June 2013 Council Agenda - International Pentecostal Holiness ...

World Mission Ministries
Leadership Meeting
June, 2013 TEAMS REPORT
by Brenda Clowers
Short-term mission TEAMS has played a vital part in World Missions for more than 20 years. Each year
more and more teams from churches and conferences take time, money and other resources to visit
another country for a week or two in order to minister in various ways from medical out reaches to
construction projects.
My role as The TEAMS coordinator is varied. In many cases my only role is to keep track of the many
teams for data purposes, but this also helps me connect people who are interested in joining a team but
may not have the opportunity provided to them from their local church or conference.
The other purpose in keeping track of all teams is to direct new teams to countries where we may not
have any teams. When I receive a call or email from someone wanting to join or organize a team I will
then take the next step to connect them with a missionary or national leader. I also have opportunity to
connect the team to a needed project on the field. If my assistance is required beyond that I will
continue to help them create a budget and in any other way that I can.
In addition to this I generally try to coordinate a couple of medical teams each year for people who are
interested. It is amazing to me how this ministry continues to grow. I just returned from a medical trip
to Malaysia and we are already making plans for a medical/construction trip to Bangladesh/Nepal for
2014.
There is a list of TEAMS for 2013 with this report. As TEAMS coordinator I will be leading and hosting
teams from the Appalachian Conference with Larry Meadors, from the Georgia Conference with Rick
Womack, with Jewel and Mitch Nichols from the Cornerstone, Brenda Grasty from Cornerstone and with
Dr. Ken Lamm and Dr. Carter from Elizabeth City NC in addition to helping in some way with several
others.
My goal for all teams is that they work alongside with the national church and support their local vision.
We should never project our own personal vision or agenda. It has been my pleasure to serve in this
capacity for 12 years now. It has been both challenging and rewarding. Most of the challenges come
through budget shortages but the rewards of seeing lives changed forever are a satisfaction that makes
it all worthwhile.
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