Vision Statement

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Category: Vision

Published on Saturday, 28 July 2007 14:09

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The impact of NTI on a sending church will be the reinforcement of the missionary enterprise through discipleship and the experience of serving on the mission field.  NTI exists to build up local churches physically and to encourage them through the participation of Believers from other areas.

 

Our desire

·        Missions becomes a way of life

·        Participants see and understand all people

·        Each participant will feel the challenge to a lifelong “call” to global missions -whether sending or going- and that possibly some would go to the uttermost parts of the world

Our approach

·        Study God’s heart for missions and evangelism

·        Practice serving together as a body

·        Prepare ourselves for another culture

The Result

·        Participants will return with a better understanding of all areas of a missionary ‘calling’, such as sending by prayer and monies, encouraging by going to visit and finally by going      

{mospagebreak} Mission trips with the emphasis on discipleship  

         Historically, short term mission trips have taken on various forms. Each trip has its merits with successes and failures. The problem in the past is that opportunities have been missed to educate and disciple the people who go on mission trip and to widen their path of understanding as to where in missions Christ would have them serve. All believers are missionaries. Some serve in vocational ministry and some serve in their home churches as lay people, but it is important for all believers to be involved with missions at some level. At a very minimum each believer should be in prayer on a daily basis for salvation of souls and ministries of the church.

           The church today struggles with how to balance programs that attract people to their sanctuaries and do ministry effectively. Marketing, in many cases, is more important than ministry, what a shame that is. I believe the reason is simply that we have become self-centered looking for the churches to serve us, rather than realizing we are there to serve. This has resulted in shallow, non vital, doctrinally challenged churches with leadership that struggle over meeting budget constraints and maintaining facilities rather than working on strategies for the church’s spiritual growth and modeling evangelism, outreach and discipleship.

           I believe this has happened due to people not adhering to the principles set forth in God’s word. I would like to just mention 3 specifics among several.

1.     Romans 12:2 says: “and be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.” I believe that the church has worked so hard at being “culturally relevant” that they have forgotten about not being conformed to the world. It is not about marketability, it is about doing what Christ set forth in His word. The church should not look like the world; it should be a respite from the world that shares hope and love through the Gospel of Christ.

2.     I Peter 2:9 says:  “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:”  The church has forgotten who we are as believers.  We have a purpose, a reason to live.  It is not enough to go to church on Sunday and help with the kitchen clean up once a month.  We are a royal priesthood, a peculiar people and we are not just regular people who should sit idly by, doing nothing, WE ARE GOD’S PEOPLE.  We are privileged, we have the gift of eternal life and we must understand the wonderful joy that it is to be one of God’s very own children.

3.     Matthew 11:29 says:  “Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto you souls.”  The church has been so concentrated on attracting people that they have forgotten how and why we need to educate and disciple our people.  Discipleship should not be an arduous process, rather church leaders should be desirous to teach and believers should be eager to learn.  Why????, because our souls should and will find rest.  You see, it’s about joy and fulfillment and love for the Savior who redeemed us from hell.