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Silver Spring, Maryland – On
October 19, 2003, The Lutheran Church of St. Andrew in Silver Spring, Maryland
signed on with CAME as the first congregation to join CAME’s new Antioch
Partner. During a ceremony in between
Mission Festival worship services, representatives of both CAME and St. Andrew
signed an agreement outlining a new partnership aimed at Gospel outreach among
Asian communities in North America. The
official signing follows the CAME Board’s resolution at its September meetings
to delegate the leadership of the Antioch Partner Network to St. Andrew.
The agreement includes plans for developing a relationship in which the CAME agency and “corporate center” would over time become embedded within the life and ministry of St. Andrew. Specifics include the possibility of housing some of the CAME offices and a mission center, which would offer video-conferencing, a research lab, a resources library and conference space on the new St. Andrew campus in Silver Spring which will be ready for occupancy in 2005. CAME’s future operations center will eventually be developed in the Midwest. Other plans include support for CAME’s Pauline Missionary Journeys, and the opportunity for the St. Andrew congregation to be ministered to by CAME’s missionaries, including Jotham Johann Jhang, CAME’s Executive Director.
This new relationship is part of the larger CAME strategy to work more closely with strong, mission-minded local congregations, which have been blessed by God with ambitious vision and a thirst for closer involvement in supporting Asian missions. CAME and St. Andrew will work to develop an “Antioch network” of like-minded congregations which will “send” CAME missionaries out directly and relate directly to CAME, using the Antioch model for mission work spelled out in the book of Acts.
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