The PCG Mission BluePrint is a detailed plan of Action based on the strategic principles of the Bible to develop and build a holistic Ministry and also mobilize the entire church body to accomplish the Great Commission and ensure consistent growth of the church by 10% annually.
The Mission BluePrint is based on Four Thematic areas or cycles namely:
- Evangelism/Outreach for Soul Winning
- Discipleship Making for Empowerment and Sustainability
- Church Planting for Church Expansion
- Church Growth for Attaining Desired Goals (Great Commission)
These four thematic areas or cycles are propelled on two engines namely:
- Spiritual Awakening and Renewal
- Strategic Management and Business Plan
The Asante Presbytery, after the launch of the Mission Blue Print developed and expanded the two propelling engines into the following:
- Spiritual Awakening and Renewal:
- A yearly Presbytery Prayer Conferences and New Year Schools were developed for the entire leadership and members of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Asante Presbytery, to commit members and leaders tor Intentional Evangelism
- The Departments of Mission and Evangelism and Church Life and Nurture were tasked to be directly responsible for these Spiritual Awakening and Renewal exercises
Strategic Management and Business Plan:
Asante then set out to develop a comprehensive Action Plan to help the Presbytery reach the goal. The yearly Presbytery Action Plan were developed by and for the Seven Key Results Areas (KRAs) under the seven Departments.
The Departmental Directors prepared their plan of work which were formulated into a booklet through the process dabbed Programmes Hearing. The outcome of that process is discussed by representatives of the whole Presbytery before the launch of the Action Plan. The plan is then given out to all Congregations and Preaching Posts for the realization of the four thematic areas.
The Presbytery has been very consistent on following the goals set for the period 2014 to 2018. The Presbytery’s emphasis has been on the Bible, the Great Commission and the PCG Vision and Mission. We have consistently continued:
Mobilising the entire Presbytery (Church) for prayer, improving Church growth through Evangelism, Church Planting and Nurture (setting 12% growth as our target) and planting on the average 40 new Congregations every year and dedicating time for the nurturing of weaker Congregations/Preaching Posts.
All Agents are assessed by the “Mission Blue Print of the PCG” namely: Evangelism, Disciple making, Church Planting and Church Growth. We have consistently worked towards:
Attainment of self-sufficiency through effective resource mobilization and encouraging all Groups in the Presbytery, both Generational and Inter-generational, to express themselves through the seven (7) Key Results Areas (KRAs) namely: Mission and Evangelism; Church Life and Nurture; Ecumenical and Social Relations; Development and Social Services; Education; Administration and Human Resource Management; and Finance and Audit.
Asante Presbytery Working out the Four Thematic Areas in the PCG Mission BluePrint
- Evangelism and Outreach
The action plan developed yearly set one Sunday in every two months for members to be taught the use of operational materials design by the National office for outreach. These materials are Steps to Salvation; Share the Life and Operation Philip. Each congregational member is resourced with one of each of these operational materials for outreach.
The Presbytery Evangelism Van has a yearly designed itinerary to comb all the 36 Districts forming the Asante Presbytery for open air crusades.
- Discipleship Making
Yearly evangelism consultations and workshops on discipleship making is organized by the Department of Mission and Evangelism. The Presbytery has been zoned into seven and a team of facilitators are moved to these zones to hold the consultation and workshops. Districts are mandated by the action plan to further hold their own consultations and workshops to prepare every member to become a disciple. Books for running such consultations and workshops are designed for the Districts.
- Church Planting
To make church planting sustainable, the Presbytery appointed a full time Mission and Evangelism Director and a part time church surveyor (Church Planting Strategist). A team of 102 church members from the 36 Districts have been mobilized for church planting exercises. The team is named “Ambassadors.” The Presbytery earmarked 2014 to 2017 as years of massive church planting. The Amansie Districts were the targeted areas. The Action plan task every District to plant one church or nurture and elevate three Preaching Posts to congregational status every year.
The Presbytery on her own designed a plan to plant churches in the Amansie Districts using the Ambassadors and National Union of Presbyterian Students (NUSP-G) on the three universities in the Presbytery to do the church planting. Caretakers who manage these Churches are paid allowances from the Presbytery office for two years before the churches are fully handed over to the pastoral Districts where the churches are situated. A monitoring team visits these churches every fortnight and sometimes monthly to collate church attendance statistics.
- Church Growth
To assess the growth of the church an annual audit forum dubbed Church Growth Audit has been developed in the Presbytery. A format to collate church attendance and membership drive had been designed for the audit. The audit brings out the growth measure and how each District was able to achieve the stated figures. Areas of challenge are also addressed at the audit a way forward determined.