At Grace, we want people to see the big picture and know where we are going as a church. We've found that people often do not "buy-in," until they understand the goal and objectives. Well, we want total buy-in, so we are repeating and focusing on several specific things this year:
1) Our Mission is to "Exalt the Lord, Equip Believers & Evangelize the World."
2) Our Vision is focused on evangelistic growth. We are not interested in growing our congregation by stealing sheep; rather we want to see people experience new birth through salvation and follow in baptism.
3) Our Strategy is to engage in a variety of efforts to help our people discover forms of evangelism that fit their individual personalities. (i.e. - Hanging info bags on doors, feeding the homeless, participating in crusades, hosting block parties, servant evangelism, special days, hobbies, hanging-out evangelism, and so forth.)
The bottom-line is that we want our church family to engage in the Great Commission! We feel that having a clear understanding of our mission, vision and strategy will draw people together and help us stay on track. We want our church family to know why we exist and where we are going in 2020. We pray that by clarifying and explaining these things, that people will more willingly "buy-in" and embrace the vision. To this point, we are celebrating the response of our church family and what God is doing through them. There is a renewed excitement as individuals are participating and seeing God use them to accomplish HIS purpose.
So, pray for our Grace family as we strive to stay focused on our mission to fulfill the Great Commission this year!
