Our Expected Outcomes

1.    Prayer-Saturated Congregation

    -speaking to God on behalf of a lost world
    -praying first, acting second
    -interceding for individuals, rulers and nations
     to yield to the ultimate victory of Christ
    -listening to God and obeying Him

2.   Worshipping Congregation

    -celebrating the saving grace of God in singing
    -encountering God in prayers
    -reading and obeying the Word
    -preaching the Word
    -observing the sacraments

3.  Discipling Congregation

    -connecting all who wish to know
     Christ to groups or cells
    -nurturing believers toward Christ-like,
     obedient love
    -enfolding believers, welcoming them
     into membership
    -bringing disciples to a life pattern
     of holy living
    -taking and sending disciples into the
     world to serve

4.  Evangelizing Congregation

    -befriending lost people
    -presenting and explaining the gospel
     in culturally relevant ways
    -inviting lost people to trust Christ as Savior

 

5.  Reproducing Congregation
    -developing the next generation of
     pastoral and lay leaders
    -establishing cells as core groups for new church plants
    -planting new congregations
6.  Culture-Engaging Congregation
    -seeking justice for all
    -showing mercy to the poor
    -empowering the disenfranchised
7.  World-Mission Congregation
    -engaging in Free Methodist (FM) World Missions
    -giving vital resources
    -sending cross-cultural evangelists
    -providing diverse support teams
8.  Purpose-Driven Congregation
    -organizing for essentials only
    -focusing on mission and vision to shape all ministry
    -surrendering to Christ's mandated Great Commandment and Great Commission

 

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