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Judy and Joel Edgmons Newsletter 2011"Calling out the Called"
By Judy Edgmon
DIRECTOR, MISSIONARY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Mission Service Corps is the plan of Southern Baptists to enlist adult volunteers/tentmakers who will serve as missionaries in evangelism, church planting and recruiting missionary volunteers in and through the North American Mission Board (NAMB). MSC was approved by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1977 and since that time over 8,100 persons have served as home missionaries.
CHARACTERISTICS OF MISSION SERVICE CORPS MISSIONARIES:
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Called by God
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Serve full time(average 20--35 hours per week) as negotiated with supervisor
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Serve from four months to two years and far beyond
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Provide or raise their own financial support
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MISSION SERVICE CORPS MISSIONARIES:
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Spiritual Maturity
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Active Member in a Southern Baptist Church
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Strong Christian Witness
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18 Years of Age or Older
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Acceptable Health Status
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Adequate Skills for Ministry
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Mission Committment
Mission Service Corps (MSC) is a resource to support the mission strategies of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and its Canadian and state convention missions partners for the purpose of Kingdom growth. All MSC Positions are expected to align with these three strategies:
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Evangelism
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Starting Churches
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Recruiting Missionaries (Mobilizing Long-Term Missionaries)
WHERE DO MSC MISSIONARIES SERVE?
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Throughout Texas and North America
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US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Canada, American Samoa
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75% of MSC'ers serve in their home town
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MSC Missionaries are presently serving in every state, territory and protectorate of the U.S. Last year MSC Missionaries in Texas alone provided over 20 million dollars in ministry and services.
ARE MISSION SERVICE CORPS MISSIONARIES COUNTED AS MISSIONARIES?
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YES. MSC Missionaries who accept a position of 12 months or longer and/or accept a "career" MSC position will be included as missionaries in the missions personnel count at the point of placement (the date of formal assignment by NAMB)
CAN MSC MISSIONARIES WORK WHILE THEY ARE SERVING?
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YES.These people are called TENTMAKERS. Either one or both of a couple can be employed and serve through the MSC Tentmaker program. All characteristics and qualifications are the same. It is the responsibility of the missionary to obtain employment if moving to a new location, although the supervisor and other interested persons may assist. The North American Mission Board (NAMB) can assist in obtaining Tentmaker assignments and employment.
For additional information or for a program about Mission Service Corps in your church, please contact:
Joel and Judy Edgmon, MSC
Director, Missionary Development Center
806-791-4442
Volunteer programs are made possible through your support of the Cooperative Program.
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