CAM

Creative Access Ministries (CAM)

The core of our ministry is based on “Creative Access Ministries.”

We serve in the areas of restrictions in some form or others. We serve in a place where Christians are seen with suspicious eyes. We serve in places and among peoples who need us to witness to Christ through the ministries of reconciliation.

Some places simply reject all form of Christian missions, or harass foreign and local Christian missions and churches. In this type of settings, we feel God has given opportunity to be “creative” in our missional approach and think out of boxes from the transitional ways of thinking about missions.

In order to fulling our call to Mission of God mainly through CAM, we have created our teams in different regions and peoples we serve:

I. Types of Team:

  1. By People Group: This kind of team is formed around a common focus on a specific ethnic group. It is led by a Team Leader or Strategy Coordinator.
  2. By Region or Segment of Society: This kind of team is formed by workers who are in agreement to work together in same region. For example, they might adopt an ‘inter-people-group focus’ or work among a specific ‘segment of society’ within Vietnam’s majority group, the Viet Kinh.
  3. By Function or Type of Ministry: This kind of team is formed by those who are fulfilling the same function within the Field. For instance, support/resource team with members within and possibly outside of VN, or people in ‘Daniel Training’.

II. Definition of a Ministry Team:

  1. A minimum of two (2) units are needed to form a team.
  2. At the formation of a team, a Team Leader is appointed to launch and lead the team. The general expectation is that the TL must go through “Field” training.
  3. Ministry Teams may embrace people of other agencies focused on the same target group and committed to commonly agreed ministry goals.
  4. A team is committed to common strategic planning and regular interaction and meeting (for instance, weekly, monthly, or quarterly). As a team meets to discuss work and ministry related items they also will make an effort to care for each other and support one another.
  5. Where such an intentional ‘team formation’ is not yet completed, SRCI Field members are considered to be part of a local ‘fellowship group’. Such a fellowship group has no specific ministry focus, but cares for one-another and meets regularly for fellowship and prayer. Such a ‘fellowship group’ can also be made up of members of different teams living in the same location, but geographically detached from their teammates.

III. Unreached People Group Focused Teams:

  1. Where affinity exists with people groups targeted by UPG teams are encouraged to coordinate their efforts with UPG teams or partner with them in identified strategic areas, including consultations and training.
  2. If UPG members that are part of trans-national people focused teams locate in other regional teams, the regional team endeavors to embrace them in a ‘fellowship group’ in order to provide pastoral support locally.