Global Mission is the frontline mission arm of Adventist Mission

Adventist Mission

Adventist Mission is an office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's world headquarters. Its main purpose is to provide coordination and funding for the Seventh-day Adventist Church's worldwide mission work...

, an office of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

’s world headquarters

General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is the governing organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, where it moved in 1989...

. The organization sends volunteer missionaries, typically for one or two years, to reach people in areas of the world where there are no Seventh-day Adventist members. Together Global Mission pioneers and cross-cultural Seventh-day Adventist missionaries are working to "Tell the World" about the love of Christ

Jesus

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 in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places.

Global Mission was voted at the 1990 General Conference Session

General Conference Session

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 as a special initiative to reach people in the so-called 10/40 Window

10/40 Window

The 10/40 Window is a term coined by Christian missionary strategist Luis Bush in 1990 to refer those regions of the eastern hemisphere located between 10 and 40 degrees north of the equator, a general area that in 1990 was purported to have the highest level of socioeconomic challenges and least...

 with the gospel

Gospel

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. Typically Global Mission pioneers work within their culture and language group. Unlike typical missionaries they already know the culture, and are thus more easily accepted by the community.

Pioneers

Global Mission sponsors laypeople, called pioneers, who volunteer at least a year to establish a congregation in an unentered area within their own culture. They have the advantage of knowing the culture, speaking the language, blending with the local people--and being far less expensive than foreign cross-cultural missionaries.

More than 2,500 Global Mission pioneers are now working around the world. Since 1990 pioneers have established more than 11,000 new Seventh-day Adventist congregations.

Global Mission pioneers share the gospel through a holistic ministry including: caring for the sick, teaching agricultural skills, running literacy programs, holding evangelistic meetings, and giving Bible studies.

Study centers

Global Mission has created study centers around the world to research various people groups and belief systems in order to more effectively share what Adventists believe. There are centers specializing in the study of Buddhism

Buddhism

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, Hinduism

Hinduism

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, Judaism

Judaism

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, secularism

Secularism

Secularism is the principle of separation between government institutions and the persons mandated to represent the State from religious institutions and religious dignitaries...

/postmodernism

Postmodernism

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 and Islam

Islam

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. These are named the Global Center For Adventist-Muslim Relations led by Jerald Whitehouse, World Jewish Friendship Center led by Richard Elofer, Buddhist Study Center led by Scott Griswold, Hindu Study Center led by G. R. Mohan Roy, and The Centre for Secular and Postmodern Studies led by Miroslav Pujic.

Recent Success

2006 was a record-breaking year for Global Mission. They distributed some $5.3 million to more than 1,800 projects around the world. Combined with funds from local church organizations, the projects totaled $13,994,745 worldwide.

External links

• Official website - www.Global-Mission.org
  • Ministry Among Buddhists
  • Center for Secular & Postmodern Studies
• Adventist Mission, parent office
• Official Church Description