I. In Support of Missionaries
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Amount
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Computer and office equipment
The missionary team needs to purchase new laptop computers, laser printers and multimedia equipment (digital projectors).
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$1,500
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Vehicle
Vehicles are used to help bring people to special events, to transport missionaries to ministry events, for mission/vision groups coming to serve and on rare occasions, as informal ambulances and temporary shelter. | $25,000 | |
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II. In Support of the National Church
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Pastoral Conferences
Metepec Pastors Retreat - Most of the pastors of the Covenant Church in Mexico are bi-vocational, working secular jobs to support their families while carrying out the duties of pastoring small churches. The Mexico mission staff organizes a spring retreat for pastors/leaders and their spouses from each church affiliated with the Covenant Church in Mexico.
| $15,000 | |
Church Planting Training
There is an ongoing need for the training of pastors and church planters. What is currently effective is gathering the pastors and lay leaders in a retreat setting for 3 to 4 days. The conference and training events provide quality education, build community and allow meaningful dialogue between teachers and colleagues. Sponsorship opportunities are: |
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| $300 | |
- Travel for International Facilitators
| $500 | |
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Intensive Seminary Courses
The Mexican Covenant Church is offering two intensive seminary courses each year, in March and October. The next set of classes will focus on church history and theology. For each session, a professor from North Park Theological Seminary has come to provide high quality Covenant teaching. Sponsorship opportunities are: |
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- Cost per Pastor / Student
| $50 | |
- Travel for International Professors
| $500 | |
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Church Property and Facilities
Often churches barely have enough to pay for a pastor. The mission staff wants to create a fund that will provide financial assistance to local churches. This will allow local congregations to give what they can and see their contribution multiplied by the larger Covenant church. In rural areas a vacant lot can be purchased for $10,000 USD. In metropolitan areas, it is realistic to expect a new church to need to spend close to $750,000 USD to create a ministry presence in an urban community.
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- Matching funds for purchasing land
| $1,000 |
- Matching funds for building projects
| $1,000 |
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Puebla Project
The national church has the vision and goal of raising up a Covenant church in every remaining capital city of the nation and every delegation in the Federal District, calling for 100 new Covenant bodies to be established. Puebla, the capital of the state of Puebla, is the first of this vision to come to fruition and a model for other church planting efforts to follow. The next target site is Agua Santa.
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$16,000 |
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- Remodeling and construction needs for Puebla's first Covenant church
| $10,000 | |
- Group events and community involvement in Puebla's Agua Santa church
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- Transportation to events that foster church growth
| $1,000 | |
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- Chairs, teaching materials, amplification equipment, etc.
| $1,500 | |
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- Projection equipment for worship and teaching
| $1,50 |
- Rental of facilities when Sunday meetings occur
| $2,000 | |
Unexpected Health Care Fund
This is a stopgap measure for expenses that are more than be covered by Covenant World Relief GAP funds until such time as those in partnership with local churches can develop a sustainable project to cover costs through an insurance plan based on the model of community banks. This project is not to fund such a model at this time, but to cover needs until the national church and partners have the vision, personnel, and capabilities to pursue such a project. | $5,000 per year
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- Round trip bus fare for 10 chemotherapy sessions
| $300 | |
- Medications for refractory rheumatoid arthritis not responding to other medications
| $100 | |
| $35 | |
| $1,000 | |
Children's Ministry Fund for Mexico Covenant Churches
Most local churches could minister to more children if they had more financial resources. The local churches are often limited in their ministry to children by their budgetary resources. Many local congregations minister to children from low-income families who lack the financial resources to fully participate in the ministries of a local church.
| $3,000 | |
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III. In Support of Holistic, Community Development
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The Foundation for Family Development in Monterrey brings hope and healing to families through parenting, marriage enrichment and conflict resolution courses.
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$3,100 |
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- Scholarships for family course at the Foundation (10 couples/year @$110)
| $1,100 | |
- Family course in the community (3/year@$500)
| $1,500 | |
- Training of a facilitator
| $500 | |
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Project Down (a ministry of the Family Foundation in Monterrey) provides a support community for families with children with Down syndrome sharing love, care, resources and advocacy.
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$6,000
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- Stipend for teacher/specialist (3@1,000/yr)
| $3,000 | |
- Training seminar for parents (6/yr@$500)
| $3,000 | |
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Semillas de Salud (Seeds of Health) a holistic health ministry in Oaxaca. Cost is for each church for one year.
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- Anemia screening for one preschool class and their mothers
| $80 | |
- Health screening equipment for one church
| $300 | |
- Instrument for easy hearing screening from birth to adult
| $3,000 | |
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Fuentes Libres (Free Flowing Fountains) a Covenant community development ministry in the southern state of Oaxaca
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$50
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$2,000
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- One month salary for a full time worker
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$350
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- Seed money for one new bank from first cycle to independence (approximately 2.5 years)
| $5,000 | |
updated on May 29, 2007 |
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