From June 21 to 23, 2017, Nazarene Missions International (NMI) held their global convention in Indianapolis, Illinois, USA.
One of the important events was the presentation of the new ministry logo (download here) by the president elect of NMI, Philip Weatherill, and the current president, Lola Brickey. The logo contains 4 colors, each one with a unique meaning: unity, mission, action and impact. In the presentation they challenged the delegates to focus on prayer hand in hand with work.
The global leaders used 4 chairs in their presentation. One chair was from the “Glory Barn,” which represented the vision of the first Nazarenes to help missions. The second chair was a desk chair that symbolized the countless actions of workers through NMI through the years. The next was a stool that was a reminder of the impact of NMI, which has helped to bring the church from 31,000 members in 830 churches in 1915 to 2.47 million members in 30,574 churches today. The last chair was an unusual gyroscope-style chair which they used to urge the members to remain united as NMI moves into a challenging and exciting future.
The delegates were motivated to model excellence, share the story and be an international ministry to serve the world. The speakers stressed that from now on, the ministry of NMI will center on 5 areas of impact: prayer, the World Evangelism Fund, Alabaster, youth and LINKS.
Within the Mesoamerica Region, this will be done in 6 areas by adding to the GENESIS project. Genesis is the regional initiative to win large cities where there is little presence of the Church of the Nazarene and islands in the Caribbean where the Church of the Nazarene has no presence.
Among the important decisions made during the convention was the selection by the Mesoamerica regional caucus of Blanca Campos de Sierra from the West Puerto Rico District as the regional representative to the Global NMI Council. Ana Maria Crocker will continue as the Regional NMI Coordinator.
Source: Ana Maria Crocker, Mesoamerica Region NMI Coordinator
Edited by: Mesoamerica Communications
