Mission Statement

The gospel commission places on every believer the responsibility and inestimable privilege of playing an active roll in taking the healing power of the gospel to a lost world.  This calls for living the Christian life in all its fullness and sharing the blessings of that abundant life in Christ, with all for whom He died in the hope that many will accept Jesus as their personal Savior and join the kingdom of God.  Many of those who need the gospel are in remote locations where it is difficult to travel and maintain a missionary operation. The mission of Mission Support Network is to support the church’s missionary endeavors by providing a communications and air network that enables supportive individuals and groups to hear of mission needs and have the transport and communications support to go with the church’s blessing to share gospel services with those in need and provide a channel for their logistical support while on location. 

Objectives

1.  Provide safe, reliable, financially sustainable, daily air services in Papua New Guinea and beyond from decentralized local bases to support Missionary endeavor and basic service delivery in remote communities.

2.     Provide accessible communications services in Papua New Guinea and beyond to facilitate Medical Evacuations, and other Missionary activities and the efficient use of our aircraft in their service to remote communities.

3.     To use our personal and corporate presence to influence the people we come in contact with for Christ.

4.     To use our resources to facilitate the nurture and spiritual growth of people in remote communities.

5.     To give to God the glory for every achievement He grants us and to take every failure and obstacle to Him in prayer until He provides a clear path ahead and the guidance and resources needed to fulfill His will.

6.     To work in Harmony with the church and its administration and Adventist Aviation Services PNG and use our influence and resources to support their soul saving efforts through the aviation and communications services we provide.

7.     To encourage and facilitate mission involvement for church members.

8.     To encourage and inspire Adventists and particularly young people with missionary ideals and provide opportunities for them to experience mission involvement and find career opportunities in mission.

9.     To plant this service model in local areas throughout PNG and beyond where it is needed as God blesses and opportunities arise.

AIMS

1.1 To establish a local base initially in Vanimo and commence mission support flying operations to relieve the suffering of remote communities who now have very little air service. 

1.2 To actively fund raise for aircraft and support needs. 

1.3 There are many needy communities out from Vanimo and all over Papua New Guinea who depend totally on aviation for their medical, ministerial, educational, governmental and commerce services. There is much more need for carrying produce, food, other necessities and passengers to and from these communities than there are services available to carry these.  This supports the financial sustainability of regular services.

1.4 Missionary services travel with paying loads to allow timely movement of mission traffic at no or minimal cost. Such services include the transport of Pastors, teachers, Nurses, Doctors, church administrators, treasury personnel, Church authorized Lay missionaries.  It also includes the transport of supplies like Sabbath School lesson quarterlies, Bibles, Messages, wages, reports, Offerings, shopping for church staff, building materials for churches, schools, clinics, grape juice for ordinances, etc.

1.5 We aim to continue to provide a medical evacuation service. People with life threatening conditions will be transported even if they are unable to pay.

1.6 We aim to actively seek and foster ways of helping remote communities to develop industries that uplift the people out of poverty through sustainable ecologically responsible industry.  At present many villagers in remote areas cannot afford clothing, education or medical assistance.

1.7 Air services are conducted under the legal coverage of an Air Operator Certificate by experienced licensed pilots under the supervision of a government approved check and training system.  Aircraft are maintained to government approved and supervised standards to ensure safety and dispatch reliability. 

2.1 A communications network is essential for timely medical evacuations and for the efficient management of aviation services. It supports remote communities by allowing essential messaging for services and for the community itself. 

2.2 To establish a communications network at remote airstrips we serve. 

2.3 To have dedicated communications operator(s) who will relay messages in and out of remote communities as the network develops. 

3.1 While our major function is to provide a logistical framework for other specialized missionary groups to provide missionary services, we aim to encourage church members to take part and be involved in mission projects. Our staff will be particularly encouraged to get personally involved in at least one missionary project. 

3.2 Provide tracts on our aircraft and waiting room for people to read. 

3.3 Provide medical/spiritual audio/video programs in our waiting room.

3.4 To pray publicly prior to each flight for the safety of the flight and for God’s blessing on the passengers. 

4.1 Provide special fares for church members wanting to travel to camp meetings and church sponsored programs. The experiences gained at these programs are then a strengthening influence in the remote communities when these people return home.

4.2 To prioritize freight being consigned to or from remote communities to fund raise for church buildings, church schools, fees for students at church boarding schools, travel to church programs and other church benefiting projects. 

4.3 To provide special freight rates for verified materials for church buildings, schools and clinics. 

4.4 To provide special rates for verified church workers and lay missionaries on authorized church business. 

4.5 We aim to establish and maintain a library of resources for use in missionary activity in remote areas e.g. Generators, public address systems, video equipment and tapes / disks.

5.1 The mission field is in a very real way the theatre of God’s power and providence as the agencies of heaven strive against the formidable forces of evil, to uplift fallen humanity and bring a saving knowledge of Christ into people’s lives.  Every step requires faith and prayer for success. Success belongs totally to God and is accompanied by joyful praise.  Our burdens are carried to God in prayer humbly depending on Him for His wisdom, leading and enabling power. 

5.2 We aim for prayer and faith to be a part of our corporate culture as we pray together for one another and for the progress of the work God has called us to do.  

6.1 As one of many supporting groups within the body of the church, we aim to co-operate with the church and its administration to the best of our ability.  We may not be able to respond to every request we get.  The needs of PNG are so great.

   
6.2 We come to support and help the church and remote communities.  To serve rather than be served. 

6.3 We aim to consult often with the local mission officers in locations where we are operating.  This way we can focus our efforts for maximum benefit to the thrust of that local mission.  We aim to help provide the vital link between the remote areas wand the local mission.   Often pilots become aware of issues that the local mission needs to know about, planned baptisms, sick workers, or other problems. It is essential that the missionary pilot pick up on these things and communicate them in a timely manner to the local mission and relay messages back out again.  

6.4 While we are a not for profit organization, any surplus will be tithed before reinvesting the major portion of it back into strengthening and extending the service for the benefit of mission in remote areas. 

6.5 We aim to support the ministry of Adventist Aviation Services PNG (AAS), the denominational air service through sharing of operational information for example airstrips and weather conditions. We will assist with fuel and accommodation requirements while they are working in areas we are serving and any other way we can within our capacity.

6.6 These contributions will assist AAS in the provision of additional services to local missions in the Union. 

7.1 Papua New Guinean church members are very active in supporting their church and its missionary activity.  There are many lay groups who work supportively with the church’s outreach. Many are limited in what they can do by the logistic challenges of their location and the cost of travel to remote communities. We aim to facilitate mission approved groups traveling to do missionary work. 

7.2 The Laity Mobile Health Service is a splendid example of this activity. We aim to provide the transport and logistical support that groups like LMHS need, to reach out with their healing and health educational services to remote communities. They provide: immunization patrols, flying clinics, staff permanent clinics, health education, village clean up campaigns, maternal and child health and family planning services and counseling, midwifery services, gospel presentations with picture roll and video equipment. 2 new villages are opening up to our missionaries as a result of this groups work. 

7.3 Many church members in Western Countries feel the desire to actively participate with the talents God has given them, in some aspect of the mission effort. Fly and builds are a good example of this.  We aim to assist church approved groups from overseas who come to PNG to assist in missionary endeavor. 

7.4 We aim to encourage and facilitate opportunities for lay people both in PNG and overseas to hear of needs they can assist with, help them get to where they are needed, support them on location and assist in providing feed back to them afterwards of the results of their activity. 

7.5 To develop and maintain an interactive website which can provide a worldwide shop front for the network and give access to mission supporters to find out information about mission projects, encounter thrilling mission stories and discover ways of being practically involved in mission. 

8.1 Mission pilots have a front seat view of mission needs and get to witness and hear first hand accounts of exciting mission field experiences. We aim to share these with the church, particularly young people and encourage them to consider a career in missionary service. 

8.2 We aim to encourage contributions to the church’s mission offerings whenever they are held. 

8.3 We aim to encourage relationships with Adventist Flight training schools and participate in student missionary programs.  We aim to show these students the needs of isolated people and how aviation and communications professionals can offer hope to these people. 

8.4 We aim to offer opportunities for Adventist Flight Training School staff to gain mission field experience. 

8.5 We aim to have our staff available for appointments at Adventist Flight Training Schools to tell experiences in mission aviation to flying students and present to them a picture of the job satisfaction that beckons them in a missionary pilot career choice. 

9.1 There are many remote areas in PNG badly in need of these services. Once the service has consolidated its operations in the Vanimo area, we aim to establish this model of service in other locations around PNG Specifically in areas where there is great need and where the local mission would obtain significant benefit.  Specifically Lae, Mt.Hagen, Tabubil, Morseby/Popondetta,  Alotau,  Kokopo, Kikori/Daru and other opportunities as they arise. 

9.2 Often small focused groups work very efficiently. We aim to help other groups supportive of the church’s mission in their missionary endeavors with the services we provide. This would include other aviation professional groups who have a burden to work supportively in relation to the church.