MISSION PLAN The Army that brings Life New

MISSION PLAN The Army that brings Life New Zealand, Fiji & Tonga Territory www. salvationarmy. org. nz/Mission. Plan

OUR MISSION To preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in His name without discrimination International Mission Statement Caring for people, transforming lives, and reforming society, by God’s power Local Mission Statement

TERRITORIAL STRATEGIC MISSION PLAN (TSMP): 2005– 2016 • Has been very helpful in providing focus • Clarified our ‘what’ • Has reached end of life

OUR NEW MISSION PLAN Has a focus on our hearts and attitudes • Why do we do what we do? [Our Purpose] • What’s important to us? [Our Values] • Where do we need to improve most over the next few years? [Two Practices] God is calling us back to a focus on our hearts and attitudes

OUR PURPOSE • [John’s gospel was written so] ‘that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. ’ (John 20: 30 -31) • Our ‘why’? We want people to have the full and forever life that comes through a relationship with Jesus • Te Ope Whakaora – the Army that brings Life

OUR VALUES To signal the culture we want to see, we are introducing seven values. These reflect who we are, how we strive to act, and how we make decisions.

WHERE ARE WE TODAY? Today … • We are well resourced and enjoy a respected profile • 120, 000 people each year seek our help God has given us everything we need! But … • Few of these 120, 000 are experiencing the life offered by Jesus • We sense a decrease in passion for souls • We can be unwelcoming • We sometimes observe poor leadership behaviour

OUR STRATEGY • Improve in two particular areas, to become more effective • Two ‘practices’: – To emphasise that these should be ‘how we always do things around here’ – Hope to see these normalised across our territory within the next three years • The two practices are: Living like Jesus, and Doing Mission Together

LIVING LIKE JESUS Consistently reflecting the values and standards of Jesus in all aspects of our lives and in the way we ‘do’ mission So that people are drawn to God

LIVING LIKE JESUS We will achieve this by: • Supporting discipleship training and one-on-one discipling • Access for everyone to Right. Now Media (14, 000 online Christian resources) • Encouraging personal and group accountability • Providing further leadership training To sign up to Right. Now Media, head to: https : //www. Right. Now. org/Account/Invite/NZFIJITONGA

DOING MISSION TOGETHER Offering holistic ministries that consider the whole needs of a person (spiritual, physical, emotional and social), with seamless connections between our faith communities and social service centres

DOING MISSION TOGETHER We will help achieve this by: • Training • International Whole World Mobilising campaign • Regional hubs and integrated mission plans • Making it easier to participate in integrated ministries

FOR THREE YEARS: 2016– 2019 • We will continue to focus on our mission • Our previous goals will always be important • We are putting extra emphasis on these two practices to improve our missional culture

OUR MISSION PLAN To make the plan easy to remember, we’ve simplified it to 1 -2 -3: One Purpose: We are the Army that brings Life Two Practices: Living like Jesus, Doing Mission Together For Three Years: 2016 -2019

GET INVOLVED

MISSION PLAN The Army that brings Life New Zealand, Fiji & Tonga Territory www. salvationarmy. org. nz/Mission. Plan