In the past three months we here at the Plymouth Park Church of Christ have had some important discussions about our future. In these discussions some things have emerged as key values for us. Other things have surfaced as important for us to develop. I have put these “values for development” into three categories:
1. Egalitarian
2. Ecumenical
3. Evangelistic
I would like to spend the next few weeks blogging about these three things. I want to focus on these values to help us pray and plan.
We need to spend focused time in prayer about these things because we don’t want them to simply be our own ideals. We truly want to have Holy Spirit filled values. We want them to be Christ-centered.
We also need to plan. I see these values as great opportunities to develop ministry strategies for the future of Plymouth Park Church of Christ.
I like what the Apostle Paul wrote in Colossians 4:2,3 to encourage disciples to pray about their mission and ministry in Jesus Christ—Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
So, we devote ourselves to prayer that the Lord will open a door for our message in Jesus Christ!
Be watching for more on this in future blogs.
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