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Gra c e E va ng e lic a l F re e Churc h

Vision a nd Mission

June 2014

Transformed by the Word to transform the world

Why a Visio n a nd Missio n?

 “We d e pe nd o n Go d fo r o ur visio n”  “T

he Missio n o f the c hurc h is Ma tthe w 28:19-20”

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he re fo re g o and make disc iple s o f all natio ns, b aptizing the m in the name o f the F athe r and o f the So n and o f the Ho ly Spirit, and te ac hing the m to o b e y e ve rything I have c o mmande d yo u. And sure ly I am with yo u always, to the ve ry e nd o f the ag e .

Why a Visio n a nd Missio n?

 E

stima te d 34,000 – 41,000 d iffe re nt d e no mina tio ns (Wo rld Christia n E nc yc lo pe d ia )

 E

stima te d 3.7 millio n c hurc he s fo r o ve r 2 b illio n pe o ple who sa y the y a re Christia ns

Why a Visio n a nd Missio n?

 De sc rib e s the uniq ue c ha ra c te ristic s o f

Gra c e

 Guid e s the le a d e rship o f Gra c e – Wha t

d o we d o ?

 Se e ke r c hurc h  Se nding c hurc h  T

e a c hing c hurc h

 Unite s the c o ng re g a tio n o n o ur

fo und a tio ns

Why a Visio n a nd Missio n?

Co mmunic a tio n to o l L

e a de rship

Me mb e rs Visito rs

Why a Visio n a nd Missio n?

I f e ve ry c hurc h also has the same visio n, the n Go d must inte nd fo r His c hurc he s to c o mpe te with e ac h o the r fo r re so urc e s suc h as pe o ple , mo ne y, pe rso nne l, pro pe rty, e tc …. Be c ause a Go d o f lo ve and o rde r—no t o f disharmo ny and c o nfusio n—c re ate d us, it is impe rative that we g rasp His visio n fo r e ac h c hurc h that He has c alle d into e xiste nc e …” Ge o rg e Ba rna

T he Pro c e ss

Go d’ s visio n is b e yo nd o ur c o mpre he nsio n and c e rtainly b e yo nd o ur g rasp, it is o nly thro ug h His e mpo we rme nt that we se e and ac c o mplish the visio n. Ge o rg e Ba rna

T he Pro c e ss

 E

lde rs b e g a n disc ussing a b o ut 9 mo nths a g o

 In De c e mb e r a nd Ja nua ry, me t with De a c o ns

a nd Bo a rd fo r b ra insto rming se ssio ns with K a re n Mille r fa c ilita ting

 E

lde rs re vie we d se ssio ns a nd de ve lo pe d dra ft sta te me nts

 Dra ft sta te me nts re fine d/ e dite d b y Julie

Ab b o tt, Mic he lle Co lle tt, Be c ky Ha ig ht, & L a ura Ho llo wa y

Wha t is Visio n?

 An ide a lize d vie w o f the wo rld (us in the

wo rld)

 L

• ng -te rm vie w a nd c o nc e ntra te s o n the

future

 Ma y b e e mo tive  So urc e o f inspira tio n  It is

Who we a re o r Who we wa nt to b e

Re q uire me nts fo r Visio n

Co mpre he nding Go d K

no wing thyse lf

Unde rsta nding yo ur

c irc umsta nc e s

Ba rna

Bra insto rming – Visio n – K e y E le me nts

 Christ fo c use d – fo c use d o n Bib le (10

vo te s)

 Ca ring b o d y with fa mily re la tio nships (6

vo te s)

 Disc iple ship (6 vo te s)  Vib ra nt (5 vo te s)  L

• c a l & wo rld o utre a c h (3 vo te s)

 Dive rse (3 vo te s)

Gra c e E va ng e lic a l F re e Churc h Visio n

We will g lo rify Go d b y vib rantly se rving o ur c o mmunity and wo rld as a dive rse , Bib lic ally- b ase d, and Christ- c e nte re d family.

Wha t is Missio n?

Wha t we do K

e y ministry o b je c tive s

Ho w we a c c o mplish o ur

visio n

Bra insto rming – Missio n – K e y E le me nts

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e a rning , T e a c hing , Spre a d ing , E q uipping , Disc iple ship, Ha rve st

 Disc ipline s (pra ye r, wo rship, fa sting , pra ise ,

me d ita tio n, stud ying Bib le , g lo rify Go d , fe llo wship, a tte nd ing c hurc h, e tc .)

 Suppo rt (e a c h o the r, g iving mo ne y,

missio ns, inte rna l & e xte rna l, lo c a l & g lo b a l, se rvic e )

Missio n - Ba se b a ll Dia mo nd?

Pitc he r – Christ

Christ

Christ is the He a d o f the Churc h

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ro m o ur Visio n – Christ-c e nte re d He is b e fo re all thing s and in him all thing s ho ld to g e the r. And he is the he ad o f the b o dy, the c hurc h; He is the b e g inning and the firstb o rn fro m amo ng the de ad, so that in e ve rything he mig ht have the supre mac y. F

• r Go d was ple ase d to have

all His fullne ss dwe ll in Him, and thro ug h Him to re c o nc ile to Himse lf all thing s, whe the r thing s o n e arth o r thing s in he ave n, b y making pe ac e thro ug h His b lo o d, she d o n the c ro ss.

Co lo ssia ns 1:17-20

1st Ba se – I nte ntio na l Bib le T e a c hing

Christ

Gospe l

I nte ntio na l Bib le T e a c hing

All Sc ripture is Go d-b re athe d and is use ful fo r te ac hing , re b uking , c o rre c ting and training in rig hte o usne ss, so that the man o f Go d may b e tho ro ug hly e q uippe d fo r e ve ry g o o d wo rk.

2 T imo thy 3:16-17

I nte ntio na l Bib le T e a c hing

 Se rmo ns  Sund a y Sc ho o l c la sse s  Child re n’ s pro g ra ms  Yo uth g ro up me e ting s  Gro up stud ie s  Pe rso na l stud y

Nine Ma rks o f a He a lthy Churc h Ma rk De a ve r

 E

xpo sitio na l Pre a c hing

 Bib lic a l T

he o lo g y

 T

he Go spe l

 A Bib lic a l

Unde rsta nding o f Co nve rsio n

 A Bib lic a l

Unde rsta nding o f E va ng e lism

 A Bib lic a l

Unde rsta nding o f Churc h Me mb e rship

 Bib lic a l Churc h

Disc ipline

 A Co nc e rn fo r

Disc iple ship a nd Gro wth

 Bib lic a l Churc h

L e a de rship

2nd Ba se – Me a ning ful Wo rship

Christ

Glor ify

Go spe l

Me a ning ful Wo rship

De c lare his g lo ry amo ng the natio ns, his marve lo us de e ds amo ng all the pe o ple s. F

• r

g re at is the L

ORD, and mo st

wo rthy o f praise ; he is to b e fe are d ab o ve all g o ds.

Psa lm 96:3-4

Me a ning ful Wo rship

Pe rso na l re la tio nship with Christ Co rpo ra te a nd individua l

wo rship

Attitude o f wo rship thro ug ho ut

we e k

Pra c tic e o f spiritua l disc ipline s Pra ye r, me dita tio n, fa sting ,

g iving , e tc .

Me a ning ful Wo rship

I

s no t

Just a n ho ur o n Sunda y I

t is

E

ve ry ho ur o f o ur live s

Wo rship

 Da lla s Willa rd write s

 In wo rship we e ng a g e o urse lve s with, dwe ll

upo n, a nd e xpre ss the g re a tne ss, b e a uty, a nd g o o dne ss o f Go d thro ug h tho ug ht a nd the use o f wo rds, ritua ls, a nd symb o ls. We do this a lo ne a s we ll a s in unio n with Go d’ s pe o ple . T

• wo rship is to se e Go d a s wo rthy,

to a sc rib e g re a t wo rth to him.

Wo rship - Disc ipline s

 Ric ha rd F

• ste r

 I

nwa rd – Pra ye r, F a sting , Study, Me dita tio n a nd Co nte mpla tio n

 Outwa rd – Simplic ity, So litude , Sub missio n, Se rvic e ,

Giving

 Co rpo ra te – Co nfe ssio n, Wo rship, Guida nc e ,

Ce le b ra tio n

 Da lla s Willa rd

 Ab stine nc e - So litude , Sile nc e , F

a sting , F rug a lity, Cha stity, Se c re c y, Sa c rific e

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ng a g e me nt – Study, Wo rship, Ce le b ra tio n, Se rvic e , Pra ye r, F e llo wship, Co nfe ssio n, Sub missio n

3rd Ba se – Ac tive Disc iple ship

Christ

Glo rify Go spe l

Grow

Ac tive Disc iple ship

T he re fo re g o and make disc iple s o f all natio ns, b aptizing the m in the name o f the F athe r and o f the So n and o f the Ho ly Spirit, and te ac hing the m to o b e y e ve rything I have c o mmande d yo u. And sure ly I am with yo u always, to the ve ry e nd o f the ag e .

Ma tthe w 28:19-20

Ac tive Disc iple ship

Sma ll g ro up pa rtic ipa tio n Churc h me mb e rship Spiritua l g ifts de ve lo pme nt

Sma ll Gro ups

As iro n sharpe ns iro n, so o ne man sharpe ns ano the r. Pro ve rb s 27:17

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his is the fa mily pla ying o ut, le a rning fro m

• ne a no the r

 In study  In c o nflic t  In b uilding e a c h o the r up thro ug h time s o f

jo y a nd time s o f so rro w

Churc h Me mb e rship

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ho m Ra ine r write s

 I will b e a func tio ning c hurc h me mb e r.  I will b e a unifying c hurc h me mb e r.  I will no t le t my c hurc h b e a b o ut my

pre fe re nc e s a nd de sire s.

 I will pra y fo r my c hurc h le a de rs.  I will le a d my fa mily to b e he a lthy c hurc h

me mb e rs.

 I will tre a sure c hurc h me mb e rship a s a g ift.

Spiritua l Gift De ve lo pme nt

T he b o dy is a unit, tho ug h it is made up o f many parts; and tho ug h all its parts are many, the y fo rm o ne b o dy. So it is with

• Christ. F
• r we we re all b aptize d b y o ne Spirit

into o ne b o dy—whe the r Je ws o r Gre e ks, Slave o r fre e —and we we re all g ive n the

• ne Spirit to drink. No w the b o dy is no t

made up o f o ne part b ut o f many.

1 Co rinthia ns 12:12-14

Ho me Ba se – Se lfle ss Se rvic e

Christ

Glo rify Go spe l

Go

Gro w

Se lfle ss Se rvic e

Do no thing o ut o f se lfish amb itio n o r vain c o nc e it, b ut in humility c o nside r o the rs b e tte r than yo urse lve s. E ac h o f yo u sho uld lo o k no t o nly to yo ur

• wn inte re sts, b ut also to the

inte re sts o f o the rs.

Philippia ns 2:3-4

Se lfle ss Se rvic e

Churc h life c o ntrib utio n Missio ns invo lve me nt

Giving Se nd ing Go ing

Co mmunity o utre a c h

Putting it a lto g e the r

Gr a c e E va ng e lic a l F r e e Chur c h Vision

We will g lo rify Go d b y vib rantly se rving o ur c o mmunity and wo rld as a dive rse , Bib lic ally-b ase d, and Christ-c e nte re d family.

Putting it a lto g e the r

Gr ac e E vange lic al F r e e Chur c h Mission

 I

nte ntio nal Bib le T e ac hing

 Se rmo ns  Sunday Sc ho o l c lasse s  Childre n’ s pro g rams  Yo uth g ro up me e ting s  Gro up studie s

 Me aning ful Wo rship

 Pe rso nal re latio nship with

Christ

 Co rpo rate and individual

wo rship

 Attitude o f wo rship

thro ug ho ut we e k

 Prac tic e o f spiritual

disc ipline s

 Praye r, me ditatio n,

fasting , tithing / g iving , e tc .

 Ac tive Disc iple ship

 Small g ro up

partic ipatio n

 Churc h me mb e rship  Spiritual g ifts

de ve lo pme nt

 Se lfle ss Se rvic e

 Churc h life c o ntrib utio n  Missio ns invo lve me nt

 Giving  Se nding  Go ing

 Co mmunity o utre ac h

Wha t is ne xt?

 Va lue s  F

uture

 Summe r Sunda y sc ho o l - disc ipline s  Churc h le a de rship –

 Me mb e rship  Churc h g o ve rna nc e

 De sc riptio ns – E

lde rs, De a c o ns, Bo a rd, Pa sto r, Ad ministra to r

 Ministry L

e a de rship T ra ining

Transformed by the Word to transform the world