relief and Compassion Report Chad Isenhart, [email protected] http://www.reliefandcompassion.org

In 2012 Foursquare Relief and Compassion (FRC), a relief arm of Foursquare in service to both FMI and the National Church Office (NCO), assisted in 16 total disasters, domestically and globally. FRC strategically focused on helping local churches and leaders in response to crisis with the love of Christ. FRC was also able to partner with specifically trained Disaster Chaplains from the Foursquare Chaplains ministry.


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FRC worked through the NCO and district leadership and structures to respond quickly and effectively, channeling resources and support through the local church and to their surrounding communities. The scope of our work included the initial assessment followed with a strategic longer term response. The aim was to follow through with community development, discipleship and church planting when appropriate. In partnership with other Organizations we were able to receive gifts in kind totaling five containers of food, relief supplies, and other commodities.

• Fiji Hurricane Evan -‐ January -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Myanmar/Burma Village Fires -‐ March -‐ $2,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Henryville Indiana Tornado-‐ March-‐ $6,286.48 NCO Disaster Relief Fund • Fiji Flooding -‐ April -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Sri Lanka Flooding -‐ April -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Bangladesh Cyclone-‐ July -‐ $3,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Myanmar/Burma Arakhn Violence June -‐ $2,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Myanmar/Burma Village fires -‐ August -‐ $3,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Mali/Niger Sahel Region Famine -‐ July -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Mali/Niger Sahel Region Famine North East District relief trip -‐ $1,000 FMI Disaster

Relief Fund • Philippines Typhoon -‐ August -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • New Mexico fires/flooding – September -‐ $5,000 NCO Disaster Relief Fund • US-‐ North East Hurricane Sandy -‐ October -‐ $44,845.54 NCO Disaster Relief Fund • Sri Lanka Cyclones and landslides -‐ November -‐ $10,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Jamaica Hurricane Sandy -‐ November -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Philippines Typhoon-‐ December -‐ $5,000 FMI Disaster Relief Fund • Benin food crisis-‐ December-‐ 2 containers (500,000 meals) Gifts in Kind-‐ Partner

organization • Haiti Continued Relief 2012-‐ $138,012.51 • Japan Continued Relief-‐ 2012 $240,410 • Disaster Chaplains monthly assistance providing spiritual care-‐ $12,000/2012

Total Relief and Compassion Funds Distributed

• U.S. Dollars spent on U.S.-‐based disasters from NCO Disaster Relief Fund-‐ $56,132.02 • U.S. Dollars spent on Global Disasters from FMI Disaster Relief Fund-‐ $437,422.51 • U.S Dollars donated "Gifts in Kind" from partner organizations totaling in wholesale

value-‐ $145,000 (roughly 1 million meals)


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-‐ 500,000

1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 4,000,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

507,750 866,318 1,017,493

1,522,677 2,217,361

2,208,000

3,043,097

3,211,289 3,130,345

3,871,280

$-‐ $1,000,000 $2,000,000 $3,000,000 $4,000,000 $5,000,000 $6,000,000 $7,000,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

$5,308,571

$6,109,876

$5,458,833 $4,932,915

$4,294,550

$3,740,071

$3,299,977

$2,749,032 $3,055,568

$2,603,468

Financial Reports

2012 FMI Income – All Sources

Actual Global Missions Fund Trend 2003-‐2012

Support for Church-‐Funded Missionaries 2003-‐2012

Tithe on Tithe, 3,043,364 , 31%

GMF 2,444,765 25%

Earmarked 3,874,100 39%

Relief 148,405 2%

Columbus Pledge 158,703 2%

Other 135,509 1%


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Admin; $1,739,532 ; 57%

Field; $1,303,832 ; 43%

Field 6,414,630 65%

US Church Relations 602,337 6% GO Teams

11,254 0% Global Church

Relations 135,551 1%

Furlough Home 78,124 1% Training & Deployment 65,268 1%

Missionary Care 190,706 2%

Global Summit 38,986 0%

Mission Administration 1,739,532 18%

Relief 639,476 6%

2012 Allocation of Tithe on Tithe 2012 FMI Total Expenditures


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$-‐

$500,000

$1,000,000

$1,500,000

$2,000,000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

$130,585 $84,962

$1,857,376

$52,687 $52,078

$267,280

$98,478

$1,383,440

$697,687

$148,404

Bangladesh $2,803 0%

General $189,090 29%

Haiti $208,084 31%

Japan $247,699 37%

Myanmar $7,000 1% Sri Lanka

$10,000 2%

Foursquare Disaster Relief 2003-‐2012 Actual Income 2012 Relief Funds Distributed by Area


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Projects Funded by Foursquare Connection 2011 Offerings | Phase II

Funded as of December 2012

Priority Project | Region Brief Project Description & Update Open New Nations Reaching Unreached People Groups

Church Planting and Pastor Training Seminars South Asia

This will complete a prior project that is already bearing much fruit. It will provide for 1 – 2 further pastor/leader training intensive seminars in each of the following countries: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Approximately 1,000 pastors and leaders will be trained. These leaders are starting churches among unreached villages and people groups in these 10/40 window nations.

Kingdom Expansion Beyond Normal

Ministry Training to Reach UPG MENACA

Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are growing in Canada, Europe, and the U.S. Additionally in the U.S. alone there now are over 500,000 international students, the majority coming from 10/40 nations. Most of our churches are ill equipped to reach individuals from the most unreached nations at their doorstep. This project would provide training opportunities to equip individuals and churches in reaching immigrants from the least evangelized nations and international students in the West, mentor interns from our Bible Schools and Institutes and help train pre-‐deployed missionaries being sent to unreached peoples.

Open New Nations Reaching Unreached People Groups

Church Plant in Strategic City MENACA

In 2012 we plan on beginning a church plant in one the most populist and least evangelized cities in the world. The church planter for this project has been preparing himself for over 5 years in language and cultural learning as well as establishing contacts in this key city. Funds would help with the initial seed money to rent a meeting place, buy equipment and for publicity to draw individuals to the church. We wilL also be planting a church in the capital city of Armenia, which is key to impacting that nation as a higher and higher percentage of the nation lives in the capital, especially youth seeking employment.

Kingdom Expansion Beyond Normal

Two Church Plant Teams – Two Cities MENACA

One of our countries has already launched a church planting effort into two cities that have no Foursquare churches and are almost completely unreached by the Gospel. The funds will go towards helping support two-‐church planting teams in their first year of pioneering this work.


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Advancing the Stage of a National Church

Ministry Training Center in Trinidad-‐Tobago Caribbean

The island of Trinidad-‐Tobago is home to a significant Hindu & Muslim population, and provides a unique opportunity to train those interested in reaching out to other cultures. Because of its location off the coast of Venezuela, it's accessible to Latin Americans who have a more open door into these cultures than do North Americans. Thus, this ministry center will operate in close relationship with Venezuela and other Latin countries. The former Foursquare Venezuela Missions Director, who ran an annual school of missions for youth which led to the planting of several churches, train leaders, and send teams internationally, will lead it. A facility has been found for the school, and steps are being taken for promotion/preparation. Its curriculum will be a modification of the school of missions’ and will be ongoing throughout the year. Funds will be used for start-‐up expenses: bunk beds, furniture, office equipment, materials, etc., as well as some initial travel expenses. The school will be supported by local churches in Venezuela, as well as by a fee paid by each participant. Other ministries will be using the facilities as part of their mission outreach as well.


Church Plant and Open St. Lucia to Foursquare Caribbean

We are working to open the country of St. Lucia to Foursquare. We have contacts on the island inviting us to come open a church, but we still need to provide leadership and support. The contacts are in relationship with our church in Grenada, so there will be some travel expense between the islands. We are also looking into two couples that could possibly lead this work. We need to be able to provide rent and utilities for a year, start-‐up costs, and outreach throughout the year.


Seminars in Argentina and Uruguay Southern South America

Seminars for pastors, church members, and trainers of trainers using the Doing What Jesus Did and the Series of the Ambassador material. Funds will be used for speakers’ airfares to the region and their hotel costs as well as to print materials for the seminars.


Seminars in Bolivia and Paraguay Southern South America

Seminars for pastors, church members, and trainers of trainers using the Doing What Jesus Did and the Series of the Ambassador material. Funds will be used for speakers’ airfares to the region and their hotel costs as well as to print materials for the seminars.


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Property Purchase for Mission Base Francophone Nations

Doing this in this Muslim Nation will consolidate and establish the over 15 years of Missions work that has been carried out here in partnership between FMI, Foursquare Cote d'Ivoire and Foursqure France. The strategic significance is of the highest order. Purchasing this land in partnership with Foursquare Cote d'Ivoire will assure the continuity of the years of previous work. Owning their own property will ensure the church will no longer be subjected to the possibility of being kicked off of its land but will have a secure mission base from which to work. The Cote d'Ivoire have accepted the apostolic oversight of this work into the future.


Church Plant and Open Laos to Foursquare South East Asia

Strategic church planting to open the country of Laos. Cambodia has spent $23,000.00 to purchase property and develop training center in a Lao-‐speaking village on the Cambodia side of the Cambodia-‐Laos border. Ease of crossing the border both ways makes this an ideal training location for launching strategic church planting ministry into Laos. Ted and Sou Olbrich both speak Lao. This project will fully launch by mid-‐year after some delays on permits. Funds will be used to assist with transportation, lodging, and evangelism & discipleship materials.


Training and Networking in the Balkan Region Europe

Fund regional training event for leaders from Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Croatia, and Northern Greece for the purpose of leadership development and networking emerging Foursquare works in the Balkans. Provide for ongoing leadership development and outreach into the Balkan region with the focus on establishing Foursquare works in each of the nations involved and strengthening the existing works through leadership development and coaching.


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A Global Church with a Global Mission

The Foursquare Church in Two Structures Since the days of the Apostles in the Early Church, the Holy Spirit has moved through the structured established church, but has also expanded the gospel across cultures, barriers, and borders through mission structures. Acts 15 illustrates the relationship between these two vital structures. The Foursquare Church’s expansion has similarly occurred as these two structures work in tandem. Until recently, much of the governance, structure, and mission has been based in the U.S.A. Now the Foursquare Church is a global church that requires a global structure, and Foursquare believers worldwide share the calling and opportunity to expand this gospel even further, through a global mission structure. The Global Foursquare Church A Global Council comprised of regional and national church leaders along with anointed global elders take on the mantel that is being passed from the U.S. Foursquare Church and Foursquare Missions regarding:

• Global leadership • Governance in serving individual nations and global mission • Distinctives of doctrine, ministry, and identity • Order regarding the global church, relating, and working together

Similarly to the governing “council” of Acts 15, this Global Council is the highest body of governance and leadership in the Global Foursquare Church. Just as a national church recognizes the role of the local church, the global church recognizes the role and degree of sovereignty that each national church movement retains. Foursquare Missions Global As patterned in Acts 15, a Global Mission structure functions under the authority of the Global Foursquare Church and the order and distinctives as set by the Global Council and national churches if and where they exist. Foursquare Missions Global provides a structure for believers from any nation to take the gospel or serve on mission in any other nation. While each Foursquare nation has its own church structure and mission structure, Foursquare Missions Global, provides a much needed overarching structure for global mission and expansion:

• To coordinate multi-‐national global missionary sending/receiving • To train workers from various nations as they go to other peoples • To assist each nation in the development of the Two Structures: strong national

churches, and vibrant cross-‐cultural mission. • To serve the Global Foursquare Church as a cultural broker and specialist in multi-‐

lingual, multi-‐national, and cross-‐cultural ministry. The development of both these structures is already well underway. This document serves to formalize this trajectory as the Foursquare Church and Foursquare Missions step into its future as a Global Church with a Global Mission.


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