|
Enabling
visionaries to transform communities using available February 20, 2005 To: 2004 Prayer and Financial Contributors through CVI² Subject: CVI² 2004 Service Summary CVI²’s directors feel joy to report on 2004 and to help you perceive CVI², its associates and God’s enabling accurately, since we don’t easily discern calling, preparation and anointing. We directors launched CVI² in 2001 out of four deep burdens: to offer a legal, public service home to quality Christian servants whose previous agency had lapsed; to facilitate Christian visionaries who sacrifice, take risks and suffer to be the persons whom God prepared and called them to be; to express decades of inter and sub-cultural learning and experience; and to facilitate a missional network (not an institution) for the 21st century. God has blessed our obedience beyond our wildest imaginations! By 2004’s end, He had networked CVI²’s three directors and five advisers with 300 partners and 27 courageous Christian visionaries who live in five countries and influence communities in over 40. Visionaries’ ministries include coaching, consulting, developing, encouraging, empowering, facilitating, mentoring, networking, serving and training. Click here to see a graph of financial contributions from 2002 through 2004. During 2004, CVI²’s 27 associates directly enabled 6500 ministry workers in more than 30 nations. Thirteen of us traveled to 25 nations. Some consult in many countries via e-mail. Four of us equipped for kingdom work over 1300 college students and "Perspectives" learners in 50+ training events in the USA and Mexico. Seven of us developed over 200 training booklets, modules and ministry tools, which have already benefited over 1200 field workers. One associate raised funds and arranged translation for some of these materials into 12 major languages of India. Five of us coached, mentored and trained (via the internet and about 40 workshops) 950 workers in 20+ nations to plant and multiply congregations. This work already yielded 70 new congregations in 2004 with 100s more planned (reports not yet received). Five of us served 865 poor and disadvantaged migrant workers, refugees and homeless in eight nations. One of us worked to alert 528 American Christians to the dilemma among America’s youth. One associate continued transformation work among more than 400 people in a city and the jungles of Peru. Two of us processed over 1500 contributions from 276 contributors and 24 organizations. One of us continued coordinating though VIVA Network over 200 people and 50 Christian organizations to assist some of Africa’s 12 million AIDS orphans. One associate conducted workshops and spoke at retreats to help 160 USA men become better fathers and 150 USA women raise their sons and. One of us assisted 50 Christian workers in six war and post-war zones, and trained 40 village and government leaders in holistic community transformation and community health. Four of us consulted with 76 missionaries and 17 mission agencies in four nations, offering missiological, organizational and other advice. Three of us trained 50 Americans for short-term missions to culturally-distant peoples. Two associates and partnering entities continued to train 41 Hispanic-American church leaders to plant and lead Spanish-speaking churches. Seven of us coached 41 Christian leaders in five nations to clarify, organize or launch their service initiatives. One of us distributed CVI²’s many prayer requests to 35 intercessors. Three of us mentored 31 American youth for educational, character and life skill purposes. Three of us coached 22 Americans to focus their lives. One of us continued to empower some of Rwanda’s three million disenfranchised widows. One of us continued to build partnerships to assist African schools. Four of us facilitated CVI²’s 27 associates and their work. All was achieved by God’s grace, many sacrifices, donated labor and $162,351 support. Please share the good news to those who care! And continue to pray with and for us. Richard J. Reves (for CVI²’s directors) |
|
Community
Vision International |
