TL;DR:
This webpage is a comprehensive missions resource hub for NMI leaders. NMI is the way the denomination mobilizes church members for world evangelism through prayer, education, giving, and hands-on mission experiences. The organization challenges congregations to pray for missionaries, give sacrificially, involve all ages in global mission awareness, and encourage people to respond when God calls them to go.
Can NMI help us know how our church can contribute to world evangelism?
NMI (Nazarene Missions International) is a local-church-based mobilization organization focused on global missions, encouraging prayer, education, and giving.
NMI helps local churches spread the Good News worldwide by providing information about needs and opportunities, encouraging informed prayer, and challenging people to give sacrificially.
This website offers missionary biographies, materials for missions councils or committees, lists of songs with global emphases, PowerPoint presentations, and reflections on the biblical foundations for global mission work.
Boosting missions: Nazarene Missions International is the local-church-based global missions mobilization and awareness-raising arm of the Church of the Nazarene. NMI is a grassroots missions committee structure that encourages church members to:
Involve children and youth in activities featuring global missions information
Listen for God's call to become those who go
NMI is a global missions mobilization organization. Although it publicizes the global vision and plan of the Church of the Nazarene and raises money, NMI does not administer Nazarene world evangelism efforts.
Mission statement
NMI exists to mobilize the church in mission through prayer, education, giving, and interactive experiences.
The mission vision of Nazarene Missions International
NMI's commitments to sending churches and missionary teams
We will view the local church as the primary instrument to carry the Good News to all nations
A wide variety of PowerPoint presentations about missions are available. These can be viewed
individually on the internet or downloaded for use in church services.
Check them out!
Nazarene Missions Teams
Read about "Miracles in Mexico," the first Nazarene Missions Team event—formerly known as Work & Witness—and explore devotional reflections on short-term mission teams.
"What will it take for Nazarene Missions International to be effective from this point forward?"
"Dr. Culbertson's website with NMI resources has a wealth of information our local NMI president regularly uses." — student course evaluation
Afterword: What's the Purpose of NMI?
Nazarene Missions International (NMI) is an organization within the Church of the
Nazarene, a global evangelical Christian denomination. Its purpose is to mobilize support for the
denomination's global mission efforts. NMI serves to educate and inspire members of
the Church of the Nazarene regarding the church's evangelism, discipleship, and humanitarian
aid activities worldwide.
The three tasks of Nazarene Missions International are:
Mobilization: NMI aims to mobilize individuals and congregations to support global
missions work. This involves raising awareness about the importance of world evangelism,
providing resources, and encouraging people to get involved through prayer, giving, and
service.
Global Awareness: NMI provides opportunities to help people understand the
biblical basis for missions, the needs of the world, and the various ways they can contribute to global
mission efforts.
Support: NMI raises support for missionaries and world mission projects. This
support may involve raising funds, sending supplies, mobilizing prayer support, and providing
encouragement to those serving cross-culturally in more than 160 world areas.
What is Nazarene Missions International? It is an organization that gets Christ-followers involved in fulfilling the Great Commission globally. By doing that, NMI helps the Church of the Nazarene fulfill its stated mission of making Christlike disciples in all nations.
