Casting the Vision
As a body of believers we have come to understand the reality that King Solomon wrote of in the proverbs when he said, “where man has no vision, man perishes.” Understanding that this is a fundamental truth to any undertaking in life, we have set out on a journey of prayer to seek that vision for our church body- one that would utilize the gifts and talents that our creator has endowed us with as believers. In short we understand that a church which is carrying out many different programs and activities will not be as successful as it could be unless the people realize what they are trying to achieve in and through those undertakings. Without a desired goal which can be held up as a measuring rod to the results, people often work themselves into “burn-out” because there is a lack of visible results.
Understanding that the number one function of the church is to Glorify GOD, we are seeking to do just that by filtering all of our programs, activities, sermons, and outreach through a vision. In this process we pray that we will all be given clear ideas and direction on how to better serve the community, as well as our world at large as we carry out this vision.
Here at One Vision Church we have adopted the vision statement, “Growing the Christian Family…one home, one soul, one person at a time at Home and Abroad”, as a way to help us focus on what we as a church are called to do. This vision statement is multi-faceted as is our ministry, first we as a church desire to reach out into our community and bring all of those we come in contact with to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and pray that the Spirit then bring them into the Christian Family.
Secondly, our desire is to grow the individual families within the church itself, by teaching and preaching without compromise, the fundamental truths of scripture as they apply to individual lives and the institution of family.
Finally we have a strong compulsion to support as well as send out foreign missionaries who will carry out the first two facets of the vision (mentioned above) all over God’s beautiful Earth, and thereby grow the Christian family abroad.
One Vision currently supports Foreign Missions through our offerings and prayer support of the Southern Baptist Convention.
We ask that you prayerfully consider joining us in prayer for our local church as well as the church Universal- and that you join us anytime that you are able as we continue to grow; warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through worship, broader through ministries, and larger (God- willing) through personal evangelism.
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