EM&O Details

EM&O Footprint

  • 7 Core Missions Areas
  • 35 ministry teams under EM&O
  • With over 100 HPPC laity voting and advisory board members
  • Approx. 175 Lay persons actively involved in EM&O ministries
  • Over 250 people participated in Short-term Mission Trips
  • Work with over 75 mission partner organizations
  • Support 31 long-term missionaries in 20 countries
    • Sent out six cross-cultured mission trips in 2007

EM&O Vision / Mission Initiatives

The Committee is responsible for guiding the ministry according to the core values of HPPC and EMO, for setting priorities and strategic initiatives, and for holding the ministry accountable to fulfilling them.

Mission Statement

EM&O Committee identifies avenues to witness God’s kingdom through equipping, sending, serving, and promoting justice rooted in Scripture and energized in worship and prayer.

Strategic Objectives

EM&O has adopted a set of core strategic objectives to guide the organization for the next program year and beyond:

  • Unreached People: We will share the Gospel with the unreached and least-reached people of the world
  • Innovation: We will harness technical & creative resources towards reaching those who don't know Christ
  • Lost People: Cultivate a passion to reach lost people by: education, sharing testimonies of new believers
  • Diversity: Diverse in age, economic, and ethnic background and partner in ministry with people who reflect this diversity
  • Invitation: Actively seek to recruit, train, and mobilize an ever-increasing number and diversity of people to fulfill the mission of the EM&O ministries
  • Leadership: We will cultivate servant leaders who develop servant leaders
  • Communication: Create cohesive communication strategy engaging congregants raising awareness, interest, and ownership in EM&O ministries
  • Evaluation: Build on the current strengths of existing ministries while also evaluating ministries that are not core to HPPC's mission, values, and future