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CARIBOO
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
VISION STATEMENT FOR 2005-2010
Statement
of Mission VISION STATEMENT FOR 2005-2010
The primary Mission of the Cariboo Presbyterian Church (CPC) continues to be to reach out with the love of Jesus Christ to people who live beyond the traditional church in the rural and remote areas of the Cariboo-Chilcotin region. This will be done by building up communities of Christian faith principally in areas where there is little or no other Christian witness. These communities of faith will be fully inclusive of children and will honor all Christian denominations. God willing, by 2010 the CPC will consist of 20 house churches, a chapel ministry at Lac la Hache of 50 active members and a vibrant community ministry at Nazko.
Mission and Ministry Objectives
1. General House Church Objectives.
The primary work of the CPC house church ministry is evangelization for Christ and the development of caring Christian communities for worship and spiritual formation in rural areas. To this end we have the following growth and development objectives for the house church ministry over the next 5 years.
a. Each existing house church will be encouraged to grow through evangelization to an optimum size of 12 adults.
b. When a house church has grown to approximately 15 adults it will be encouraged to choose from among its members a team to begin a second house church in an adjacent area. The exact method of doing this will be developed contextually and prayerfully.
c. Each house church will be encouraged to choose from among its members a spiritually gifted person to act as a house church leader who will work with the overseeing pastor/missionary to provide leadership.
d. A pastor/missionary will oversee the work to disciple people in the areas of worship, biblical knowledge, pastoral care and spiritual formation in up to 12 house churches, visiting up to 6 per week.
2. Lac la Hache Community Chapel Objectives
The primary work of the CPC's Lac la Hache Community Chapel is to share God's love in Jesus Christ by demonstrating and reinforcing the community of Lac la Hache's worth and value through evangelism and pastoral ministry. The CPC is the sole resident Christian witness operating in Lac la Hache. Our objectives over the next 5 years are as follows:
a. The pastor/missionary position for Lac la Hache will go from halftime to fulltime.
b. The pastor/missionary’s chief function will be teaching and equipping members of Christ’s body for ministry in and near Lac la Hache.
c. We will grow the Lac la Hache Community Chapel's committed fellowship.
d. The chapel members will be responsible for evangelism, and pastoral care in the community as well as maintenance of the chapel building through a maintenance board.
e. We will find and develop house church leaders, will provide worship and spiritual feeding for these leaders, and then through the pastor and house church leaders, will seek to establish house church ministries in or near Lac la Hache to complement the chapel ministry.
f. The members of the house churches will work with the pastor and house church leaders as per our general house church objectives stated above.
g. The chapel members, elders, and pastor/missionary will pursue mission and ministry opportunities to those overlooked in 100 Mile House (EG: Carefree Manor)
h. The pastor/missionary and elders from Lac la Hache will offer leadership development and other learning opportunities through the chapel resource center to the whole CPC upon request.
3. Nazko Valley
Community Ministry Objectives.
Our Ministry in Nazko will reach out with the love of Jesus Christ to the people of Nazko and related communities, inviting them to follow and share fellowship in Him. The primary focus will be on reaching out to the Southern Carrier and other First Nations people, while still welcoming our non-Native neighbours. It will be Christ-centered, Biblically based, rooted in prayer, culturally honoring and socially transforming. We will seek to accomplish this purpose through the following objectives:
a. Holding regular strategic prayer initiatives for and with the Nazko community.
b. Researching the aboriginal heritage of the Southern Carrier people with a view to presenting the message of Christ in culturally meaningful ways.
c. Gathering and discipling a weekly worshipping fellowship in the community.
d. Pursuing and maintaining a strong pastoral presence in the community.
e. Raising up effective Christian leadership in the community including one aboriginal elder to join the Session of the Cariboo Presbyterian Church.
f. Maintaining a regular cycle of outreach activities including: i) Ministry with children and youth. ii) Initiatives focused on evangelism, outreach and social transformation.
g. Establishing other fellowship groups in related aboriginal communities (i.e. Trout Lake, Kluskus, Red Bluff/Quesnel, Alexandria).
h. Having the ministry recognized by the wider church as a specifically Aboriginal ministry and networking with others in Aboriginal ministry to share ideas, support each other, and develop a strong understanding of an Aboriginal theological perspective
Administrative Objectives (The Session)
a. The CPC Session consists of all its duly elected and ordained elders and pastor/missionaries.
b. The CPC Session will provide for oversight and pastoral care in all missions and ministries undertaken under the name of the Cariboo Presbyterian Church. It will vet all mission work, provide for pastoral care and spiritual growth for all ministry participants, ensure stewardship of all mission resources, administer all capital purchases and provide for the maintenance of all property.
c. Each member or participant in the ministry of the CPC has access to its Session by way of any elder or pastor/missionary.
d. The CPC Session is directly under the oversight of the Presbytery of Kamloops of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, as are each of its pastor/missionaries.
e. Over the next five year period, the Session is responsible to oversee all of the objectives outlined above.
