by Pastor John Lin
Pillar 2:
As you go into your home
(Family & Marriage)
Big idea:
Be an active participant of what God is doing in Grace Assembly
Strategic pillars
- generations
- family & marriage
- community outreach
- missions
Matthew 28:18-20
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, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Genesis 2:24
That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.
Divorce:
- Conflict & breakdown
- family violence
- extra marital affair
- parenting stress
Parents, you are your child's primary disciple makers
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Pillar 3:
As you go into the community
Community outreach
Deuteronomy 15:7-8
If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. 8 Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need.
Deuteronomy 15:11
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.
Pillar 4:
As you go into the nations
Missions
Go and make disciples
9 Areas of Missions Project in GraceAOG
With Evangelism & Discipleship as the Cornerstones
1. Church Planting & Support
(Providing flexible support structure based on needs & vision)
2. Medical
(Penetrating local communicties through the provision of medical healthcare)
3. Humanitarian & Community
(Alleviating pain and suffering, and elevating partners' standing in communities for evangelism)
4. Education
(Engaging pre-believing students & families to acquire, develop, attain literacy or vocational skills)
5. Training
(Supporting bible schools, providing scholarship, and training in theology, ministry & life skills)
6. Biblical Justice
(Extending Christ's love, compassion & care to the vulnerable, poor & marginalised widows, orphans, trafficked victims)
7. Sustainability Support
(Providing resources to sustain ministry and support partners' livelihood to be self-sufficient)
8. Business as Missions
(Supporting sustainable, for-profit and wholesome businesses to propagate the gospel in creative access nations)
9. Local Missions
(Reaching out to the diasporas in our nation)
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