Church Planting in Beverly

Today, I met with a future church planter who will be launching a church inside this next year. We were struggling with the vision statement, mission statement and core values.

Before a church is a church, it is a vision. The vision must be articulated in such a way that people devote their lives to the mission. That is not an easy thing to do. It really good having two people present when constructing these statements because one person can always bring the other person back to reality. Dreaming can get addicting!!

One thing we are thinking of adopting as the mission/purpose statement is the mission statement for Lifechurch.tv "to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ."

That is the bottom line. The church plant will live and die for that mission. It is a mission that has lasted over 2000 years since the time Jesus commissioned His disciples.

I know the church I start will not stop until we have made every person in our sphere of influence a fully devoted follower of Christ. Next to having a healthy family, I will be completely satisfied dedicating my life to facilitating that mission statement.