501 Country View Drive • DeForest, Wisconsin 53532 • (608) 846-9308
1. Centrality of God's Word (2 Timothy 3:16)
We are committed to a proclamation of God's Word that is clear, theologically sound and communicated in a relevant and practical way. The end result of our proclamation is people who have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and are eager to please God by applying His Word to every area of life.
2. Passionate Spirituality (Philippians 4:13)
We recognize that it is only the presence and power of the Holy Spirit that enables us to live obedient, transformed lives.
3. Fruitful Evangelism (Romans 1:16)
We are driven to reach our neighborhoods, our nation and our world with the gospel of Jesus Christ regardless of racial, economic or political barriers. The budgets, programs and leaders of our church reflect a high commitment to outreach and evangelism, both locally and worldwide. Significant numerical growth through evangelism is an expected outcome of this commitment.
a) Conduct one outreach event per year
b) Conduct ongoing prayer walks throughout DeForest
c) Promote AWANA to families in the community
d) Provide evangelism/witnessing training oportunities each year
e) Develop evangelistic home Bible study program (invite neighbors, AWANA parents, etc.
Goals:
Local Outreach
a) 20% of church budget to missions
b) Minimum 25% of missions budget to native missions
c) Minimum 25% of missions budget to local missions
Missions
4. High-Impact Worship (Psalm 100:1-2)
Inspiring worship that glorifies God and engages the heart, mind and emotions of people with God must be a hallmark of our public services. We are committed to meeting the worship needs of the various generations attending our churches. Healthy churches are characterized by a spirit of joy expressed in worship.
Goals:
a) Start choir within 5 years
5. Mission and Vision Driven (James 4:13-17)
Our congregations must have a clear sense of God's mission and a compelling vision for the future that is communicated clearly to all members and that drives their programs, budget, personnel and priorities. We need church structures that facilitate mission and vision. A willingness to change and take risks are crucial to ongoing effectiveness for local church ministry.
Goals:
a) Annually communicate our mission, vision, and goals to our congregation
6. Leadership Development (1 Timothy 3:1-10)
We are committed to intentional leadership development and the exercise of the leadership gifts. We desire that trained, godly individuals who are spiritually mature lead our local congregations. We desire to see mature leaders deployed in full time vocational ministry as workers for the harvest.
Goals:
a) Develop leadership training program
7. Church Planting (Acts 1:8)
Healthy congregations are committed to reproducing themselves. We have a vision for planting or facilitating the planting of churches in our community, district, our world. Believing that God desires the EFCA to reflect the economic and ethnic diversity of our nation, we will be intentional in planting churches among all people who make up our nation and our world.
Goals:
a) Support Grace Community Church start-up
b) Investigate additional church plant within 5 years
c) Support overseas church planting through tithing 10% of building fund
8. Financial Stewardship (Luke 16:11)
Our churches must be financially strong through ongoing stewardship education and the challenging of our congregations to make sacrificial investments in eternity through regular and special gifts. Our teaching must address the issue of money and possessions in a biblical, relevant, and practical way. Our congregations must adopt God's heart for the poor, disadvantaged and needy in the allocation of available resources.
Goals:
a) Ongoing stewardship education using Crown Financial Ministries' small group training
b) Periodically re-examine benevolence budget to ensure needs are being met
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