The World Missions Commission
While meeting in Johannesburg in 2004, the Pentecostal World Fellowship Advisory Committee, recognizing the needs in our world for the spreading of the Gospel, mandated a commission to address the missionary vision and work, as well as the relief and development activities of it's members.
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Purpose, Vision & Goals
Purpose
- Nurture an environment of cooperation and flexibility.
- Provide a sound, Biblical and
missiological basis for holistic world missions activities.
Vision
- Motivating engaged members to greater synergy and cooperation.
- Motivating churches and
PWF members not yet engaged in world missions to become so.
Methods
- Provide forums for the exchange of information and missiological reflection (web based, conferences,
gathering of specialists, etc).
- Encourage members to
share their tracks, means, resources, and experience.
- Encourage the creation of specific partnerships as a result of communication, cooperation, and specific objectives.
- Encourage a world missions focus through plenary and other sessions in the triennial PWF conferences.
- The WMC will be appointed by and accountable to the PWF advisory committee. The WMC will nominate prospective members to make up the commission, based on a balanced geographical
and organizational representation, to the advisory committee for consideration.
- The PWF advisory
committee will appoint the chairman and the WMC will name any other officers as
needed.
- The WMC will meet once a year and /or as needed.
- The WMC has also organization members. Any Pentecostal mission organization or mission department of a national church accepting the doctrinal statement of the PWF and this document of the WMC can become an organization member of the WMC.
- Any modifications in the future to the guidelines should be confirmed by the PWF advisory committee.
- Finances received through voluntary contributions will be channeled through PWF accounts and their
distribution will be communicated as well to both the WMC and PWF advisory committee.
- The organization members
have to pay annual dues decided by the commission and confirmed by the advisory
committee of the PWF.
- Normative practice will be for each member to fund their own participation in the meetings and the commission will seek to support members in situations where that is not always feasible.
Members of the World Missions Commission
Chairman:
Rev. Max Barroso, USA
Vice Chairman:
Rev. Harri Hakola, Finland
Secretary:
Rev. Brad Walz, USA
Lead Team Member at Large:
Rev. Murray Cornelius, Canada
Dr. Ted Vail, USA
Rev. Jonathan Willoughby, SEA
- Africa:
Rev. Uche Ama, Nigeria
Rev. David Batenzi, Tanzania
Bishop Joel Dibetsoe, South Africa
Rev. Simon Peter Emiau, Uganda
Rev. Ron Kinnear, South Africa
Rev. Abel Ouedraogo, Burkina Faso
Dr. Eli Rop, Kenya - Asia
Rev. Michael Dissanayeke, Sri Lanka
Rev. Hanook Hashmat, Pakistan
Rev. Chadwick Mohan, India
Rev. Ildoo Kwon, South Korea
Rev. Surapong Pratumwan, Thailand
Rev. Shirley Siwi, Indonesia
Dr. Takashi Yoshida, Japan - Europe:
Rev. Linwood Berry, Spain
Rev. Daniel Costanza, Belgium
Rev. Larry Henderson, Austria
Rev. Gheorge Ritisan, Romania
Bishop Nikolai Simyuk, Ukraine
Dr. Gail Stathis, Greece
Rev. Andreas Svedman, Sweden
Rev. Jean-Luc Zolesio, France - Latin America:
Dr. Miguel Alvarez, Guatemala
Rev. Isai Aveldano, Colombia
Rev. Saulo Gregorio de Lima, Brazil
Dr. Jackson Luvizotto, Brazil
- Oceania:
Rev. John Hunt, Australia - Middle East:
Rev. Harun Ibrahim, Middle East/Finland
Rev. lhsan Özbek, Turkey
Rev. Dikran Salbashian, Jordan
Rev. Sam Yeghnazar, Iran - North America
Dr. John Easter, USA
Bishop Talmadge Gardner, USA
Bishop Vincent Mathews, USA/Africa
Rev. Madeline Nix, USA
Rev. Ed Nye, USA - Missiological Advisor:
Dr. DeLonn Rance, USA - Honorary Members:
Dr. Arto Hamalainen, Finland
Rev. David Mohan, India
Dr. David Shibley, USA - Chairman of PWF:
Dr. William Wilson, USA
Religious liberty Commission
Religious Liberty Commission, Team Lead:
Dr. Ted Vail
