La RED (The Network), is a colaboration of churches and agencies that began to meet in April 2014 with the purpose of getting to know each other and consider how they can work together in the missionary mobilization in Peru. It was decided from the beginning, that they want to walk WITH the Peruvian Church and hear from pastors and church leaders; to consider in what ways both could collaborate.
As a National Missionary Cooperation affiliated with COMIBAM International, La RED has the vision of "joining forces in the missionary mobilization in Peru, walking with the Peruvian church toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission."
La RED seeks to respond to the needs expressed by pastors and at the same time join forces as mission agencies and churches.
The results of a survey and conversations with pastors highlight the following needs and ways in which La RED can collaborate:
- Facilitate discussions so that leaders can share and learn about missions.
- Carry out a personal follow-up with the pastors, in their churches, offering specific support according to the needs of each church.
- Visit the confraternities of pastors to present missionary themes and offer personal follow-up to those they want.
- Provide follow-up to the missionary candidates.
- Offer fundamental courses on missions for leaders and at the church-wide level.
- Support so that seminars and institutes can offer courses of missions.
- Communicate with churches, announcing / promoting resources and missionary events.
"We are living this new trajectory of the church and we need to unite in the work of the Great Commission, giving it the sense of the worldview that God gave us from the beginning". (Matthew 24:14, 28:19, Mark 13:10, 16:15, Luke 24:47, Acts 1: 8, Revelation 14: 6)
In November 2018, a group of mission minded workers from La RED had a planning retreat to revise the Mission and Vision Statements. Areas and goals they worked for the next 2 years are
- To develop missionary awareness
- To provide opportunities
- To provide tools
