SRI LANKA MINISTRY SUSTAINABILITY

The structural and administrative sustainability of the Church of God – Sri Lanka must be sound and self-sustaining. This photo shows our first meeting with an accountant hired through funds from this project. This project supports the following Administrative Sustainability goals:

• National Projects to fund Administration & Ministry
• National Coordinator & Project Coordinator stipends
• Accountant
• Annual Business Meetings
• Board Training and Development

This photo is of one of the Sri Lankan pastors graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Religion. His education was supported by the COG-SL through funds from this project. Business endeavors will empower the Church of God in Sri Lanka to generate national resources that will support  sustainabile National Ministry, including the following:

• Leadership Training and Development
• Credentialing Process
• On-Boarding Process
• National Ministries for Youth, Women, Children
• Pastor Education

Pastors in Sri Lanka live in rural communities where ministry sustainability on tithes and offerings is unlikely. Projects funded in this area create small business ventures, including necessary education, training, & equipment, to supplement or sustain a pastor’s ministry work beyond tithes and offerings. Pastors are expected to contribute to their project and, when possible, to the National Ministry of COG-SL, through profits. Pastoral Sustainability funds supported the chicken coup project, pictured here, and other projects like these:

• Roaster Chicken Farm
• Chicken Hatchery
• Mushroom Farm
• Music for Hire
• Herb Sales
• Three-Wheeler for Hire
• Business Training
• Resourcing

We are developing a Pastoral Care system that will strengthen, encourage, and disciple pastors toward a deeper spiritual life through formal biblical education, training, and mentorship. This initiative requires funding a stipend for a Pastoral Care Leader. Strong, spiritually-healthy pastors directly impact the sustainability of the Church of God in Sri Lanka.

• Pastoral Care
• Training and Christian Education
• Ministry Development
• Bibles, Christian Literature, and Discipleship Materials
• Benevolence
• Burial
• Insurance

Many Sri Lankan pastors serve in communities that are antagonistic to Christianity. Our goal is to empower our pastors to develop physical stability and relationships with their community that enable them to express the love of Christ in tangible ways such as developing schools, digging wells, sports equipment, and community centers. The Project Coordinator oversees projects related to community relational sustainability. Community sustainability often means the construction of permanent worship facilities where they are allowed.

• Evangelism & Outreach
• Church & Prayer Cell Facilities
• Community Relational Projects
• Benevolence & Disaster Relief Projects

Most Church of God pastors in Sri Lanka serve in remote, rural villages and rarely have the opportunity to meet with their Christian peers. The goal of this initiative is to help provide the pastors with fellowship opportunities, mentoring and discipleship, and personal spiritual accountability that strengthen the unity and bond of the Church of God in Sri Lanka.

• Accountability
• Fellowship
• Mentoring & Discipleship