Vision and Mission

VISION

Evangelism of the Chinese by the Chinese

Local bishops, priests, and religious are really working hard to spread the Gospel, but because of the demands for pastoral, administrative, and educational ministries, they need lay evangelists to aid them in the mission of evangelism in order to:

1. Proclaim the Gospel to the Chinese
2. Lead them to conversion to Christ
3. Inculturate the Gospel within Chinese culture

MISSION

Evangelism must not stop or retreat:

1. Proactively help lay persons discover and answer the call to be professional lay evangelists.
2. Provide such persons with specialized formation for evangelism.
3. Through systematic research, to provide professional lay evangelists with successful and effective methods of evangelism.
4. Through spiritual, human, and financial support to sustain lay evangelists in their mission of evangelism.

OBJECTIVE

• Formation of Lay Professional Missionaries (Evangelists)
• Parish-driven promotion of evangelism
• Action plan clearly detailed towards goal

ORGANIZATION

• Formation Center,
• Evangelism Research Center, and
• (Working) Evangelism Center.

FORMATION PROGRAM

Lay Missionary formation program is in three aspects:

• Spiritual Formation.As an individual, the lay missionary should be a spiritually mature person, Catholic, and evangelist.
• Overall Formation.Understand well fundamental doctrines of the Catholic Faith.Students take 108 units in three academic years: Theology Courses (50 units), Evangelism theories and practice (46 units), Inculturation Courses (12 units), and Spiritual Formation.
• Theory and practice of Evangelism.Students learn:

• How to motivate parishioners to start One-Brings-One Evangelism
• How to attract non-Catholics into the Church
• Effective catecheses for groups and individuals

EVANGELISM PROCESS

The evangelism process has two major stages:

• The first stage is attracting non-Catholics.
• One-Brings-One Systematic Evangelism.
• One-Brings-One Evangelism Prayer Community.
• Through these One-Brings-One programs, every parishioner invites at least one relative, friend, or colleague to participate in RCIA course. one of the two programs

• RCIA
• Pre-catechumen programs. Gradual introduction to the faith, especially through small group sharing and prayer and beginning to form a community.
• Prayer Retreat. Weekend retreat of deeper prayer and being prayed for: this weekend usually leads to a commitment to the full catechumen course.
• Catechumen Course. A fuller understanding and participation in the Catholic Faith.