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Dear fellow servant of Christ,

At Central Park Baptist Church, we have a sincere desire to get the gospel around the world. We want to use our missions money in a wise way; one which we believe would glorify God. We realize that there are many worthy mission works to support with the offerings given by our members.

We want to support works whose doctrinal positions are in line with ours. Our goal is to see churches started of like faith and practice. To this end, we have an application we ask each missionary who desires support from us to fill out. This is to help us clarify what you believe and who you are.

Missions Support Application

General information

GENERAL INFORMATION

Please provide the following information, including children currently living at home:

Your Name:

Your Email Address:

Your Phone:

Your Website:

Your Birthday:

Your Wife's Name:

Your Wife's Birthday:

Children's Names & Birthdays:

Wedding Anniversary Date:

Have you or your wife ever been married before?

Yes

If yes, please explain:

Does your wife share your fundamental doctrinal beliefs?

Yes

If no, please explain:

Is she in agreement with and does she support your service to the Lord as a missionary?

Yes

Please provide the name and mailing address of the church of your membership.

Does the church listed above support you?

Yes

Is the church listed above your sending church?

Yes

What is your pastor's name?

Are you connected with a mission board or clearing house?

Yes

If yes, please provide the name and address of the agency:

Please list all Bible Institutes, Colleges, or Seminaries you have attended, with the year(s) you were there:

Have you ever been the pastor of a church?

Yes

If yes, name the church/churches you have pastored and the dates:

Please give a testimony of your salvation:

Please give a testimony of your call to preach:

Please give a testimony of your call to the mission field:

Where is the field to which you have been called?

Have you ever personally been to this field?

Yes

Have you ever personally organized a church on any field?

Yes

If yes, how many churches?

If you have a field address, please provide it:

What is the total number of churches and missions with which you work at present on the field?

Do you have any unsecured debt (i.e. credit cards, student loans, etc.)? If so, please list what kinds of debt you have incurred and include how much you owe.

Doctrinal Information

DOCTRINAL INFORMATION

I take the Genesis account of Creation to be describing:

Six 24-hour days

The Gap Theory

The Day Age Theory

Theistic Evolution

In the New Testament, what does the word “church” mean?

Both local and universal as well as visible and invisible (as in particular assemblies localized on the earth as well as made up of all the saved)

Both local and visible

I believe the term “body of Christ” used by Paul (Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:18) was referring to:

a local assembly of baptized believers.

both local assemblies and all the saved

other (please explain below)

Other explanation

I believe the first church was established:

by Christ during His public ministry before His crucifixion.

sometime after the resurrection but before the Day of Pentecost

on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2, after the resurrection of Christ

I believe that all believers are part of the:

universal church

family of God

body of Christ

other (please explain)

Other explanation

I believe a church should:

only accept baptism done under the authority of a Baptist church of like faith and practice

accept baptism done by Baptist or “Baptistic” churches

accept any baptism done by immersion following salvation

Who has the authority to baptize?

believers

the church

the pastor

1 Corinthians 12:13

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”

What kind of baptism is found in 1 Corinthians 12:13?

spirit baptism

water baptism

salvation

I believe that Spirit baptism:

was referenced 6 times in the Gospels and Acts, but occurred only once, on the Day of Pentecost

occurs even now when a person is saved, and places them into the universal invisible church or body of Christ

other (please explain)

Other explanation

What is your position on those who may partake of the Lord’s Supper?

open - freely available to any Christian

close - available to members of other churches of like faith

closed - only available to the membership of the administering church

What is the reason for having the Lord’s Supper?

It is a memorial of the death of Christ.

It is a sacrament by which we gain favor with God.

It mystically joins us to Christ.

What, specifically, are the elements used in observing the Lord’s Supper?

unleavened bread and alcoholic wine

unleavened bread and grape juice

other (please explain)

Other explanation

If a missionary or pastor from another church of like faith, order, and practice was visiting on a night your church was administering the Lord’s Supper, would you allow that missionary or pastor to participate in that ordinance?

Yes

I believe the King James Version to be:

an inferior translation to other English translations of the Word of God

one of several accurate translations of the Bible

the perfect, preserved Word of God, and the only Bible for the English speaking people of today

Do you use any other translations in your speaking and writing?

Yes

If you do not minister in the English language on your field, do you have a good translation from the Masoretic Text and from the Textus Receptus?

Yes

Is repentance necessary for salvation?

Yes

Would you agree with this definition of repentance? “A change of mind about sin, self, and God, that results in one turning from sin and to God in faith.”

Yes

What will be/is the focus of your work?

church planting

helps ministry

other (please explain)

Other explanation

What is your position on the return of Christ?

premillenial / pretribulation

post millenial

amillenial

preterist

mid-tribulational rapture

pre-wrath rapture

other (please explain)

Other explanation

What would best characterize the style of Christian music that you listen to and use?

traditional

blended

contemporary (by contemporary, we mean not just new in origin, but new in style, similar to recent trends in popular music)

Would you agree with the following statement? “God unconditionally elects some to be saved, and some to be lost.”

agree

disagree

Would you agree with this statement? “Once a person had trusted Christ in salvation, they can never lose that salvation.”

agree

disagree

Do you emphasize the Biblical differences between masculinity and femininity in your family and your ministry?

Yes

Accountability information

ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION

What will/do you teach on giving and missions support?

Each church has a Biblical duty to give to local and worldwide missions.

Churches are to support only their own ministries.

other (please explain)

Other explanation

Do you personally tithe and give to missions?

Yes

Will your home church have disciplinary power over you while you are a missionary?

Yes

Will your home church hold you accountable for moral, doctrinal, and ethical practices on the field?

Yes

Does your home church have the authority to recall you for moral and doctrinal reasons?

Yes

Will your home church promptly notify your supporters as soon as they positively know of any condition that would affect your moral or doctrinal standing?

Yes

Will you expect a church to continue support on the field if there is a breach of your promise, a change of doctrine, or a lapse of morality?

Yes

Will your supporting churches be notified when you leave the field or change fields of service?

Yes

Evaluation

If at any time you should change your doctrines, field or home church, we will take this into consideration and may re-evaluate your support.

How often will/do you supply reports or updates to your sending church and to the churches supporting your ministry?

Miscellaneous information

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Answers in this section will not necessarily weigh in the Central Park Baptist Church’s decision to take a missionary on for support—unless it is found that the truth was misrepresented in some fashion in the first three sections. Please answer truthfully and fully.

Did you resent answering any of the questions on this document?

Yes

If yes, which ones did you resent?

Are there additional comments or information that you wish to make known to us?

Agreement

By completing and sending this application, you are testifying that all answers you have stated are completely honest and without guile.

Date:

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