HOW WE WORK FOR THE KINGDOM

Strategy

To provide a platform on which believers from around the world can gather, combine and leverage the resources (human resources, training, finances, etc...) to maximize their impact for the Kingdom.

Objective

To facilitate the mobilization, training, and sending of missionaries from the Middle East and North Africa to the world. Our goal is to equip Christians from the Middle East and North Africa to go. Specifically, our long- term goal is to build the capacity of the MEC to equip 220 long-term students annually, which is an average of ten Christians per year from each of the 22 Arab League countries.

SOLUTION

Our solution includes building a hub (The MEC) where Christians can come together, get equipped, and be sent out. The MEC is comprised of 5 departments:

1. Health: Helping the Church Build a Strong Foundation

2. Gathering: Unifying the Church through Corporate Prayer and Events

3. Outreach: Training the Body of Christ in Evangelism, Discipleship, and Missions

4. Media: Giving the Church a Global Voice through Arts and Technology

5. Strategy: Developing Global Missions Strategy through Research and Advocacy

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What is Happening at the MEC?

The MEC’s mission is to catalyze and facilitate a missions movement in the Middle East.

One of the key strategies is through the MEC Virtual Cohorts that bring together Horizons staff members, interns, and volunteers from multiple churches into online groups that meet regularly to discuss, plan, and work together on specialized ministry initiatives.

We aim to continue developing the existing cohorts, as well as to establish more cohorts, in order to provide for all 15 centers within the MEC.

That’s a huge task—a dream that only God can turn into a reality. We praise God that he has given us small but significant steps to take on this amazing journey.

Many visiting believers have ministry gifts and knowledge that could bless and equip Lebanese believers, but these gifts can go unused for lack of sufficient coordination and collaboration between local churches and organizations.

Only God knows how many opportunities have been lost because his people didn’t manage to work together. As the MEC increases in its capacity to coordinate multi-church/organizational efforts such as outreaches and training events (both in-person and virtual), we hope to see synergy grow in God’s Kingdom, to boost local ministries and launch a powerful indigenous missions movement to transform the Middle East and the world for Christ!

So far, we have established several Virtual Cohorts that correspond to some of the 15 centers within the MEC, each representing specialized ministry skills needed to fulfill the Great Commission.

The Virtual Cohorts that are currently operating are:

  • MEC Creative (Media Production Group)

  • MEC Design (Graphic Design and Animation)

  • MEC Proclaim (Evangelism Group)

  • MEC Pray (Prayer Group)

  • MEC Tech (Web Development Group)

  • MEC Care (Family Care and Counseling Group)

  • MEC Worship (Worship Arts Group)

  • MEC Athletics (Sports Group)