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PLANTING SEEDS PROJECT investment Strategy of the SA Synod(UCCSA)
investing in people & ministry
SA SYNOD (UCCSA)
PLANTING SEEDS
Background
November 2012 – Treasurer's’ Workshop
Many ideas/suggestions were shared
this project came as a result of some of those ideas
SA SYNOD (UCCSA)
PLANTING SEEDS
PLANTING SEEDS
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
WHERE TO INVEST?
Mission Work Means
PLANTING SEEDS SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD
Title of your presentation
!SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD
THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Ministerial Formation
Church Planting
Training & Formation
Resources
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Planting More Churches Investing in the “sent church” (gestuurde kerk / mission)
• Planting new churches e.g. Donhill, Kathu, Transkei • Ministry of Accompaniment for growing regions e.g. Free State, Karoo, • Leadership Development : Ministers & Lay-leaders
Church PLANTING
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD
PLANTING SEEDS
People Investing in people for Missio Dei (God’s Mission) • Ministerial formation for clergy candidate • Leadership Development : Ministers & Lay-leaders
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD
Training &
Formation
PLANTING SEEDS
Building & Developing Means • Money for training of ministers • Money for acquiring facilities e.g. mini-conference center • LONG TERM: one conference center per region • SHORT TERM: Synod Mini-Conference Center
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
BUILDING RESOURCES
More than just academic
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Ministerial Formation
Investing in People For God’s mission
Ministerial Formation
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Empowerment &
Chaperoning of skills
for both lay & ordained
SA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Formation Ministerial
Empowerment Helping each other to learn the know-hows
evangelism church administration e.g. finance workshops
Chaperoning of skills leadership development church administration
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Strategy
Fundraising!!!!! To build more resources
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Money
Synchronizing ideas in our church in order to focus on one or two
projects…
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
IDEAS
LET US BE PREPARED FOR HARD WORK “Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.” Ecclesiastic 11:6
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Planting seeds
planting seeds…means & mission
SOUTH AFRICA SYNOD PLANTING SEEDS
Planting seeds