by Dan Glass, Acting General Director
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL in NCEM is to glorify God! We seek to do this by emphasizing God’s basic mandate:
1. We will focus on the two greatest commandments. Mark 12:30-31: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength … Love your neighbor as yourself. Also: Deut. 6:4-5; Matt. 22:35-40.
2. We will ensure that all of the NCEM family is loved and cared for “as Christ loved the church” in the missionaries’ own families, in our teams, and with ministry partners. John 13:35: By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another. Also: Eph. 5:22-23,6:4; Col. 3:21; 1 Tim. 3:4-5.
3. We will bathe every decision in prayer so that we can say, like the church in Acts 15:28: It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us.
4. We will emphasize children’s and youth ministries, beginning with the missionaries’ own children becoming spiritually, mentally and emotionally strong, and influencing those they serve. Matt. 19:14: Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me … for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Also: Deut. 6:4-9.
5. We will emphasize teamwork. Everyone is valued, respected and included in the team. 1 Cor. 12:27: Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. Also: 1 Cor. 12:12-27; Heb. 10:24-25.
6. We will obey Christ’s command in Matt. 28:19-20: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you. Also: 2 Tim. 2:2.
7. With grateful hearts we are confident that Christ will build and keep His church! Matt. 16:18b: I will build My church. Also Acts 2:47b; Acts 14:23.
By God’s grace and enabling through your prayers we will seek to glorify our Risen Lord in 2025.