Extreme Nazarene Ministries Overview

Extreme exists to:

"…seek and deploy people into an Extreme expansion of God’s Kingdom"

Extreme’s mission is to find unmet, complex needs all around the world and match the need with the talent and resources available throughout the worldwide Church. Since 2005, Extreme has deployed over 1,000 people to Europe and South America to engage in high-impact short term and career mission work. Through its international projects, Extreme has raised over $3,000,000 for compassion, discipleship and evangelism programs, planted 11 churches, built 80,000 sq ft of Kingdom-expanding structures, started micro-businesses and trained dozens of leaders. The ultimate goal of Extreme is to engage every believer on earth into active Kingdom expansion so as to bring every man, woman and child to the feet of Jesus.

Completed Projects

Operation Combine – This 2005 project with 35 short term participants successfully completed the implementation of 2 harvester combines in Ukraine for the purpose of business development to fund alcohol rehabilitation houses.

Extreme Makeover 06 Ukraine Edition – This 2006 project with 113 short term participants from 9 different countries successfully completed the expansion of the business development program in Ukraine by building/remodeling 7 buildings to be used to start other micro-businesses. Extreme also partnered with the Ukrainian missionaries to plant a church in Turbov, Ukraine.

Kidzone 07 – This 2007 project with 202 short term volunteers successfully completed phase I of the completion of the Bruno Radi Convention Center in Pilar, Argentina and kicked off 10 church plants in the central Buenos Aires District.

Extreme 08 – This 2008 project with 446 short term volunteers successfully completed Phase II of the completion of the Bruno Radi Convention Center and officially organized 4 of the 10 church plants started in 2007.

Current Projects

Extreme Peru – This project will span from 2008 to 2012 and will focus on planting 120 churches in cities/villages of Peru where the gospel is underserved or absent completely. Extreme Peru calls for over 800 short term and 120 long term volunteers.

Extreme Paraguay – This project, commencing in January 2011, will require short term volunteers, 5 pairs of 40/40s and one cluster family to plant the first of 12 churches of 1000 people in the capital city, Asuncion.

Extreme Peru 2 – Continuing to build on the fruit of Extreme Peru 1, short term volunteers will come build 30 church buildings and bring another 35 pairs of 40/40 to plant 105 new house churches in the capital, Lima.

Extreme Colombia – Starting in 2011, this project will send teams of short term volunteers to Cali, Colombia to help build the 7,000-seat coliseum and engage in community impact projects in the city.

Vision for an Extreme Future

The collective body of Christ contains so much power and potential that if properly channeled, equipped and deployed, could rapidly and effectively deliver the gospel to the entire world in a very short amount of time and at a relatively low cost. As Extreme has exposed just a tiny percentage of believers to how one can be used in effective and impactful Kingdom expansion work, an unmistakable hunger to serve has been discovered. The collective body of Christ deeply desires to engage itself in effective and impactful ministry and it wants to be part of bringing the gospel to the ends of the Earth.

Matthew 28:19 (NIV) - 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…

Extreme is constantly seeking to expand the reach of the body of Christ to maximize Kingdom expansion. The next developmental stage for Extreme is to organize and execute multiple projects simultaneously. As more and more people answer God’s call to ministry for either short or long term assignments and as more and more financial and material resources become available, Extreme will spread its expansion efforts around the world. Extreme will ultimately operate dozens and even hundreds of projects of all shapes and sizes each year.

As Extreme’s Kingdom expansion work accelerates and as the larger body of Christ begins to identify its Kingdom expanding potential, the infectious nature of Kingdom work will literally bring millions of believers to the point of total dedication to the task of redemption of the world.

I Corinthians 2:9 (NIV) 9 "…No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"

Extreme Ministry Philosophy

9% Rule – In an effort to avoid wasteful spending and be good stewards of the precious resources raised through Extreme projects, a maximum of 9% of income is allocated for Extreme’s administrative spending. Extreme donates a true 91% of all proceeds directly to project needs. One way in which Extreme keeps administrative spending to a bare minimum is through its creative payroll systems and policies.

Luke 16:10-12 (NIV) 10 "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. 11 So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? 12 And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?"

Self-Supported Staff - Every member of Extreme’s full and part time staff (2009 = 55 people) are self-supported. In other words, Extreme staff members receive a salary from Extreme, but are responsible to raise the cost of that salary through their own network of friends, family and associates. Our philosophy is that our staff should make enough money to be comfortable and be encouraged to foster long term ministry. Salaries at Extreme are not based on position, but on ministry need. For example, mid-level staff that lives in higher cost areas, or that have large families may receive more in compensation than an unmarried Extreme executive.

Luke 9:1-2 (NIV) 1 "When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: "Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra tunic".

Acts 2:44-46 (NIV) 44 "All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts…"

Highest Form of Service – The highest form of service is volunteerism. Volunteers rarely receive more than they give and therefore, their gifts are out of pure love. Passion is what drives volunteers to action. The results of volunteerism are a level of dedication and persistence among the staff in general that cannot be matched by positions at other organizations where money is the primary compensation. Nobody at Extreme is punching the clock or merely going through the motions. Recruiting excellent staff is made easier as well. Only those concerned more about the mission than money make it to the final interview. Extreme’s staff, since it is financially supported by a network of sponsors, is not only accountable to Extreme for its performance, but also to their individual supporters in how they spend resources.

Luke 16:13 (NIV) 13 "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."