Impact our culture with the Kingdom of God by making disciples of Jesus Christ through a strong relationship connection with the local Body and deep dependency on the Holy Spirit, teaching and training them in a Christ-centered worldview, releasing them into their God ordained calling, to bring salvation and transformation to the lost in the world.
Imagine a local church that is able to reach the nations of the world. The impact they bring to the nations changes these people’s lives here and now and for the age to come. These believers, made up of many different ethnic groups, have a strong connection with their local Body, where they are being taught and trained in the foundations of the kingdom of God for the work God has called them to.
As I look closer at these people impacting change, I see a single-mindedness and sense of purpose in their approach. They seem unstoppable, believing in what they are bringing, with a passion that exceeds what any human being can naturally maintain. They are excited about the Lord who saved them, and they’re committed to a deep dependency on the Holy Spirit, living holy, uncompromising lives for the kingdom of God.
I see them displaying Jesus through their God-given callings, combined with their natural and spiritual gifts, impacting our city, nation and other parts of the world. Wherever God has called them to labor, they unashamedly model biblical stewardship and a biblical worldview in their personal lives, professional lives, and in the witness of the local church that they belong to. And as they thus labor in the harvest, they’re bringing hope and (eternal) life to the people they come in contact with. Their desire and focus is to go deep with those they minister to, seeking to bring transformation to every area necessary in the lives of their disciples.
And when anyone asks them where they received such life transforming training, they refer them to their disciplers (spiritual leaders) who commissioned them, who I’m told operate with the same passion and faith to reach and impact the world around them, and who likewise have been commissioned by their leaders. These people are world changers, every one of them, bringing the love of God as followers of Jesus Christ to a hurting and lost world.
I envision this as the destiny of Free Grace Fellowship!