OUR OPPORTUNITY:

• Something absolutely amazing is happening within the Church of the Nazarene!
• We are experiencing unprecedented growth around the world through numerous miraculous movements of God.
• In the last 3 years alone, we have recorded a net gain of over 300,000 new members. This is unlike anything we have ever experienced in the history of our church.

OUR RESPONSIBILITY:

• We must fully mobilize our resources for evangelism so that we can continue to take advantage of this extraordinary circumstance, i.e., we must strike while the iron is hot.

THE BARRIER:

• However, we are caught in the unavoidable financial crisis of a profound and extended worldwide recession.
• This crisis is compounded by the reductions that have resulted from our new World Evangelism Fund (WEF) formula.
• The effect of this crisis is that we are faced with an economic reality that threatens the very ability to even sustain our current mission efforts.

THE CHALLENGE:

• As God’s people, we are unwilling to accept retreat in the midst of such astounding mission successes.
• Our general superintendents, with an unshakeable faith in the great generosity of our people, have issued a challenge to Nazarenes worldwide to raise the single largest offering for World Evangelism in the history of our church.

OUR RESPONSE - CHALLENGE 2010

• All across the globe, this WEF PLUS offering is being scheduled on and around November 21 (The Sunday before the Thanksgiving Day holiday in the United States).