THE PHILADELPHIA CHURCH AND THE HOREB PRAYER MOUNTAIN
Present and Long - Term Mission
MISSION STATEMENT
: “I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all these for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings” (1 Cor. 9:22-23).
A. Urban
- Prayer Walks
- Distribution of NT and Brochures with the Bulletin of the Church included (containing the location, schedule and Mission)
- The Youth Church. Target: young couples, friends, neighbors, school-mates, etc.
- Nursering
- Contemporary, relevant services: Preaching, Singing, Relationships using modern means of communication (Simple, Straight and Short)
- Social Care Mission: the Poor, the Sick and the Needy (at home, at hospitals, in the street, etc.)
- Preparation for Ministry: Training Courses for potential leaders (Equiping, Empowering and Encouraging)
- Youth Ministry:
- motivating the Youth for ministry (school, work-place, street, hospitals, orphaniges, etc.)
- participation in the churches’ services
(singing, preaching, drama, etc.)
- EvangelisticYouth Camps (on holidays)
- Child Ministry: Sunday School, Camps, Vacation Bible School, etc.
B. Rural: the Truth Church, Poplaca Village
- A New Location for the Church (easy access, more space for parking, activities, etc.,
- Vacation Bible School: reaching the unsaved parents through their children
- Spiritual and Material Support
- The Old, the Sick and the Needy
C. Global
- Preparation for Ministry: Mission Training Programs (Theology and Culture)
- Seminary Training: The Torch Trinity Graduate School of Theology in Seoul, Korea (one graduate and one prospective student)
- Summer Bible Institute at the HPM (visiting professors and missionaries). General Target: The 10-40 WINDOW.
- Special Target: South Bulgaria and Turkey (Near and Middle East)
II. THE HOREB PRAYER MOUNTAIN
A. A Place of Haven (Personal)
B. A Place of Guidance and Counseling (Pastoral): Pastors, Church Leaders, Missionaries, Social Care Workers, etc.
- Seminars: Motivation and Re-Dedication
- Prayer and Fasting: Guidance and Goals
- Pastoral Counseling (nowhere done in the country)
- Purpose: Preaching of the Gospel of Christ – Simplicity and Power (the Christian Moral Standard)
C. A Place of Training and Sending-Out Missionaries (Professional)
- Summer Bible Institute (Visiting Professors and Missionaries)
- Seminars: Teaching, Motivation, and Dedication
- Conferences: the Renewal of Vision (Up-Dates from the Christian Field)
- Fasting and Prayer: the Antioch Programme
D. A Place of Healing and Recovery: Burnt-Out Ministers
- Prayer and Fasting
- Confession of Sins
- Healing and Deliverance
- Recovery, Restoration, and Re-Dedication
E. A Place of Retreat and Rest
(for All the above!)
NOTE 1: Many of the above Statements of Mission are but part of the vision for the HPM (God willing, this late Summer part of it would become functional).
NOTE 2: Both Philadelphia Church and the HPM function as independent, non-denominational entities.
Our Confession of Faith is from 2 Tim. 3:16-17,
“All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Prayer Requests:
- the completion of the Project (the Multi-Purpose Building, the Chapel, and the Open-Air Amphitheatre (for reading, meditation, prayer, worship and Evangelistic Meetings)
- purchasing of new land (the immediate vecinity): the goal is to get the whole Mountain
- preparation of leaders, supervisors, and trainers
- spiritual and material resources
- protection (the place is desolate and robbery is common). Note: from the time we came there, no robbery took place!
- the need for an administrator
- keeping in step with the Vision
- sound mind and doctrine