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Our Mission

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Target

RURCON is targeting Church denominations and Christian Development Organisations.
RURCON believes that the Church as a community of the body of Christ forms a forum through which wholistic development can take place and that it is the only viable agent of Transformation that is credible and has a genuine mandate for the transformation of society.

Our Response

In response to the problems enumerated above, RURCON aims at ensuring that the Church remains a primary development agent, a good model of the Kingdom of God Community that is self sufficient through sustainable development and control of its environment. RURCON promotes the growth of the Church in Africa by assisting her in rural development work, which is a vital aspect of Church witnessing. Therefore, RURCON in partnership with Christian Churches and Development Organisations, and individuals both within and outside Africa respond pro-actively to Africa's social ills.

Vision

RURCON has a vision of an African Community that is socially, politically, economically, environmentally, culturally and spiritually whole as God intended, with the Church as the agent of Transformation.

Mission

RURCON's mission is to provide service for Christian Wholistic Development by enabling the Church in Africa to reach the poor and marginalised communities.

Core Values

  1. Christian Wholistic Development
  2. People's Participation
  3. African Leadership
  4. lnterdependence
  5. Partnership and Networking
  6. Stewardship
  7. Christian Fellowship
  8. Christian Morality and Ethics
  9. Commitment to Christian Faith
  10. Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation

Programme Goals:

RURCON plans to achieve its mission through the following programme

Goals:

  1. Wholistic Development Education
    To promote the understanding, appreciation and application of WDE through Churches and Christian Organisations, helping them by providing services of education and training.

  2. Organisation Development
    To strengthen the ability of RURCON's primary stakeholders to identify, plan and carry out activities to solve problems with the aim of improving the organisation overall.

  3. Networking and Partnership
    To promote networking and partnership among Churches Christian Organisations and other Development Organisation in Africa in order to address key poverty issues. A RURCON quarterly newsletter is published in French and English Languages.

  4. Advocacy and Peace Building
    RURCON will seek to enable the Church to recognise the need for and to participate in advocacy work on issues that impact society negatively, thus moving towards justice, peace and the integrity of creation.