You Don't Have to Do Ministry Alone.
To become a member of MFI you must become acquainted with a minister who is a current member of MFI and ask that minister to become your sponsor. To ensure that MFI will be a good fit for you and your church community, there is an application process which every potential member must go through.
If MFI sounds like something that you would like to be a part of, ask yourself these questions:
Do I feel that I could support & exemplify the doctrinal emphasis of MFI?
Do I feel a need to relate to like-minded ministers who are seeking to build the local church?
Do I want to related in fellowship with and have mutual accountability to other leaders with strong convictions?
Do I wan to join efforts with complimentary ministries to see God accomplish His purpose to extend His kingdom into all the word?
To understand what is involved in becoming a MFI member follow these steps:
Read through our foundations which outline the nature of the covenant relationship between members.
Read through the membership process above and the membership fees and FAQ’s below to get an understanding of what is involved.
Contact your respective MFI State Leader to discuss your application in person.
Ask your sponsor to complete and sign the Sponsor’s Reference Form (which they will have on file) and have them forward it to you. Complete the MFI Membership Application Form which your sponsor will email to you. Post these two forms, complete with signatures, to the MFI Australasia Office for processing. Once your application has been processed the MFI Australasia Office will send you a link to the online MFI Membership Questionnaire which you are to fill out.
You will be invited to attend the Annual or Regional MFI Conference as a pending applicant while your application is being processed.
Make yourself available for a personal interview with two members of the Australasian Leadership Team (or with your Regional representative).
Annual Fees (Per Couple/Individual)
Senior Ministers/Lead Pastors
$412.50 or $605 where congregation is greater than 50 persons
Associate Leaders
$300 for Eldership and support ministry under an MFI Lead Pastor
Itinerates
$165 for itinerate ministers accountable to a fellow MFI Lead Pastor
Retirees
$82.50
Marriage Celebrants
Initial Application for a marriage celebrant: $165 per individual
Annual renewal of Marriage License: $165 per individual
MFI Offering
At the time of membership renewal there will be an opportunity to give beyond the base fee towards the furtherance of MFI into developing areas across Australasia.
Note: All above rates are GST inclusive.
One of our requirements to be applicable for membership application is that you have relationship with a current MFI member. If you do not know a current MFI member but are interested in joining, please contact our MFI State Leader in your state/region and they will discuss the next step with you. If your state/region does not have an MFI Regional Leader or you are from outside of Australia, please contact our MFI Australasia Office for further assistance.
A part of becoming an MFI member involves having a minister to sponsor you. The following are eligible to sponsor an applicant; an MFI Australian Leadership Team Member or a Senior Minister Member that you are in relationship with.
The application process takes approximately 6 to 12 months. This allows time for two imperative aspects of the process; relationship development and conference attendance. Firstly, a genuine relationship needs to be developed between the applicant and their sponsor (an MFI Australian Leadership Team Member, or Senior Minister Member). Secondly, as part of the process, the applicant is required to attend either the Australasian Conference or the Regional Conference in their area.
There is an MFI Annual Conference which is generally held in the last week of February, in Melbourne, Victoria. This conference is open to all members across Australasia and runs for 3 days and 4 nights. There are also MFI Regional Conferences which run for 2 nights and 2 days. These conferences provide a smaller setting where members have opportunity to fellowship and strengthen relationships with other ministers in their area. We are currently running MFI Regional Conferences in Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
Our MFI conferences are open to non-members by invitation only. If you are interested in attending either the MFI Annual Conference or an MFI Regional Conference, please contact one of our MFI State Leaders or the MFI Australasia Office.
MFI is relational, and it is on this basis that support is given to members. Conferences are key to providing and facilitating this relational support. The MFI conferences have proven to be a place where pastors can be touched personally, revived, restored and healed. MFI also provides resource materials, access to apostolic ministries and counsel as well as direction to ministries who are in need of assistance on any level.
Some of the ministers/churches choose to pay monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually, these methods of payment are all acceptable.
Various regions/states hold different events at least 2 times annually to fellowship together. These are generally half day or one day gatherings. For example: Tasmania has a ‘Day Out’ and Victoria holds a ‘Pancake Parlour’ event and has also had Counselling Seminar days.
As of 2010, MFI Australasia has in excess of 130 members.
You Don't Have to Do Ministry Alone.
We exist to facilitate and nurture meaningful relationships among member ministers, equipping and enabling them to be more effective in their callings, for the purpose of building and multiplying strong local churches around the world.