So how
does ICS work?
Helping
churches grow
Alongside managing the recruitment of ministers ('chaplains' as Anglican
ministers are known overseas) for established and new Anglican churches
our work as a mission agency involves Helping the churches we partner
develop their mission and ministry to people who speak English e.g.
through help with evaluating culture and context, evaluating opportunities
for outreach, providing advice and analysis, resources, prayer support,
people and funding for mission initiatives. If an existing chaplaincy
has potential to grow, but lacks the resources to do so, we can help
by providing a full-time chaplain. Since 1995 we have done this in
France, Poland, Germany, Cyprus and the Czech Republic.
Ministers, church leaders and families at the annual ICS conference
Planting
new churches
Since 1995 we have helped plant several new churches in places as diverse
as France (where several new congregations have been planted by the
two new churches), Germany, Ukraine, Belgium and Northern Cyprus.
We do this by
- Researching
(in co-operation with the Diocese) locations where there is potential
for new biblically-based English-language ministry. This might be
where there is as yet no church ministering in English, or where the
establishment of an Anglican church would be a positive contribution
to English-language ministry in the area, and help the other local
churches reach visitors to that country or town.
- Appointing and
funding the chaplains for these new churches.
Our aim is always
to encourage and support viable churches which will in time be able
to afford to employ their own minister.
Seasonal
ministry
We help care for the spiritual needs of holidaymakers in well over twenty
European and Mediterranean holiday resorts through providing seasonal
chaplains who work for ICS unpaid for periods of two to seven weeks.
We recruit and train around 100 such seasonal chaplains a year. Churches
Abroad lists (during holiday seasons) the locations and times of
these church services for tourists.
We
help you…and your friends
Our Directory of English-speaking Churches
Abroad, produced by a dedicated team of volunteers, can help you,
your family or people in your congregation to find English-speaking
churches abroad. The Directory lists ICS-supported churches, and other
Protestant churches from a variety of Christian traditions. Why not
buy one for your church and help your congregation members find fellowship
abroad?
