Our Church's "Mission Statement"

Many places of business will post very prominently a "Missions Statement." The Business Dictionary defines a mission statement as, "a written declaration of an organization's core purpose & focus that normally remains unchanged over time. It serves as a filter to separate what is important from what is not; and communicates the intended direction for the entire organization." 

Jesus gave our church our "Mission Statement" in Matthew 28:19-20, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

As a church and as individual believers, we must continually maintain our focus and attention on our "world missions" commission. We must...

• Immerse Our Lives In The Will of God According To the Word Of God! Romans 12:1-2, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." 

  
  

  By this, I mean, to fully dedicate ourselves to the Lord Jesus Christ and yield our will to His will in every area of our lives. 
  

• Involve Ourselves In Fully In Declaring The Gospel Of Jesus Christ To The Lost Throughout The World! Mark 16:15, "And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

  
  

  This means beginning where we are at, witnessing to the lost in our neighborhoods, while at the same time doing all we can to reach our nation and the nations of the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
  

• Invest Our Future And Our Finances In The Great Commission! 2 Corinthians 8:5, "And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God."

  
  

  First, I determine if it is God's will for me, personally to go to the mission field then secondly, determine how much God would have me to give to support those who are going.
  

• Intensify Our Prayers For God To Raise Up More Missionaries And For God's Will To Be Done In Our Conference! Luke 10:2, "Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest."

  
  

  Missions begins with God and God's very first instructions concerning the need for missionaries is to pray. Let's pray with all our hearts that God will raise up "laborers" for the great harvest fields of our world.