The partners involving in the Barnabas Project

 

Windsor Park Baptist Church, Auckland, New Zealand

Chakhesang Misssion Society, Nagaland, India

Nepal Baptist Church Council, Nepal

 

 

1.   FOLLOWING Churches  ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROMOTING the  joinT mission in the western Nepal:

 

Bethany Baptist Church, Butwal,Kathmandu Valley Baptist Church

Dhangadi Baptist Church.

 

Memorandum of understanding Between  Chakhesang Mission Society and Windsor Park Baptist Church, New Zealand.

 

The intent of this memorandum is to outline  the duties of both Chakhesang Mission Society(CMS) and Windsor Park Baptist Church (WPBC) in forming a partnership ministry in trust and in faith for purpose of sending  Missionaries out into a mission field. This partnership ministry is intended to be along  term partnership that will span many years.

 

Set out below are some guidelines  for each and  every mission field and each land every missionary. This memorandum does not set out the exact  detail of  what must be done but  rather sets out  a  base guidelines. It is  understood that there will need to be considerable amount of communication in the journey. Missionaries, to motivate the churches and pray for the vision of its goal

 

CMS WILL:

 

             1) Research possible mission and  report  back to WPBC providing options details

             2) Select suitable  missionaries  for the agreed mission  field and report  back to WPBC of                                 details and history. ie Curriculum vitae for final agreement.

             3) Provide  a written  budget ( annual) for the mission work for the consideration for financial                       support by WPBC.

             4) Once the missionary is out in the field, monitor the person/family for succesful transition to                     the  new location and ongoing welfare and pastoral issues.

             5) Monitor the work of the missionary. 

             6) Provide a minimum of quarterly reports back to WPBC on progress, welfare issues, prayer                         requirement etc.

             7) Develop a contingency plan if the missionary needs to be withdrawn from the field in an                             emergency.

 

WPBC WILL:

 

            1) Give prayerful consideration to the options of  mission fields, missionary selection, level of                         finacial support. 

            2) Once the budget is approved,guarantee the funding, subject to three months notice of                 cancellation. Details of remittance of the fund to be agreed in terms of method and timing.i.e          Monthly or  quarterly or however most appropraite.

            3) Maintain active interest within WPBC congregation.

            4) Visit CMS and /or the selected mission field every 2nd year.

            5) Consider additional resourcing of CMS in a wider context i.e ongoing education and                             training.

 

It is further understood that:

           . Selection of teh mission field will be

             - in the northern indian subcontinent or surrounding area/nations.

             - A new work for CMS so as to aid transparency for the partnership, in terms of operational                    results purely from this partnership.

             - Researched in terms of population groups, language/dailects, current religions and                              estimate of percentage age splits, etc.

 

          . The missionary selected should have 

             - suitable training from a Bible college/seminary

             - suitable language ability

             - a clear call for this work

             - a plan of how the field will be reached, how the missionary will evangelise,i.e through key

               people or friendships, medical, relief and development, education, etc.

             - if the missionary has a family then the whole family must have a call for the work and must   

               all be able to adapt and accept their role in field.

 

Terms of Agreement:

    

             1) This is an agreement which will be for 10 years from 2004 to 2013.

             2) The CMS and WPBC may review this agreement if and when necessary.

             3) Alteration of the agreement shall be made upon the agreement of both parties.

 

           We the representatives of the CMS and WPBC have decided to work together for the                          extension to the Kingdom of God in Nepal on this day, the 27th March, 2004.

 

           CMS Representatives                                      WPBC Representatives 

           with signatures                                                    with signatures

            

           Sd/- Rev. L. Ritse                                                Sd/- Rev. Brian N Winslade   

           (chairman CMS Board)                                       ( senior pastor)

 

           Sd/- Rev. K. Luruo

           (Executive CBCC)

           

 

Working Agreement of Chakhesang Mission Society (CMS/CBCC) Nagaland and Nepal Baptist Church Council (NBCC) Nepal.

 

A) Aims and objectives:

    The ultimate aim and objectives of cooperation and partnership between NBCCand CMS is to                  glorify God and to spread the Kingdom of God among the unreached people groups of Nepal in         comformity with the Biblical principles. For this purpose we shall work together as follows;

           a) to proclaim the word of God that people may come to Christ.

           b) to help people organise themselves into worshipping, fellowshipping, witnessing and saving                communities.

 

B) Area of Ministry: The NBCC and CMS agreed to work in Nepal mainly targeting the West Nepal.

 

C) General Ministry: The NBCC and CMS have agreed to enter into partnership ministry. For the            purpose of practical ministry, this partnership will mean active involvement of both the parties in the  mission work in terms of sharing human personnels, prayer resources and financial resources.

                 i)The NBCC and CMS shall work together in the spirit of mutual trust, respect and                                  recognition of thier respective autonomy based on the Baptist principles of Bible                                  centered, Christ centered and mission centered approach of ministry.

                 ii) The CMS shall send missionaries and support missionaries.

                 iii) The NBCC shall help CMS in survey for finding people groups, geographical areas and

                      extend all possible cooperation for the mission field in West Nepal and also work                                 together with the CMS missionary who shall work under the umbrella of the NBCC as                         the co ordinatorin the joint ministry.

                 iv) Among others, the immediate plan of CMS shall be church planting and leadership 

                      development in collaboration with NBCC.

                 v) By virtue of working with NBCC, and new church planted through the ministry of CMS                          shall come under NBCC.

                 vi) The NBCC and CMS will meet from time to time to set goals, adopt srategies to achieve                       the goals.

 

D) Terms of Agreement: The term of agreement will be effective from 2005 until 2010. Review of the         agreement shall be done if and when necessary.

 

This Agreement has officially being signed on this day, the 19th of February 2005 by the undersigned for the Glory of God at NBCC office, Kathmandu, Nepal.

 

 

The Nepal Baptist Church Council                          The Chakhesang Mission Society (CBCC)

P.O.Box 8975, EPC 1051                                        T. Chikri, Pfutsero- 797107, Nagaland.

 

Sd/-Pastor Yukta Man Gurung                                 Sd/- Kedoungulo Mero 

General Secretary, NBCC                                        Secretary,CMS

        

Sd/- Mr Jir Man Rai ( James)                                    Sd/-Mr . Zanietso Vero

Mission Director, NBCC                                            Co ordinator, CMS, Nepal

 

 Working together under Biblical quidance

 

The truth about  parnership ministry is:

There is one body Ephesians 4:4

Christ is the head of the  body. Ephesians 5:23

There are many members  of the body. I Corinthians 12:18-20

Every member has function. 1 Corinthians 12:21-24

Not all the members  have the same functions. 1 corinthian 12:19-29

Welfare of the  body depends working together with different gifts and talents.1Corinthian12:12-23

We belong to the kingdom of God. Mark 1:15

We are fellow workers of  God. 1Corinthian 3:7,9

 

 

The role of holy spirit of holy in parnership ministry

We are ruled  by God's words. Colosians 3: 16

We need to be filled by the Holy spirit. Ephesians 5: 18-20

We work and live  in the power of Holy spirit. Acts 1:8

He brings about new birth. John 3: 5-8

He gives assurance of salvation. Roman 8:16

He lives with us in all occasions. Roman 8:18

He intercedes for us. Roman 8:25

He speaks through us. Mark 13:11

He convicts sinners. John 16:8

He transforms and changes life. 2 Corinthians 3:18

He helps in Counselling. John 14: 16-17a

He glorifies God. John 16:13-14

He equips and quides believers. John 14: 16

He  empowers us in witnessing. Acts 18:9, 2 timothy 1: 1o

 

Windsor Park Baptist Church

 

What we Believe: 

         We are a community of people who believes in God the Father, in His son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit-one God; who are repentant of sin and have been saved by personal faith in Jesus Christ through His atoning death and the resurrection; who publicy confess thier faith and who are committed to the Church's aims and purposes. We believe in the true humanity and deity of the Lord Jesus Christ; the person of the Holy spirit as the one who sets apart, empowers and imparts spiritual gifts to the church; the inspiration of the Bible and its authority in all matters of faith and practice; salvation and the membership in the Christian Church by faith in Christ alone; and the immersion of believers as the scriptural form of baptism.

 

Mission Statement: Transforming communities' one life at a time. (Roman 12:2) This drives what we do and how we do it; it's our vision to impact many lives with the goodness of God. But we always keep remembering that because every single life is important to God, then every single life is important to us too. We want to do life and faith together.

Commitment: The commitment of Windsor Park Baptist Church to the world mission is drawn from the command of Jesus to go to the entire world and preach the good news to all creation.(Mark 16:15) 

The Church interprets the definition of the world of mission broadly as encompassing all the expression of God's love and compassion toward the sin sick world which is an intergral and high profile component in the life of Church members to the world mission and define the mean by which its commitment to the world mission.

The Church recruits and commissions Missionaries in the call of the Lord for couple/individual and the church family to a particular field of service which is tested, checked and affirmed and supported pastorally, financially and prayerfully.

The Church also has a high emphasis on the training for the ministry especially for those with a sense of call to a long term service in the field of world mission.

The Church also takes the great task of raising fund for the church supported missionaries and the disturbing the fund according to the various needs of the missionaries and teh special projects that the Church supports on this mission statement,'' To prepare God's people for the works of the service so that the body of Christ may be built up. (Ephesians 4:12) 

Active participation in God's redemptive mission in the other parts of the world.

Mobilizing Christians in the exercise of the ministry gift given to them by God. 

 

Chakhesang Mission Society: 

 

   The factors which were effectively responsible for the growth of christianity in the Chakhesang area was the seed the words of God and sacrifices made by the earlier Christians and the Holy spirit which made the Church to grow and finally, Chakhesang Baptist Church Council came into being with a vision to strengthen the Baptist churches and spread the gospel to other unreached places through holistic approach. Currently, it has 91 church members and 78,000 Christian populations.

 

As the people begin to experience the blessing of God with the gospel, they also feel the importance of sharing the same to other people by praying, sending and supporting mission field.

 

Hence, a mission department under the name of Chakhesang Mission Society was established under Chakhesang Baptist Church Council to implement its programs.

 

Their main task of the society is to raise fund for the mission works and encourage

- a church for every group people and gospel for every person. Its main task is to teach, train, encourage and mobilize church members for missions.

 

Aims and objectives: To win souls to Christ, to enducate and encourage the people in the Christian growth, cooperation with worldwide gospel in mission field, mobilize people of different levels to actively paritcipate in the missionaries' effort:

 

To train up missionaries/evangelists to work in and outside Nagaland.

To create prayer support for missionary works.

To strengthen and promote the growth of home based Churches.

 

Statement of faith: Chakhesang Mission Society committed to work in harvest field with the working faith that the Bible is inspired, the only infallible and authoritative word of God that there is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

 

We believe in the universal sinfulness and its redemption is only through son of God.

We believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ from dead and His personal return to receive his believers.

We believe in the regeneration by the Holy Spirit.

We believe in the unity of the believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

We believe in the Lord's commission to make all the disciples of Jesus Christ.

 

Nepal Baptist Church Council: 

 

Statement of faith: We believe that the 66 books of the Bible were written through the inspiration of Holy Spirit who us the author of Bilble. The word of god is living and active, giving to mankind by God for eternal salvation who is supreme.

 

We believe in God the father almighty, the maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy spirit, born of virging Mary; suffered, crucified and dead for our sins. He rose from the dead and scended the heaven. He shall come again to judge. We believe in Holy spirit for forgiveness of sins, the holy universal Church and power of resurrection of Jesus Christ.