The Global Leadership Endowment
For me and for others in this church with a heart for world missions (hopefully all of us!), the One Life campaign represents a great opportunity to help reach the world in a unique way. Yes, I am enthusiastic about the other aspects of the campaign: the much-needed enhancements to make this campus a 21st-century facility and the opportunity to strengthen our presence around northern Virginia through community groups and at least one additional worship location (since we’re basically full-up here). As one who has lived for nearly a decade in the developing world, however, I know how great the needs and opportunities are in many places in the world where the Church is surging in numbers but sorely lacking in resources.
For several months, the elders of the world missions council and I have been developing a blueprint for Immanuel’s Global Leadership Endowment, and we’re excited about it!. A portion of the funds raised through the One Life campaign will be carefully invested, generating interest income that will be “reinvested” into the lives of emerging Christian leaders in several regions of the world. We anticipate paying the costs for two years of graduate seminary education and a year of internship at IBC or at a partner/model ministry site on each continent. Recipients of these funds will spend at least two years planting or expanding a church in their capital city – and share their successes, frustrations and best practices with a growing network of up to 30 capital-city evangelical churches through web-based communication, regional conferences and visits by short-term teams. Through the Global Leadership Endowment several planks of the current strategic plan are accomplished: an expanded partnership with Capital Bible Seminary, a robust internship program, and strategic partnerships established on one or more new mission fields.
For more information on the Global Leadership Endowment please visit www.onelifejourney.net or talk to any of the elders on the world missions council.
Michael Connor
Pastor, World Missions