Mission

Mission Focus

From the beginning, our calling and mission has always been fourfold, although expressed in different ways over the years.

1. Proclamation and Prophetic Declaration

… through preaching, writing, the Internet, broadcasting and recording of God’s Word to His Church and the world.

2. Teaching and Resourcing

… by providing a library of written material, conducting seminars and teaching sessions live at single physical locations and via the Internet. This will also extend to creation of a network of Bible Schools and Remote Learning centres, using both in-house materials and in conjunction with other teaching ministries and institutions.

3. Encouragement and Networking

… throughout the Body of Christ. Integral to all the work that Mainstream does is the aim of sharing with others and seeking to build up and encourage ministries, churches, leaders and believers; and to encourage individual churches and ministries to fellowship and share with one another as members of One Body in Christ.

4. Practical Help

… to match needs in one part of the Body of Christ with resources in another. This will include helping to set up micro-enterprises and other income generating projects specifically to fund ministry, support ministry workers, create employment and as an outreach tool in the community. It will also include sponsorship programmes, “twinning”, short-term missions and sourcing businesses and organisations that can help meet the regional ministry and community welfare needs.

Building the Body, Extending the Kingdom

Central to the call and mission of Mainstream is the message of Christ-centred unity and God’s call for a re-igniting of our “First Love”, as was seen in the unity, fellowship, love and commitment of the early Church. This is to be expressed through the four mission aims we have set out. To accomplish this there are two main areas of operation.

1. Central and Multi-Regional Ministries

Encourage and Resource. These ministries aim to help develop and support local churches, church planting and outreach ministries within the regions; and provide encouragement and training.

As additional personnel join Mainstream, projects and ministries can be developed and expanded, as well as the level of support that can be offered to the regions. This will include fund-raising and sponsorship development, partnering with other resource ministries and organisations, and helping to facilitate the “Twinning” of churches from one area with another.

2. Regional Network

Build and Empower. Each region is headed up by a local Regional Director, who is responsible for the oversight of the ministry work in that region. They will either be the vision holder for the primary affiliate ministry in that region, or a director appointed directly to oversee and develop the region.

Each region consists of a network of local churches and ministries. These may be new ministries or churches planted in the region, or existing churches or groups that share Mainstream’s vision and wish to affiliate with us. Through this local church base all ministry, evangelism, further church planting and social welfare programmes will be carried out.