Our Mission: to glorify God by sharing the
gospel and serving others.
Our mission is clear and
simple, yet we can easily be distracted from it. We live in a “consumer driven
culture” that corrupts us to “want, want, want,” things our way. We must hold
fast to the same attitude that is in Christ to overcome the consumerism of our
day so we stay on mission. Christ did not consider His will or desires to take
first place, instead He considered first the will of His Father in heaven
(Philippians 2:6-11). In fact the bible says “he made himself nothing,” meaning he humbled himself as if His will
meant absolutely nothing compared to the will of the Father. To overcome the
“selfish culture” of our day and to stay on mission for God, we must do
likewise.
Question: Do we exist to preserve our
present brand, structure, and systems, or do we exist to advance the gospel
together in our community, regionally, and around the world?
If we drift continually into a focus on structures,
budgets and competing projects, rather than keeping our focus on our mission to
reach the world, we will lose our identity and our reason for existing
altogether. This will lead to discouragement, fall out, and lack of fruit
bearing. Thus, for the sake of the gospel and the glory of God we must not
drift and we must focus on that which is imperative—gospel sharing and serving
others.
Our mission is too important! Our mandate is too
precious! “strive together, side by
side, for the faith of the gospel…” (Phil. 1:27). Truly, nothing else
matters if we don’t do this first.
