Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Scotland

Our Goal in Scotland is to establish Church Planting movements in the 5 major population centers of Scotland.

Once the Church in Scotland was a city on a hill; sending missionaries throughout the world. Scotland produced such shining lights as David Livingstone and Eric Liddell who carried the message of salvation by God’s grace to the uttermost parts of the world. Today less than 3 percent of Scotland’s population is Evangelical Christian. It is heartbreaking to see the light slowly covered up by the darkness.

Scotland is a team of church-planters and resource workers working to reap a harvest among the Scottish people. It is their plan to work with various Scottish denominations to establish church-planting movements in all five major population centers in Scotland. They will be involved in churches that are strongly committed to growth through evangelism; believing that Jesus will build His Church, Matthew 16:18, by the power of the Gospel, Romans 1:16.
Our team intends to help reach Scotland through the following areas of ministry.

Church planting
The goal is to build church-planting movements, whose energy continues to grow far into the future, long after our workers are gone. In keeping with this goal, we will help plant Churches that focus on reaching Scottish communities with the life transforming message of the gospel.

Church Revitalization
We will seek to place workers in her partner Denominations in order to help facilitate revitalizing strategic congregations. These workers will be involved in a wide variety of ministries designed to rebuild the Church in Scotland and help her effectively reach her nation with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Family Support Scotland
Family Support Scotland is a charity-based counselling service that offers support to individuals, couples and families as they deal with a wide range of issues including: depression, marital problems, anxiety and child-parent problems.

Evangelism and Discipleship
Our team members will all be involved in sharing the gospel in their neighborhoods and through the various ministry fields in which they serve. Her members will actively serve in local congregations to strengthen the faith of believers in Scotland.

Youth and University
God is moving among the youth in Scotland. We will seek to educate young people about the work of Jesus Christ and its implications for their lives.

Short-term teams
Many American Churches have a great interest in the work in Scotland. This interest will find expression through one and two week mission trips. We will help to connect US and Scottish churches of similar convictions to work together in the expansion of the gospel throughout Scotland.

We need people to pray for our success, support us financially or join us in Scotland. Is God calling you to join in our effort to reclaim Scotland for Jesus Christ? Join us in praying like John Knox “God, give me Scotland or I die!”


For more information contact
Vince Wood
vrwood@live.com

1 comment:

Alaina Mathers said...

Thanks for the update. And access to your blog. Praying for you all as you work forward in this. Can't wait for you all to make to back up this way. . hopefully I'll be able to get up to Kalispell to see you this time. ;)

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I have been a PCA pastor since 1993, having been a pastor in Arizona, Florida, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and as the Team Leader for MTW’s work in Scotland. I am currently the Senior Pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church in York, PA. As a pastor, my desire is to help everyone I meet live out Psalm 73:25, “Whom have I in Heaven but You, and besides You I desire nothing on earth.” I love my Wife Robin, my two sons, Patrick and Michael and my daughter in law, Britney. I am firmly wrapped around the fingers of my granddaughters.

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