MSL: ABOUT THE MISSION SUPPORTERS LEAGUE [MSL]

MSL is a Movement of committed Christians united with the objective of establishing a viable PARTNERSHIP with missionaries by raising prayer support and financing all the various levels of missions and missionary activity in Africa and beyond.

MSL Origin

Victor M. Tukura while praying on the 12th of March, 1986 received a call to missions. Out of this burden grew a vision to provide prayer & material support for missionaries, as a means of enabling them take the gospel to the unreached people-groups of the world. This vision went through various stages of assimilation and development. As a couple, Victor and Nosa Tukura took up this challenge by establishing a framework for the actualization of this vision.

By 1998, God further broadened the vision by giving a mandate to raise a global army of mission supporters who will stand with missionaries to reach the nations of the earth for Christ. Subsequently, the first MSL Chapter was inaugurated in December 1998 in Jos, Nigeria. This has grown into a network of almost two hundred Chapters in several locations each supporting personnel and projects in 14 African countries.

MSL Vision

A mobilized Church supporting all aspects of Missions until disciples are made for Christ among every people group on earth.

MSL Mission

To raise prayer, financial and material support for church planting efforts among unreached people groups and to create missions support awareness in the body of Christ.

MSL Strategy

The Ministry of the MSL is Chapter based. Chapters are clusters of Christians from different backgrounds established in various locations to mobilize and provide support for missionaries and missions agencies. Each Chapter of the MSL is expected to meet at least once a month, adopt a mission field, pray consistently for the work and workers, raise financial and material support, visit the mission field and create missions support awareness in the body of Christ.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

(i) Provide prayer, material/financial support to missionaries and missions agencies.

(ii) Fund or sponsor projects and programs initiated by missions agencies on missions fields or other areas of missions endeavor.

(iii) Adopt a mission field or project for prayer, material and financial support and do any other thing that is biblical to ensure and enhance the preaching of the gospel.

(vi) Organize mission support awareness programmes, conferences, seminars and other related programs for the purpose of creating awareness among Christians on the need to support missions and missionary activity.

(v) Organize gatherings of Christians to raise funds and materials support aimed at assisting missions agencies in specific areas and/ or executing special projects.

(vi) Organize visitations to missionaries on the field with a view to encouraging them and also having a first hand knowledge of the practicalities of a mission field.

(vii) Hold meetings at least once every month to pray for missionaries and mission work and deliberate on how an effective partnership programme can be developed and sustained to promote missions.