Panel receives update on Mission Initiative
By Paula R. Kincaid, The Layman Online, September 26, 2002
LOUISVILLE – The $40-million Mission Initiative was described as an “opportunity to lift Jesus higher” during a Sept. 25 report to the General Assembly Council’s executive committee.
The fund-raising campaign was approved by the 2003 General Assembly to help finance new church development and international mission work.
Lucy Marian Roberts, co-chair of the campaign’s steering committee, told committee members that “when we broke ground for the mission initiative, you did so much more than just give us a vehicle for raising funds. You gave us an opportunity to lift Jesus higher. This is what it is all about.”
She said members of both sides of recent denominational debates have agreed to serve on the steering committee.
The other co-chair, Bill Saul, said work on the mission initiative started immediately after the General Assembly ended in Columbus.
Work under way so far includes selecting members for the campaign’s steering committee and interviewing candidates for a person to head up the campaign professionally. There’s no title, yet, for the job, Saul said, but they are close to hiring someone for the position. He said the steering committee will be made up of approximately 15 people.
“There’s no chance this isn’t going to work,” Saul said. “It is going to work. We are on our way.”