My Mission Statement

Too often we hear how a pastor is going to do such and such, generally having to do with the well-being of their church facility, how they are going to do better and bigger things for their church business.

The way I am doing things is based upon the mission statement of Jesus when he went to the synagogue in Nazareth, and as a priest, he was allowed to have any of the OT scrolls open and read any passage from them. He chose Isaiah 61:1-2 and He is quoted in Luke 4:18-19.

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel (good tidings) to the poor (meek; poor in spirit); He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD (Year of Jubilee)."

This is also my mission statement if I desire to go after Him. In so doing, it is denying myself, picking up my cross daily, and following Him.

Jesus Christ has become for me the preeminence in all things.

There are no goals of large buildings, various mission types (not found in the NT, such as sports missions, children missions, young college student missions, coffee and tea missions)... the useless missions list goes on and on.

Jesus' mission statement is exactly what He did. No money was involved, no brick-n-mortar buildings of dead stones (cp. 1 Peter 2:5), and no mission types that we see today delegated in the church businesses. His mission statement was simple and clear.

The world and the fake christians (see Matthew 7:21-23) view the Bible and true preachers of the Word as morons, idiots, believing in something that is not tangible and does not exist. The preaching of the cross (Him crucified) is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us (His elect) who are saved, it is the power of God. (1 Cor 1:18)