Serving
Making Jesus' invisible kingdom visible by serving our neighbors.
We live in a culture overrun by consumerism and the dream of individual prosperity. The result is people who are enslaved to the pursuit of their own comfort and affluence. But the church is the servant of Jesus’ kingdom. We are not here for ourselves but for something bigger. We are called to spread the gospel word and deed.
The church has always been known for its acts of mercy and charity (i.e. helping the poor, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick and the dying, visiting those in prison). There is so much brokenness and despair in our city and our world. Our desire is for our lives to intersect the lives of the poor, the broken, the barren, and the forgotten so that we might begin to take ownership of the spiritual, physical, emotional, and social needs in our city and our world.
To accomplish this, we have designed “Missional Pathways” – strategic partnerships with others who are spreading the gospel in word and deed – to give us direction and focus as we move out in mission to serve our neighbors. There are two types of missional pathways – local and global. Local pathways include partnerships with ministries and agencies in our city that are intentionally spreading the gospel in word and deed. Global pathways are partnerships with international ministries and agencies that are intentionally spreading the gospel in word and deed globally.
Every Community Group at Redeemer is encouraged to have ongoing participation in both a local and a global missional pathway (on a monthly basis). Our goals for missional pathways:
1- Proclamation
2- Demonstration
3- Intersection
4- Ownership
To see a listing of existing local Missional Pathways with contact info click here:
Our GOAL- every Community Group having ongoing participation (monthly) in a local missional pathway and every Community Group taking a mission trip together.