The object of the cio is, for the public benefit, to persuade men and women to faith in jesus christ as lord and saviour by proclaiming and demonstrating the gospel; to increase christian faithfulness as good stewards of the manifold grace of god (1 pet. 4:10); to encourage individual christians towards attaining the measure of the stature of the fullness of christ (eph. 4:23); to fulfil the great commission by sending missionaries, church planters, ministers and christian influence throughout the world through giving gifts and praying for missionary ventures (matt. 28:19).