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Mission Team


The purpose of the Mission Team is to facilitate the presbytery in its responsibilities to encourage,
coordinate, and resource mission common to the presbytery.

Mission is central life of Christians. Through mission we seek together to proclaim in word and deed the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The center of mission work in the presbytery is the local congregation, mission, or fellowship. Networking, partnership, interpretation, and challenge are the central tasks of the Mission Team.  Congregations provide leadership support and resources for mission. The presbytery’s work in mission must foster and network these congregational efforts so that together we can accomplish more than we can apart.  Covenant relationships have long been important in the mission work of Cherokee Presbytery. These covenants bind congregations to one another and connect us with other mission partners including the synod, and General Assembly.  Without vision we will fail to step up to the tasks of mission before us. The Mission Team serves to challenge the whole of presbytery with the needs of our times. This prophetic role includes the identification of emerging and un-served communities in our presbytery, and raising social mission concerns in our presbytery and around the world.

MISSIONAL GOAL

To enact the vision of “One Church, 41 branches, united in mission throughout Cherokee Presbytery and beyond our bounds, sharing congregational ministries with one another.” the Mission team will:

  • Networking and connecting congregational mission efforts
  • Coordinating mission approved by the presbytery
  • Oversee emerging missions based on the following criteria:
    • Sponsoring team participants must be members of three or more congregations
    • Mission must be consistent with Scripture, the Constitution of the PC(USA), the vision and mission statements of the presbytery, and the core values of the presbytery
    • Mission must be outside the oversight of any other ministry team
    • Mission must be endorsed by the presbytery annually.
  • Oversight may include
    • International partnerships
    • Presbyterian Women
    • Presbyterian Answer to Hunger (PATH)
    • Peacemaking

MISSION TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES

The Mission Team shall provide information to the presbytery at least annually regarding mission opportunities for unified support.  The Mission Team shall provide for connecting and networking congregational and presbytery mission to increase resources and participation throughout the presbytery.  The Mission Team shall challenge congregations through interpretation and partnership to deeper commitments in mission work, including the existing and emerging mission projects of the presbytery.  The Mission Team shall administer the Cooperative Mission Fund, reviewing applications and making grants.  The Mission Team shall administer the Presbyterian Answer to Hunger (PATH) funds, providing interpretation and promotion of the need to congregations, reviewing applications for funds, and making grants.  The Mission Team shall propose to the presbytery the formation of mutual covenant relationship with local, national and international mission partners. These may include missionaries and/or organizations.  The Mission Team shall promote, review applications and make grants from the Cherokee Presbytery Peacemaking funds.  The Mission Team shall promote “Missions without Money” throughout the presbytery and its congregations.  The Mission Team shall prepare the content for the Mission Yearbook of Study and Prayer and the Children’s Yearbook of Study and Prayer annually.

MISSIONS WITHOUT MONEY

The presbytery shall promote congregational mission through encouraging each church and church member to participate in six “Missions without Money” projects annually.  The goal of each “Mission without Money” project is to collect the equivalent of one item for every church member in the presbytery.  The Mission Team will plan for collecting and funding the distribution of “Mission without Money” project donations.

PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN OF CHEROKEE PRESBYTERY

Forgiven and freed by God in Jesus Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, the Presbyterian Women of Cherokee Presbytery are committed:

  • To nurture faith through prayer and Bible study
  • To support the mission of the Church worldwide
  • To work for justice and peace
  • To build an inclusive, caring community of women that strengthens the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and witnesses to the promise of God’s kingdom