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- Acre of H.O.P.E.
By Rev. Lois Moranville - Mobile Home park mission
By Tammy Keith - Christ Glory Alone
By Phillip Fletcher - THE OUTWARD FOCUSED CHURCH
By STEPHEN L DUNN
Be the Best Church 'for' Your Community!
The Externally Focused Network (a ministry of LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, CO) helps churches who are beginning to think differently about what the church could be--and should be-- 'for' their community. This network helps leaders who want to start a community impact ministry and are looking for practical strategies and systems that work. It also benefits leaders who have already started a community impact ministry, but are ready to take it to the next level, providing encouragement and aiding in theology.
This network serves as a connection point for like-minded leaders to share their innovative, externally focused ministry strategies and experiences, to network with other leaders and get resources to execute their mission and impact their community. It helps passionate people find practical resources, tools, and relationships which enable them to engage in serving their communities. It trains churches in doing good deeds while sharing the 'Good News,' resulting in transformed communities and changed lives!
The Externally Focused Network will help churches to:
- Believe that serving is a normal expression of Christian living and is vital to spiritual formation;
- Be convinced that good deeds and good news can’t and shouldn’t be separated;
- See themselves as vital to the health and well-being of their communities; and
- Be evangelistically effective.
Strategies of externally focused churches include:
- Following the mandates and desires of God;
- Identifying the needs and dreams of their communities;
- Launching ministries to meet those needs and dreams;
- Partnering with existing ministries or human service agencies to expand their capacity; and
- Equipping people to serve gracefully.
