Our vision for Missions

Throughout the Scriptures, we can see that God is mission-minded and His love extends to the whole world.   In Matthew 28:18-20, we are given the Great Commission to "go and make disciples of all nations."  Here are some of the ways we hope to make missions a part of our makeup as a local body of believers:
  • We seek to partner with ministries and ministries that seek to take the message of Jesus Christ to the unreached, multiply healthy churches, and provide humanitarian relief that are biblically faithful and practically effective.
  • We tithe 10% of all giving towards missions. 

A theology of Missions

First and last words are usually of greatest importance!  With that in mind, the first recorded words of Jesus to His disciples are:  “Come, follow Me … and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matthew 4:19).  The very last words of Jesus found in the Gospel of Matthew are known as the Great Commission:  “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  (Matthew 28: 18-20).  The very last recorded words of Jesus to His disciples before ascending to His throne in heaven are found in the book of Acts:  “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”  (Acts 1:8)  Furthermore, during His final week just a few days before the Cross, Jesus told His people that we must take His Gospel to every ethnic group on the face of the earth:  “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”  (Matthew 24:14).  We dare not miss the significance of Jesus’ first words and His last words to all who know and follow Him.

Furthermore, our Lord taught us to pray:  “Thy kingdom come.”  (Matthew 6:10).  His kingdom will come fully, finally, and gloriously when Jesus comes again to bring this age to an end.  But His kingdom also comes in this age as the Church grows and expands through gospel proclamation and church planting.  Jesus also tells us that we are to be His witnesses because we are a City on a Hill:  “You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill cannot be hidden.”  (Matthew 5:14).  Since we have been given so many persistent and clear instructions from our great King, we believe that every member of our church must embrace a commitment to local and global missions.

Missions are important for a couple of profound reasons.  One reason is that it is the duty of every human being to know, love, obey, and enjoy the One who made all things:  “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”  (Deuteronomy 6:5).  “All things were created by Him and for Him.”  (Colossians 1:16).  A second reason that we must be committed to world missions is that unless people come to know Jesus Christ as Savior, through faith, they will be lost forever:  “Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through Me.”  (John 14:6)  

So that people might know Him, we must be the ones who take the Gospel of the Kingdom to all places:  “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in?  And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard?  And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?  And how can they preach unless they are sent?  As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’”  Romans 10:14,15).  While only a few believers are called to go to distant lands with the Gospel, all believers are called to be totally committed to reaching the entire world with the Gospel.  All must be devoted to prayer, encouragement, witnessing, and sacrificial giving for the cause of missions.  No one is exempt from total commitment in this great cause to reach the ends of the earth for the One who is worthy to be worshiped by every human being in the world!    “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.”  (Psalm 150:6).

What our missions team is currently working on:

Our newly established Missions Ministry Team is working on identifying local and global ministries and missionaries to partner with. In the coming months, we will be sharing these ministry partners with the church body!