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 Server Who We Are
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We are an Alliance of evangelical believers, joined
together in local churches and dedicated to fulfilling the

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Great Commission given by Jesus Christ. We maintain a

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"big tent" stance in reference to many doctrinal
matters, encouraging believers of diverse backgrounds

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and theological traditions to unite in an alliance to
know and exalt Jesus Christ and to complete His
Commission. That Commission clearly instructs us:

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you"
(Matthew 28:19,20,NIV).

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 How We Came to be:
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A Brief History
The Christian and Missionary Alliance began as a deeper life and

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missionary movement initiated by Dr. Albert B. Simpson in 1887 to
mobilize the under-utilized lay forces and resources of the churches
to "take the whole Bible to the whole world." He believed that a life

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has no choice but to be involved in bringing the Good News to others,
either as an overseas missionary or as a missionary at home.

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The founder was reluctant to establish churches, preferring to call
together Christians with a vision to evangelize the world but who
remained in their local churches. However, the Christ-centered
emphasis in teaching and the priority on missions made many people
unwelcome in their denominations, causing them to form groups that
for years were called "branches," not churches. By the mid-1970s, it
became clear that The Alliance was a denomination in all but name,
so with revised bylaws and constitution that reality was formalized in
1974.

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 Our history is rich in ministry. The

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cornerstone of our National Office
building in Colorado Springs is a
visual reminder of our roots. It was

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first laid at the Gospel Tabernacle in
New York City in 1889.

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Highlights of C&MA History

Visit the C&MA National Archives site to view a chronological history of The
Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Or point your browser to http://www.cmalliance.org/whoweare/archives/
timeline.jsp

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 Server Dr. Gary Benedict
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 Vision for the Future

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Under the banner, "Completing Christ's Commission," and the leadership
of Dr. Gary M. Benedict, president,
The Alliance is streamlining its ministries to

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regain a movement spirit in the framework of a denomination, refocusing

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resources on unreached people groups overseas and underevangelized
communities in the United States.

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Our Mission:
The C&MA exists to know Jesus Christ,
exalt Him as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming King;
and complete His Great Commission.

It is the conviction of Alliance people that we will be in a better position to

achieve our mission if we become a denomination that has the qualities of
a movement.

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Our Vision:
The Christian and Missionary Alliance will be a movement of
Great Commission Christians who are glorifying God by building Christ's

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Church worldwide.

To achieve this vision, a strategy has been developed that consists of six
components.

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The resources of the C&MA are focused on these strategic initiatives:

Develop Healthy Local Churches

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Identify Workers for the Harvest
Train Called Workers
Multiply Churches in the United States
Multiply Churches Worldwide
Establish a Strong Support Base

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 Server Southeastern District

Based To encourage and empower local

churches in making disciples through
winning, building, equipping,

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multiplying, and sending; fulfilling the
Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20)
in power of the Great Commandment.
(Matthew 22:37).

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Church Planting
Our vision is to be a movement of
churches multiplying disciples, leaders,
ministries and congregations in the
rapidly growing state of Florida and in the
Bahamas. We will, by the grace of God,
plant seventeen new churches in the next
three years (2003-2005), ten being
through churches planting churches.

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 Nine Ways to Plant
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l Adopting Parent

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l Small Group
l “Out of the box” plants

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 Nine Ways to Plant
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every established Alliance Church, is responsible
for reproducing its ministry in obedience to Acts
1:8; locally in its Jerusalem, regionally in its
Judea, among the overlooked Samaritans, and
among earth’s under-evangelized peoples.

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 Our Church Planting Values
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Natural Expression of the life of the local Church

Christ builds His Church

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Planter’s job is to provide a healthy environment where growth can

Take place

The glory of God is our ultimate objective

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 Developmental Stages
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 Planning Stage
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Much prayer by parent church/district, etc
l Parent church targets project site/people
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l Preliminary interviews
l Assessment
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l Preliminary prospectus/budget

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 Planning Stage
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l Appropriate demographics have been
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l A Group and/or leader is on site

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 Prenatal Stage
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Self-study toolkit/BootCamp pre-reading
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l Refined planting prospectus
l Incubation period (3 to 9 months)
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l Gathering
l Systems/ministries development
l Pre-launch prep

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 Prenatal Stage
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Planter selected, assessed and trained

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l Prospectus completed
l A launch team is being trained under the

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direction of the church planter

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 Presentation Stage
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Public launch
l Healthy, balanced growth

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l Winning
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l Equipping
l Multiplying

Developing Church Status

l Accredited Church Status

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l A minimum of twenty adults attend and
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l Church is reported to the National Office

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 Parenting Stage
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l Multiplication (sending)
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 Parenting Stage
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Church is in consultation with its district office
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Church is preparing to give birth to a daughter
congregation according to general guidelines
provided by the CMM Office

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 Blessings
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Part of a larger group
l Local, regional and national support

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l Identity under big umbrella
l Focus in ministry

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l Missionary Emphasis
l Overseas
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 Responsibilities
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l Reporting Based
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l Constitution
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l Great Commission Fund
l DOB(3%)
l Home Missions
l Fellowship Fund

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 Government
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Presbiterial and Congregational
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l Everychurch can have representation

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l Not mandatory
l District Conference
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 Government
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l Mandatory

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l Appointed by district working with pastor

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l Only godly men
l Biblical qualifications
l Serve alongside of the pastor

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 Steps to follow
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Decision to come into the C&MA
l Viewthe website

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Application with C&MA

l Interview
l Credential
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