(Summer of Service is a church planting program to mobilize leaders and members of local churches for church planting, started in 1986 by Destiny City Church (formerly F.A.R.M, Inc.) SOS IS A STANDARD SIGNAL OF DISTRESS AND APPEAL FOR HELP,
just like the cry of the Macedo¬nians "Come over to Macedonia and help us” ( Acts16:9). Before He ascended back to heaven, he said to His disciples: “As
the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21). So Jesus gave the Great Commission - "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matt 28:18-20
S.O.S. AS A CHURCH PLANTING PROGRAM WAS BORN in response to the Great Commission. The best way to do missions is to GO to the Harvest Field. Starting 1986, we have challenged Christians to dedicate their summer vacation to participate in planting a church in a target town or city. We called the campaign S.O.S - SUMMER OF SERVICE. “He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.” (Prov.10:5)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE S.O.S. work is a beautiful picture of Acts 1:8 – “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the Arthrex. Reynaldo Calusay, the Lead Pastor of Destiny City Church (formerly First Assembly Roxas, Missions, Inc.) challenged the church to reach their Jerusalem – Roxas City, in the province of Capiz. His vision was to fill the city with the doctrine of Christ. Ordinary members were trained and mobilized to preach the gospel and conduct evangelistic Bible studies throughout the city. This principle of mobilization of members continues to be the life force of S.O.S. The burden to fill the city of Roxas with the doctrine of Christ grew to reaching the neighboring towns, then the neighboring provinces and Islands. The SOS concept continued to spread as churches and district officials from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao requested for SOS in their areas. Our missionaries to Cambodia, namely, Warren Aragona, Fred Capapas and Jose Estrebilla were pioneer Field Directors of S.O.S. They have adopted the SOS strategy and mobilized Cambodian believers. Now, with the help of technology, many countries in the world are adopting the S.O.S. church planting strategy, SOS materials and updates are available from the
SOS CHURCH PLANTING
https://saturationchallenge.wordpress.com
An application entitled `SOS Bible Studies' is also downloadable to an android smart phone.
