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Goals and Strategies

The goals answer the question: "How are we going to do this?" We aim to set SMART goals, which keep us moving forward in ministry and break down the larger vision and mission statements into specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound targets. The strategies visualize how each goal will be accomplished. This is where each individual in the team is assigned his role and starts running or blocking with purpose.

 

These are prayerful statements of faith regarding what we believe or envision possible in the timeframes given. We are ever mindful that as we make plans and set goals, and then develop strategies to accomplish those goals, God is the One, who directs our steps (cf. Pro. 16:9). "He holds the eraser," as one missionary put it. We submit it all to His better understanding and higher thoughts (cf. Isa. 55:9).

Deputation (completed February, 2011)

 

Goal 1: Build a strong network of churches and individuals, who team with us to realize the Vision statement together.

Goal 2: Inspire churches to pray for missions and recruit people for the mission field.

Goal 3: Learn the lessons God intends us to learn on deputation and develop stronger communication skills.

 

We have developed the following strategies:

  • Inspire churches to pray for missions by preaching sermons on missions & prayer commitment. (G1)

  • Challenge youth groups and Sunday school classes to consider how God might use them in global ministry. (G2)

  • Develop a Sunday School class to address some of the fears related to evangelism and winess. (G2)
    (achieved November, 2009)

  • Teach women's classes (Heather) and address in which ways moms and wives can support missions. (G1 & 2)

  • Raise 50% of our support by October, 2008. (G1)
    (achieved in May, 2009)

  • Attend launch seminar in January, 2010. (G1) (achieved)

  • Raise 80% of our support by May, 2010. (G1) (achieved in June, 2010)

  • Raise 50% of our outfit and passage by October, 2010. (G1)
    (achieved)

  • Raise 90% by end of November, 2010. (G1)
    (achieved in January, 2011)

  • Raise 75% of our outfit and passage January, 2011. (G1)
    (achieved February, 2011)

  • Receive clearance from Baptist Mid-Missions. (G1 & 3)
    (achieved April, 2011)

  • Move to the field fully supported in May, 2011. (G1 & 3)
    (achieved)

 

 

Deputation was truly a blessed time in our preparation for ministry in Holland. We learned so many things about ministry flexibility, parenting, and waiting on the Lord. It was an invaluable investment of time and we want to thank all who contributed to this growing experience. We are better because of it.

First Term (completed July 2014)

 

Goal 1: Establish a good foundation for language and ministry in Holland.

Goal 2: Facilitate the field by seeking to guest speak or interim so that coworkers can go on vacation or furlough.

Goal 3: Participate in the Strategic Planning of the Netherlands field.

Goal 4: Expand the camp ministry to include a teenaged winter retreat and a young adult weekend retreat.

 

We have developed the following strategies:

  • Enroll Heather in a language study program for the fall of 2011. (G1)
    (begun in November, 2011; ongoing)

  • Run teen camp. (July 9-15, 2011) (G4)
    (finished and ongoing)

  • Begin the process to obtain residency before the end of August and hire a lawyer. (G1)
    (achieved)

  • Obtain Residency within one year of arrival.
    (achieved in March, 2013) (G1)

  • Enroll Cole in a school for the fall semester of 2011 en Luke for March 2012. (G1)
    (achieved)

  • Enroll Joel in a Dutch playgroup to aid his Dutch development after the summer of 2012. (G1)
    (achieved in September, 2012)

  • Interim pastor the Evangelical Baptist Church of Veghel so that coworkers, David and Crissie Boyd, can go on furlough. (August, 2011 through February, 2012) (G2)
    (finished)

  • Attend and participate in the Strategic Planning of the Netherlands Field (June 17-19, 2012). (G3)
    (finished)

  • Plan and organize a retreat for young adults (17-25) in September, 2012. (G4)
    ​(achieved)

  • Plan and organize a winter retreat for teenagers in January, 2013. (G4)
    (achieved; ongoing)

  • Move to Bergen op Zoom to begin partnership with John and Anna Kay Haskell before the summer of 2013. (G1 & 2)
    (achieved)

  • Transistion the church planting ministry of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Bergen op Zoom over the course of two years from the Haskells to the Boyds, so the Haskells can retire. (G1 & 2)
    (achieved)

  • Prepare for and return to the United States for furlough during the second half of 2014.
    (ongoing) (G1)
    furlough: July 31 through January 8, 2015

Second Term

 

Goal 1: Lead the church plant in Bergen op Zoom to maturity.

Goal 2: Build a safe haven at home for personal and ministry growth.

Goal 3: Continue, expand, and encourage the opportunities for conservative church development in the southern provinces.

Goal 4: Promote the church planting ministry in the Netherlands and attract American young adults to consider joining our team.

Goal 5: Begin investigating the possibilities of transitioning the ministry in Bergen op Zoom by the year 2020. We call this our 2020 vision.

 

We have developed the following strategies:

  • Heather will continue to follow a language study program to deepen her understanding and fluency in Dutch. (G1 & 2)

  • Develop lay leadership in the church during the first year of our second term (G1)

  • Train Children workers to teeach the children in our church. (G1)

  • Develop Bible study training for qualified men starting our second year (G1)

  • Evangelize in culturally relevant ways, specifically through small group evangelistic Bible studies. (G1)

  • Utilize Heather's gifts and education to start children and youth outreach programs in our neighborhood pending her language development. (G1 & 2)

  • Write Dutch pamphlets and articles that will inspire spiritual growth in various area of the Christian walk. (G3)

  • Continue to lead teen summer camps and young adult retreats and expand these ministries as God leads. (G3)

  • Establish a nucleus of believers that is committed to seeing a church planted in their community and begin discipling them. (G5)

  • Promote the Netherlands missionfield on college campusses in the US and develop a FirstLook program for the summer of 2015. (G4)

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