Cody Missionary Alliance Church (CMA) Application for Full-Time Missionary Support Date of Application: Name(s) of applicant(s): Name(s) of Dependent Children: Date of Birth USA Address Mail E-mail Phone Cell Phone Web site Foreign Address Mail E-mail Phone Cell Phone Web site Name of Mission Agency/Organization: Address E-mail Phone(s) Web URL Name and Address of person having responsibility for your financial affairs in the US: Name Address Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 1
What is the name of your home church if other than CMA Name Address Phone Email Pastor(s) If CMA is not your home church, what are your connections with CMA? How do you envision CMA partnering with you in ministry? What do you expect from a supporting church? What is your agency s policy on furlough? Would you be willing to spend time with CMA while on furlough if we decide to support you? Have you ever applied to/or worked for another mission agency? If so which one? If you worked for another mission agency, please explain why you left. Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 2
What ministries are you actively involved with at this time (aside from support-raising)? Describe the prayer support base that you have established so far. Describe the scope, frequency and form of your prayer request/newsletter distribution. Educational Training and Experience: Summarize your formal education, self and spouse (BS, MS, when, where, etc). What other training and practical experience have you had that will be helpful in your chosen field of Christian ministry? What experiences and training in other fields have you had which are not directly related to Christian ministry (sports, music, organizations, etc.)? List past ministries, jobs, and/or internships you have worked in along with the mission agency, employer, or church with which you were associated and the year(s) you participated: Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 3
Why do you want to go into full time mission service? Describe the Christian ministry in which you expect to be engaged. When do you expect to be on the field? Where will you be serving? What will your ministry involve? If there is an existing national church where you plan to serve, how will your ministry interface with it? What are your primary goals for your ministry? What are your goals for your first year as a missionary? Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 4
What amount (total only) is recommended by your mission agency for basic monthly support? (An itemized breakdown is requested below) How much of this support do you already have? Please describe the financial support system of your mission agency (e.g. pool system, individual account, etc. Will there be any other financial need(s) relative to your ministry that is not covered by your basic support (outfit and passage, start-up costs)? If so, state this need and the amount. Please give specific instructions concerning how to remit your funds to you. Do you have any financial indebtedness? If so, how do plan to meet these obligation(s)? Please provide an itemized description of your agency s recommended support in US dollars. Allowance: Salary Housing Children s education Employee payroll tax Pension/retirement Conference/seminar Holiday Other (describe) Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 5
Benefits: Medical insurance Employer payroll tax Furlough/home service Other (describe) Administrative overheard: Other expenses: (describe) Total amount: ============== On another sheet of paper, please write your personal testimony, including how you came to know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior (same for spouse). Please enclose any additional materials or make additional comments that you feel would be helpful to the CMA Missions Mobilization Team. Please enclose a current photograph of self (and family). Your support can only be sent to a non-profit mission organization. Any ministry/mission board changes will require re-evaluation and approval by the CMA Missions Mobilization Team. I have read and agree with the CMA Missions Policy Signature and Date Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 6
DOCTRINAL BELIEFS/STATEMENT OF FAITH Name(s): You (and your spouse) should carefully consider the following statements. If you fully agree, initial AGREE; if you do not fully agree, initial DISAGREE and write a brief explanation. 1. There is one God who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 2. Jesus Christ is the true God and the true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died on the cross, the Just for the Unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified by His shed blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures, and He is now at the right hand of Majesty on high as our great High Priest. He will come again to establish His Kingdom, righteousness, and peace. 3. The Holy Spirit is a Divine Person, sent to indwell guide, teach, and empower the believer and convince the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. 4. The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men. The Scriptures constitute the divine and only rule of Christian father and practice. 5. Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God: he fell through disobedience, incurring physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from life with God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The fate of the unrepentant and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment: and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss. 6. Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God. 7. It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service. This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion. Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 7
8. Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures and are privileges for the Church. 9. The Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations. The local church is a Body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God; for edification through the Word of God; for prayer, fellowship, and the proclamation of the gospel; and for the observance of the ordinances of baptism and the Lord s Supper. 10. There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life, for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment. 11. The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal, visible, and premillennial. This is the believer s Blessed Hope and is a vital truth, which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service. I understand and am in agreement with the preceding doctrinal statements that have been indicated with AGREE, and, if at any time, there is a change in my beliefs, I shall make it known to the Missions Mobilization Team of Cody Missionary Alliance Church. Signature Date Signature Date Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 8
Thank you for choosing to serve the Lord through missions. Attached, please find the Cody Missionary Alliance Church Application for Missionary Support. Your complete application should include each of the following: Completed application form Pastor/Deacon/Elder Recommendation Sending Agency Recommendation Current Photo of self (and family) Personal Testimony (self and spouse) Signed CMA Doctrinal Beliefs/Statement of Faith You may submit the above by mail to: Missions Mobilization Team Cody Missionary Alliance Church 147 Cooper Lane East Cody, Wyoming 82414 Phone: church office 307-587-3418 Email: office@codycma.org (include missions in the subject line) Once again, we appreciate your commitment to Christ and His kingdom. In Christ, Cody Missionary Alliance Church Missions Mobilization Team Revision date 11/8/2012 Page 9