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Greg and Carlene Seghers 2022 Annual Report

Jun 28, 2023 | ZEMA Missionary Annual Reports

MINISTRY OBJECTIVES FOR 2022

  1. Expand ZEMA’s missionary
    • Respond to enquiries of ZEMA’s ministries that come through the social
    • Build ZEMA’s relationship with Bible schools, Churches, and other mission organizations.
    • Identify churches and missionary contacts that we might communicate with who have expressed an interest in participating in ZEMA’s ministries.

 

  1. Facilitate communication between ZEMA’s home office and the
    • Ongoing use of Zoom for direct communication between the field and home office.
    • Regular trips to the USA to facilitate the work and represent the missionaries and ZEMA’s Field Council.

 

  1. Continue to develop ZEMA’s internship
    • We will participate in MBI’s Missions Conference this fall (2021).
    • We will make ZEMA available to host interns for cross-cultural

 

  1. Increase ZEMA’s visibility through social media and Bible

 

  1. Increase the donor base for ZEMA’s ongoing ministry and particularly home office

 

  1. Compile a comprehensive resource for a ZEMA Organizational Case for

 

  1. Compile a joint proposal with TEAM for a specific Case for Support to establish resources to sponsor Bible school students at formal institutions.

 

  1. Encourage new and young missionaries to move into leadership roles to sustain ZEMA’s ministry in Southern Africa.

 

  1. Encourage African leadership in Bible

 

  1. Maintain ongoing relationships with amaZioni pastors and make new

 

PROGRESS MADE TOWARD THESE OBJECTIVES

 

  1. Goal: Expand ZEMA’s missionary
    • In April 2022, Greg and Sarah Akers joined ZEMA as full-time missionaries working in the East London area.
    • The Boatmans continue to raise support and plan to be missionaries with ZEMA at Sunbury Christian Camp by January 2024.
    • Sandy and Matt Sheers (retired CFO from TEAM) have agreed to assist ZEMA by volunteering time and expertise.
    • ZEMA’s website has become a place that people are reaching out to connect with and potentially assist with ZEMA’s ministries.

 

  1. Goal: Facilitate communication between ZEMA’s home office and the
    • We participated in Board meetings through Zoom or recorded videos for ZEMA board meetings.
    • Every other week I make phone calls to the ZEMA office
    • A phone call with the ZEMA board chairman every 4-6

 

  1. Goal: Continue to develop ZEMA’s internship program
  • ZEMA participated in Moody’s mission conference Oct
  • We’ve continued building relationships with Moody students considering coming to SA.
  • We participated in teaching in Intercultural classes at Moody in person and through Zoom.

 

  1. Goal: Increase ZEMA’s visibility through social media and Bible
  • ZEMA’s social media platforms are
  • ZEMA missionaries are becoming more aware of the need to provide digital material and words to utilize on these platforms.
  • An MBI professor, Mary Cloutier, regularly invites us to speak in her Other MBI professors have expressed their willingness to do the same.

 

  1. Goal: Increase the donor base for ZEMA’s ongoing ministry and particularly home office support.
  • We’ve begun holding Crossing Cultures with Friends of ZEMA events (CCFZ) and will continue to build on these by utilizing ZEMA supporters to increase ZEMA’s donor network.
  • To raise support for ZEMA’s General Fund in 2023, we are researching the possibility of organizing people from local churches to volunteer at Brewers

 

  1. Goal: Compile a comprehensive resource for a ZEMA Organizational Case for
  • This is ongoing work that is temporarily on hold to improve the groundwork for a more comprehensive profile such as this.
  • Currently, we are focused on strategic planning by using ZEMA’s purpose, vision, and spiritual impact statements to create a theory of change.

 

  1. Goal: Compile a joint proposal with TEAM for a specific Case for Support to establish resources to sponsor Bible school students at formal institutions
  • Due to changes occurring on the field, this is on

 

  1. Goal: Encourage new and young missionaries to move into leadership roles to sustain ZEMA’s ministry in Southern Africa.
  • Paul Seelhammer will take over the FD position in January
  • Marius Swart is working with the ZEMA governance committee to write a ZEMA Policy Manual based on the current ZEMA Guiding Rules.

 

  1. Goal: Encourage African leadership in Bible schools
  • Where missionaries are leaving the field or illnesses affect their level of participation in ZEBS, the African co-workers have stepped They are taking on the responsibility of those schools.
  • Zion students in full-time Bible school are participating in ZEBS programs and are being asked to preach at Zion services.

 

  1. Goal: Maintain ongoing relationships with amaZioni pastors and make new
  • While in SA, Greg met regularly with Zion pastors and mentored many who are currently teaching and running Bible schools.
  • When invited, Greg also visited new Zion churches to share about the history of Zion and the opportunities ZEMA has for amaZioni.
  • We are primarily located in the USA; this goal is discontinued in 2022/2023.

Respectfully submitted by,

Carlene and Greg Seghers

Date:  30 December 2022