May 01, 2002 by

A glimpse of the USCWM ‘s “To Do” list for the years ahead:

• Impart the vision of ‘Unreached Peoples’ to 1,000,000 North Ameri­can believers and have them commit to some degree of participation in the Great Commission
• Utilize denominationally sensi­tive communication to give mission vision
• Coordinate a network of cul­turally sensitive Centers for World Mission sharing common vision
• Consolidate summaries of vari­ous mission organizations to effec­tively harness those desiring to serve
• Continue the growth of the daily devotional booklet, the Global Prayer Digest, that encourages set­ting aside loose change for reaching unreached peoples
• Pursue a diverse community committed to studying and respond­ing to the changing needs of the global mission effort
• Address the emotional and practical barriers involved in mission­aries raising financial support
• Encourage and promote the use of new medical technology to elimi­nating many of the terrible ailments which plague the unreached
• Inform mission agencies and personnel of the upcoming printing of significant mission books
• Ensure that recently returned stateside missionaries are being ef­fectively supported and utilized
• Develop some of the significant mission articles into low-cost book­lets to gain a larger readership
• Produce generic mission dis­plays and resource packets for use in churches and at smaller conferences
• Investigate new resources that would be valuable to develop
• Develop a display presentation of the history of the mission move­ment
• Regularly gather and publish current mission reports from around the world
• Influence the mission world to focus on recruiting high school grads instead of college grads
• Use the INSIGHT curriculum to train younger potential missionar­ies
• Model distance education world-wide
• Recruit missionaries as Ph.D. mentors to find associates to work toward a Ph.D. with them
• Reprint Hudson Taylor’s biography and make it available to Chinese students studying in this country
• Develop a museum of Global History/Civilization
• Establish the Institute for the Study of the Origins of Disease
• Promote the “order” structure and its tax implications as understood by the IRS, for the benefit of all mis­sion agencies
• Develop accounting practices that missionaries can easily use on the field
• Form a world-level organiza­tion to represent mission executives
• Start a Mission Executives Newsletter
• Introduce and encourage young people in mobilization through short-term mobilization opportunities
• Encourage intergenerational relationships through mentoring and community
• Publish four valuable mission books each year at a very low cost for missionaries and mission agencies to give away
• Begin a Publishing Science department
• Develop a Mission Study Bible revealing the central role of missions throughout HisStory
• Enlist children in a Missionary Kids recruiting committee
• Systematically theologize about some key but often controversial or unchallenged Biblical issues
• Promote the lives of outstand­ing missionaries and mission leaders through booklets or brochures
• Encourage mission-oriented gatherings to promote relationships between mission-oriented people
• Challenge those able to pursue starting strategy institutes where the major cultural blocs could be studied from a mission point of view
• Develop the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement Course into a chronological sixteen week format
• Work on resolving the issue that forces many to renegotiate their mission commitment because mission agencies are only ready to take people who are fully trained and ready to go, whereas most inquirers and interested people need care, nurture, on-going contact and discipleship
• Provide supplements to secu­lar texts as a means of introducing a global Christian worldview at the high school level and impacting churches nationwide
• Encourage a famous Chris­tian author to write a novel raising awareness of the need for  fighting the works of the devil at the micro­biological level
• Promote consultations focused on various frontiers of the mission effort
• Continue developing a global network of centers for world mission
• Cultivate mobilization move­ments within the various North American ethnic groups
• Multiply offices to promote lo­cal frontier mission efforts
• Expand globally, the Perspec­tives on the World Christian Move­ment course
• Work with denominational leadership to promote mission vision
• Support continuing research into how to most effectively launch people movements