Life-Giver Church exists to know Christ and make Him known in Windsor Ontario. We do this as a church family by adhering to 4 core values, God’s Word, Prayer, Missions/Church Planting and Discipleship. This installation of CORE4 will deal with the importance of a devotion to God’s Missions/Church Planting.
Devoted to God’s Kingdom, Not Ours!
There are a lot of churches in Windsor Ontario, but there is only one Kingdom of God. Being devoted to Missions/Church Planting essentially means to be devoted to God’s Universal Kingdom. Life-Giver Church is only a local expression of a Universal Kingdom. Our primary concern is with being part of building God’s Kingdom, not our own. We are not interested in building a brand, or making a name for ourselves. We want to multiply disciples who will go out and multiply churches. We don’t care if those churches identify as “Life-Giver Church” because we are not trying to build an earthly Kingdom.
Local Missions/Church Planting
Often when we hear the term “missions” we think of foreign countries and international charity work. While missions extends to the whole world, that world contains your city, community and street. To be devoted to Missions/Church Planting means to be an everyday missionary right where you live and play. Missions is not something we get on a plane to go do for a week, but something we get out of bed and go do every day! If we can’t be missionaries at home, we have no business being missionaries in someone else’s home.
You might be asking, “Why do we need more churches? Don’t we have enough?” The reality is, if everyone in Windsor wanted to go to Church, would they have a seat? The answer is, No. We need more churches because people need Jesus! Tens of thousands of people in our city are without Christ. Thousands die every year in Windsor and are faced with the prospect of standing before a Holy God in judgment on their own merit.
International Missions/Church Planting
But it goes beyond Windsor, the whole world needs Christ. Billions of people are dying without Christ worldwide; we don’t have time to be bickering about whether we need more churches! Time is ticking, now is the time for action. We are devoted to Missions/Church Planting because the world is descending deeper into hopelessness and Jesus has given us the key to life to share. The nations of the world don’t need more government or UN sanctions, they need the Church to be the Church. They need to Gospel of Jesus Christ and the freedom that comes through the Spirit of Christ.
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