Reformation
Ministry Needs in France
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:37-38
Alors il dit à ses disciples : La moisson est grande, mais il y a peu d’ouvriers. Priez donc le maître de la moisson d’envoyer des ouvriers dans sa moisson.
Matthieu 9.37-38
France needs
Christ-centered, reformed protestants
who love france
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1. Old Churches
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In the next 10 years, there will be a massive retirement wave of 1,000 French pastors. Do you have the experience, gifting, diplomacy, and perseverance required to pastor a French church? Probably not.
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2. New Churches
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The French CNEF has set a goal to plant 1 church within the reach of every population center of 10,000 people. This will require nearly 4,000 new churches to reach this goal. Do you have what it takes to assemble a team, raise the funding, and shed your blood, sweat, and tears to see a church planted?
I hope you like statistics, because you will most likely become one.
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3. Camp staff
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Thanks to the school vacation calendar and the openness of French youth, camp ministry can be highly effective in France. Do you have what it takes to help us start a new camp on the most unreached stretch of western coastline, where believers number 1/10th of 1 percent? Though you will be surrounded with beautiful beaches, pristine waters, surfing, biking, fresh oysters, and great restaurants, you will not survive unless you have a lot of grit and no quit.
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4. University Fellowship
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There are hundreds of French campuses with no university Christian fellowship. Come and make disciples in the land of Decartes, Voltaire, Sartre, Camus, & Dany Boon. It will also help if you have a passion for apologetics, ethics, politics, European football, film, music, wine, beer, grilled saucis', coffee & chocolate.
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5. Christian Schools
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In an environment where home-schooling is illegal and private schools are rare and underfunded, your willingness to teach/staff a Christian school in France will be one of the hardest and most important ministries you've ever done.
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6. Kingdom Real Estate
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If God has blessed you with financial resources, what better way to fast track a church plant than by purchasing a small boutique hotel?
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1. A small hotel property managed by a French pastoral couple would allow them to provide for their financial support.
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2. It would provide a stable meeting space for the church plant, which is very hard to come by in France.
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3. You could bless the church plant by providing a lease-purchase contract, because many French churches cannot obtain traditional financing through banks.
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Gird up your loins &
take an action step
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Start an online campaign for us
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Volunteer with us
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Order a CalvinsChair.com gift for your pastor
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Tell your Francophile friends about us
Plan a vision trip
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