A.OUR MANDATE AND MISSION: The Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ to go, preach
the gospel, win souls and make disciples. OUR OPPORTUNITY: The spiritual hunger of this generation. OUR MOTIVITAION: The conviction that we may be living the last days before the return of Jesus Christ. OUR NEED AND VISION: Ministering in Pandemic years requires visionary thinking, aggressive action and a clea
r plan for the future. S= ERVING COMMUNITY
H= EALING FELLOWSHIP
E= VANGELIZING FAMILY
E= QUIPPING BODY
P= RAYING AND WORSHIPPING CONGREGATION
S= ENDING AGENCY
E. OUR STRATEGY: Win, Consolidate, Disciple, and Send
II. A mission Statement for Goshen Christian Ministries
A. Who we are - Goshen Christian Ministries is an evangelical congregation located in Legazpi City, affiliated under Bicol Trinity Mission Church Inc. We are a community of believers dedicated to fulfilling the Great Commission through worship, prayer, fellowship, discipleship and evangelism. B.What we hope to do – We desire to see our whole congregation get involved in Evangelism and making disciples for Jesus Christ first in our family, then in the surrounding communities, then throughout this region and ultimately to the ends of the earth. C.What kind of people we hope to be – We desire to be people characterized by Holiness, Compassion and Zeal. We want to live lives pleasing to God in every way, we want to manifest God’s love in all our relationships; we want to be enthusiastic in our efforts to share the great gospel with the whole world. We hope to see that every believer is a minister according to each God-given gift and ministry. D.How we want to do our work – We want to reach people for Jesus Christ through High-Quality, People-Oriented ministries.
1. High Quality ministries are those done with excellence, innovation and integrity. Excellence wins the respect of our community; Innovation puts us on the cutting edge of our culture; Integrity guarantees that our work will stand the test of time.
2.People- Centered ministries are those that have their central focus in meeting the real needs of people. In particular, a people-centered ministry is one in which helping people takes precedence over the details of running a program. Since people are more important than programs, if a program does not meet the real needs of people, it will either be restructured so that it does meet needs or it will be stopped altogether. A key Statement for the Next Five Years
A. Any statement chosen must meet the following criteria: Simple, Short, easy-to-remember, related to the major thrust of the Lord. We suggest the following “atmospheric slogan”: Reaching People with God’s Love. It is short, simple, and easy-to-remember. Most importantly, it sets forth a “tone” or “feeling” or friendliness, progress, direction, movement toward a goal and a general outward thrust. It suggests we want to be a family of believers and not a religious institution. It further suggest a “people-orientation” as opposed to a “program-orientation” or a “building-orientation”. God’s love are many things, all of them very positive for our purposes. It suggests forgiveness, warmth, caring, openness, a chance to make a new start, a basis for love to lasts forever. In particular, “God’s Love” is a concept that is very appealing to the unchurched. It doesn’t sound churchy or religious. It’s what they’ve been looking for. In essence, this “atmospheric slogan” is just that: It sets a very positive: atmosphere” for all we intend to do in the next five years. Three areas of focus
A. we suggest that the work of the church can be well-expressed in three key words:
Upward
Inward
Outward
B. It is crucial that the church move forward in all three areas all the time. We suggest taking the word “Reaching” from the “atmospheric slogan” and placing it before these three key words as a description of what our church is all about:
Reaching Upward
Reaching Inward
Reaching Outward
D. We also suggest fleshing out these three words with the following words and phrases that suggest how the key words apply to Bahay Pag-asa Ministries. Reaching Upward – Worship, Praise and Prayer. Reaching Inward – Caring relationships, Accountability, Spiritual Growth. Reaching Outward – Community Service, Evangelism, World Mission. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
A. Our mission statement: We are community of believers dedicated to fulfilling the Great Commission through worship, discipleship and evangelism. Our atmospheric slogan: Reaching People with God’s Love. Our three-fold thrust-inward, upward, outward. D.What we want to manifest: Holiness, Compassion, Zeal
What is a community of Believers dedicated to do? Fulfilling the Great Commission
(Reaching People with God’s Love)
Through...
Action Focus Result
Worship ( Upward Holiness )
Intercession ( Inward Zeal and Purity )
Discipleship ( Inward Compassion )
Evangelism ( Outward Zeal )
Worship = Honoring God trough praise, prayer, obedience
Intercession = Connection with God for others
Discipleship = Growing in my relationship with God and other believers
Evangelism = Sharing God’s love through word and deed
VI. A Plan for the Next Five Years
A. Having said that the church must always move forward in all three areas (Inward, Upward and Outward), we also believe it is wise to emphasize each area in turn. We suggest adopting a plan for our church that would emphasize these aspects in three-year cycle. We are united in our conviction that the place to begin is with the inward look. While we anticipate (and want) our growth to continue, we believe that we must take some intentional steps to create a “family spirit” in our church. This theses stems from the following societal observations: As we move through the 2000s, Philippine society will become more fragmented, more pressured and less cohesive. As families continue to disintegrate the church much become a “caring place” where people can find brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers and cousins and uncles and aunts to replace what they have lost in the world. We believe that as we take international steps to become more of a caring family, our church will experience rapid growth as people in the community discover that we are not just a building or an institution, but that we are a family built on God’s love. With that in mind, here is our picture of the next five years at Bahay Pag-Asa Ministries.
2022 – The Church as a Caring Family (Cottage Prayer Meeting)
Our focus will be inward as we stress those factors that will unity, family spirit and caring relationships. Special attention will be given to all-church fellowship times and to ministries that help people get to know one another. Later in the year the shepherds will host home based fellowship socials so that our people can meet the other church members who live in the area.
2023 – The Church in Worship and Discipleship (Equipping and Discipling)
Our focus will be upward as we learn more about the power of worship and praise. We are also committed to beginning a major new small group emphasize in 2012 and to strengthening our Men’s and Women’s Ministries. We are investigating the possibility of beginning a contemporary worship service in the fall of 2012
2024 – The Church Spreading the Gospel (Evangelism and Harvesting)
Our focus will be outward as we concentrate on ways to spread the gospel to our community. We anticipate a major emphasis on target ministries and on short-term mission trips. This would also be the year for us to begin our Day-Care Center.
2025 – The Church Training Leaders for tomorrow (Mentoring and Leadership)
Our focus will be inward as we begin to train the new believers God give us as a result of our year of outreach. We also want to give special attention to our young people (children and teenagers) who represent our church leadership for the first 21st century. This would be the proper year for us to begin our Christian Day School as a part of our investment in the future. We anticipate that by 2022 our small group ministry will have developed into many branches, one of which will provide advanced ministry training opportunities.
2026 – The Church Praise and Worship (Celebration and Thanksgiving)
Our focus will be upward as we gather in the harvest from the last five years. During this year we will highlight our music ministry, our children’s ministry and our prayer ministry. During this year we will start the construction of our church building program and rededicate ourselves for the next five years of service for Jesus Christ. Expected Results of this Five-Year Plan
A. Intangible Results
1. Much deeper “family spirit”
2. Many more trained and active spiritual warriors
3. Effective Leadership training program in place
4. Wide range of small groups available
5. Better retention of visitors
6. Known in community as a caring, need-meeting church
7. Wider cross=section of people in congregation
8. More people involved in actual ministry
9. Vibrant services of worship and praise
10. Deeper knowledge of God and His Word. Measurement Results
1.200 in our church family (20 currently)
2.700 worship attendance (40 currently)
3. 100 in Sunday school (15 currently)
4. 50 Adult S.S Classes (3-4 currently)
5. 20% of adult attendees in a small group
6. 15% of adult members involved in regular ministry
VIII. Advantage of this approach
1. Three-year cycle covers all major aspects of church life.
2. Cycle can be extended indefinitely (e.g. 2017-Outward, 2018-Inward, 2019-Upward, 2020-Outward)
3. Allows us to highlight all the ministries of the church over a 3-5 year period.
4. Cycle can be adjusted at any time to allow for new opportunities that arise or new challenges we face.
5. Allows us to make orderly plans concerning the budget, program expansion, staff expansion and building needs.
6. Offers a basic flow or pattern to church life that gives us a sense of purpose and direction. Major Tasks for 2022
A. Church wide Task
1. Start praying for more dedicated workers for Children, youth and adult ministries.
2. Adoption of Manual Operation
3. Begin praying for Church lot and Building
4. Present Five-Year Plan to Congregation
B.Tasks relating directly to building a Caring Family
1. All-Church Fellowship Socials hosted by every church family member.
2. Expand Adult Sunday school
3. All members host 6 new (to them) families in their homes.
4. For Visitors: Complete new church brochure. Implement Visitor Follow-up plan.
5. For New Members: Quarterly welcome parties – New Member Sponsors
6. Morning Worship:
Preaching to emphasize Jesus and His relationships with different people
Reform/Reorganize Greeters and Ushers
Pastoral Staff to wear laminated name tags
Choruses and Praise Music
Encourage people to greet one another after the morning service
“Take a Friend Home for Lunch” Sunday
More pastoral prayers
7. Sunday Evening Service:
Continue to stress importance of continue format, esp. fellowship time. Occasional Q and A or small-group discussion
Communion on Sunday Eve ,Family night service
8. Communications:
New Worship folder with “atmospheric slogan”
Weekly Family Newsletter with many personal details of people in our church family.
9. Stress all-church fellowship events:
Memorial Weekend BBQ (by youth group)
Day in Our Community Service
Sunday Night at the Sanctuary
Family Camp Week
Summer fest
Church Picnic
Church Medical Mission
10. Cell group Fund-raising to a great family celebration event. C.Tasks Relating to future years of this plan
1. Complete strategy for small group ministry beginning 2021
2. Complete planning for possible contemporary worship service in 2022.
3. Budget for 2022 on the basis of the priorities in this plan.
4. Flesh out details for 2022-2026.
5. Coordinate Lot and Building Program with this plan. X.Possible Staff Expansion. 2022-2026
2022 - Director of Children’s Ministries (fulltime)
Director of Shepherding Ministries (part time)
2023 – Pastor for Small Groups / Adult Ministry
2024 – Property custodian
2025 – Director for Christian Education
2026 – Ministries Coordinators for every department
Children Ministry
Youth Ministry ( Chosen Gen. )
Adult Ministry
