OUR OVERALL GOALS:
Church Goals:
Our Vision: “Raising God a
generation of Worshippers”
Our Mission: Derived from our
vision, our mission is P.A.S.S:
·
Preparing every
Believer
(MAGNIFICATION)
·
Accept God’s love
amongst another (MEMBERSHIP)
·
Share it in Christ’s
Body (MINISTRY)
·
Share it with the
world at large ( MISSION )
Worship is the total expression
of our love to God. It’s meant to be our enjoyment of God as
HIS creation. It consequently becomes our generational mandate
to fulfill this mission statement. Our action plan abbreviated (P.A.S.S)
above; holds four statements and key words at the end of each.
We endeavor to roll out this mission on a monthly basis through:
Every first Sunday is a Covenant
Worship Sunday which envelopes into a Magnification week. Saints
are taught to DISCOVER the God of Love and the benefits of
enjoying HIM in worshipping.
The second Sunday is Love and
Appreciation Sunday opening up into a Membership week. Members
are encouraged to DEVELOP the value and warmth of this Love in
the ‘part of the Body’ God has placed them in.
The third Sunday is Ministry
Sunday leading us into a Ministry week. Folks are called upon to
DISTRIBUTE this love of God amongst each other through the
gifting, abilities and talents God has endowed upon each of
them.
The fourth Sunday is Find a
Friend Sunday, un-veiling into a Mission week. Believers are
instructed to reach out beyond the walls of the church (to the
un-churched) and DEMONSTRATE this love; by letting them know
humanity was created to enjoy God (worship him) in this life and
the one after.
Ministry Goals:
1. Build and establish a
Worship
Center; a place whose purpose is seeing souls of men come to
seek and serve HIM; to be trained, taught, equipped and raised
to be effective and efficient worshippers back in their homes,
churches and lives. My heart throbbing dream is seeing a worship
army raised in and from this worship center. That is the reason
why we do have worship conferences running annually in our
church premises.
2. Embarked on reaching out to
the surrounding less fortunate sections of our community
(homeless and helpless) through the distribution of food and
raiment and organizing what we call "food-clinics."
3. Evangelism in hospitals,
schools and prisons is carried out on a monthly basis. We look
forward to seeing this become a fully fledged church ministry
and networking with churches/ministries with a similar vision
around our community.
4. Teaching, Equipping and
Releasing church leaders and ministers in the Body of Christ .We
have done this by beginning what we have called "Minister's Camp
Meetings" running annually in our church premises. Our ultimate
objective is to extend this vision nation wide to other
communities and towns.
5. Initiate and facilitate income
generating projects that will help provide employment to at
least some of our church folks and their families. We began with
a brick making project (locally manufactured) and poultry
breeding on a small scale. A number of such like other plans and
ideas are at heart and on paper.
6. With two relating churches and
the increasing need of church workers', we plan to see the
'missionaries' that the church dispatches periodically
facilitated through the acquisition of easy and affordable means
of transport i.e., bicycles and motor-bikes; since they are
manageable and accessible further inland.
7. We plan to set up a
foster/rehabilitation home and a nursery school for at least
some of the kids we meet and feed in our community outreaches;
where they may be clothed and helped with their education needs.
8. The church has ministers that
have been serving for a good while on a voluntary basis. We plan
to see some of these become full-time church workers receiving a
monthly salary.
9.The ministry also looks at
providing a starter pack for its fellowshipping churches by
helping set up projects like maize mills, handy-works, etc.
these will in turn help sustain and through them raise some
moneys that will take care of their church needs and further the
gospel thereto.
10. Some of the enlisted goals
are being pursued on a small scale. Our long run dream is
setting up a
COMMUNITY CENTER where different activities will be
conducted stretching from Counseling, Educational, Spiritual,
Recreational/Social and Ministerial programs. Spiritual services
will include fellowships and worship services; Educational will
involve a nursery, foster/rehabilitation and computer training
schools for many of our youth who are school drop-outs for many
reasons. We want to provide Counseling services for orphans and
victims of social abuse (many of whom roam our communities) and
AIDS patients in general. Social activities involving sports and
games will be a big boost to our evangelism/out-reach programs
especially to the youth. Ministerial programs will entail
conferences and seminars that will help train, raise and release
disciples.
11. The need to purchase the
surrounding and existing lands will help accommodate the above
goals and dreams; help create an opportunity for the urgent
church extension program that includes setting up permanent
church offices, children’s Sunday room, enough parking space and
wings for some of our church minister's.