[Mins] two hats.

[mins at crca.org.au]

*Dear John,

As you know, I wear two denominational hats.
One is WD&R.
The other is called G.O.S.P.E.L.

When I sent today's email, I was clearly wearing the GOSPEL hat.
GOSPEL is and remains an "opt in" indigenous church planting work in 
Central Western India.
Synod has endorsed this work much like SIW, Bethesda etc.
The GOSPEL committee wants to make this ministry to be well known and 
since we are part of GROW, we feel very comfortable to ask for prayer in 
the CRCA.

At Christmas and Easter time the churches are asked to give an offering 
for WD&R.
Annually churches give 3 offerings to WD&R. This is not an "opt in" 
ministry of our denomination.
It is not a church planting work at all. It is clearly diaconal.
We always covet your prayers for the needs in this hurting world.

I do hope these point help to clarify any misunderstanding.
Let me say again that there is no developing Church planting strategy of 
WD&R.
The mandate and work of WD&R is clearly development and relief in Asia 
and Pacific.

God bless you and the work of your church and the ministry of mercy.

Yours in Christ,

Bert Kuipers.

*
On 20/03/2013 3:51 PM, mins at crca.org.au wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thank you for the information regarding the GOSPEL ministry in India.
>
> Our deacons are seeking some clarification and they have asked me to 
> write a brief email asking for some further clarification.
>
> Our Good Friday offering (as well as our Christmas Day offering) are 
> always for "empty hands" (WD&R), specifically filling the hands of 
> those who can assist those who are in need of food, clothing and 
> shelter etc.   However, we haven't received any information about that 
> side of the WD&R work.
>
> We did receive all the information about GOSPEL and the need for extra 
> funding so that there can be an increase in Church Planting in India. 
>  Is this now part of the 'developing' strategy of the WD&R?   We also 
> see that this Church Planting work in India be a focus of our prayers 
> on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
>
> So the question is whether our WD&R offering on Good Friday (and 
> Christmas Day) has now become a "Church Planting" offering rather than 
> filling the hands of those who can assist those who are in need of 
> food, clothing and shelter etc.
>
> If you could give us some further clarity on this matter, I am sure 
> that our deacons will appreciate it and will be able to give a more 
> informed recommendation to our members.
>
> Blessings on your ongoing work.
>
>
> John Z.
>
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, March 20, 2013, wrote:
>
>     *G.O.S.P.E.L. News.*
>     Today you will receive our 2012 annual reportdirectly from our
>     mission field. It contains a lot of informationabout the ministry
>     of GOSPEL and matters for prayer.Right now we are supporting 40
>     men in full time church planting. They are supervising and
>     teaching 3,000 believers who congregate in 2 regions (6 clusters)
>     at 60 formal places of worship
>     Our director is ready to appoint 10 more gifted men to engage in
>     Church planting in 2 more clusters in a new area, but we have held
>     him back until we have more supporters. We would love to hear from
>     you if you would like to share financially in this harvesting
>     ministry. Email: gospel at crca.org.au <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml',
>     'gospel at crca.org.au');> for the GOSPEL committee, Bert Kuipers.
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