THE CHURCH I SEE
I see the church healthy and alive, worshipping the Lord, loving one another, and evangelizing the lost world.
I see the church occupying the town or city by multiplication of churches in every populated area.
I see the church fast entering into a culture of church planting until Jesus comes.
KEY MOVE TO BRING IN THE LAST DAY HARVEST: EMPOWER THE LOCAL CHRCH
Matthew 9:36- 38 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” (NIV)
The harvest is plentiful and ripe for harvest
The workers are few.
The solution: For the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest field.
Do we have the manpower?
Yes we do, the people in our churches
Can they be sent out?
Yes, we can! We will motivate, train and mobilize them!
We will empower them, and send them!
S.O.S. AS A CHURCH PLANTING LABORATORY
The Assemblies of God in the Philippines set Harvest 5000 by 2010 for its goal.
The nationwide strategy is for every member church to plant another church. With more than 4,000 member churches in the movement, this is not far from possible.
How can the churches comply?
SOS therefore was offered as a method to accelerate efforts to reach the goal.
Local churches organize a Church Planting Team
The teams gain experience in church planting by joining a summertime SOS church planting laboratory facilitated by the districts.
The teams go back to their local churches to plant churches in their local target places.
A CHURCH PLANTING MOVEMENT
Hundreds of people, young and old, give one month of their summer vacation to help plant churches in different districts of the Philippines. The day of experts in church planting is over. The future of church planting is in the hands of ordinary church people - motivated, trained and mobilized for church planting.
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