A Focus on the Present 

We must forget those things that are behind -- natural things like am radio, gas for a dollar a gallon, and a time when flying cross country was only a dream of two brothers. We must also forget spiritual things like our attachment to our past liabilities and our past laurels or points of commendation.  We must look to the needs, challenges, and innovative strategies of today in the context of biblical truth and spiritual maturity.  Our focus must be on the vision at hand, and we must put the vision in our hand and work it for the glory of God.  

Let’s keep it simple, our vision is threefold:  

1. Reaching this community and the world with the gospel. 
Our soul goal this year is 1000 souls added to the kingdom of God and transformed into a mighty aggressive army of new converts added to the church. We will actively become a church that is unchurched people friendly. Our methods, messages, and ministries will begin to transform in this year to a more unchurched people friendly model. Our goal is to reach the lost, and shepherd the saved to spiritual maturity.  Surely, many churched people will be added to our ranks who understand that the church big mission is lost souls, not swapping members from church to church. 

2. Disciplining the believer into a mature believer capable of effective anointed ministry for this season. 
This is crucial if we are to be what God called us to be. We must have a strategic plan for the maturity of the believer that we are committed to that will create resources of service, funds, and ministry. We can no longer stay at home, withhold our spiritual gifts, withhold our tithes, offering and seeds, for the need of the lost make a demand on the saved.

 3. Remaining in the forefront of the move of God enabling all who are connected to this ministry to stay in the constant flow of his will.   
In order to stay in the will of God, we must remain focused. When personal agenda, structural power plays, and personal offense become our focus, we lose sight of the ministry of the kingdom and although our hands are busy our hearts cancel the possibility of an effective work.   Therefore, we must stay on the frontline so our view is not distracted or blocked by being too many steps behind what God is doing.

Articulating the Vision

• We will be a ministry where Christ is first and people a close second.
• We will ministry of overcoming love
• We will be a ministry for the unchurched
• We will continue to be a ministry of outreach Services and ministries
• We will be a ministry of excellence
• We will continue to become a more biblical church freeing ourselves of vain traditions.
• We will modify our methodologies on the 2010 vision but will remain faithful to the things of God concerning the governance of ministry.
• We will communicate our goals, evaluations, progress, and modifications on a more consistent basis.
• We will continue to train leadership on an on-going basis and make those of us who are given much more accountable as leaders to be an example to the body.
• We will aggressively pursue the vision of the house, speaking the same language.
• We will have a quarterly reporting session for distribution of information.
• We will establish ask the bishop email link through our new website for members concerning ministry suggestions, ideas, and questions.