WHO ARE WE?

1. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!”

2. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Who Are We? We Are, By Calling, A Missional Church!

3. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Who Are We? We Are, By Nature, A Generous Church!

4. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Who Are We? We Are, By Purpose, A Proclaiming Church!

5. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Who Are We? We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!

6. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Proverbs 29:18 KJV “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”

7. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Nehemiah 1:5-11 “5 And I said: “I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments, 6 please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I…

8. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” …pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned. 7 We have acted very corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your…

9. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” …servant Moses. 8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations; 9 but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and…

10. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” …bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.’ 10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. 11 O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let…

11. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” …Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.”

12. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Nehemiah 2:17-18 17 “Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.” 18 And I told them of the hand of…

13. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” …my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me.”

14. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

15. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” So Who Are We? A Church that Sees not only What Is, But What Can Be!

16. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18 KJV

17. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Vision ‘chazon’ A prophetic Revelation or Utterance

18. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” We Are Not Maintainers or Caretakers… …but Transformers!

19. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Two of our Defining Images are… …a Cross …a Grave

20. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” We Do Not Play It Safe!

21. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” What Are We To Be Now? Serving!

22. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Serving! A Prophetic Present What Can Be Done?

23. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Nehemiah Seizes the Moment! Jesus Always Saw Need and Touched It!

24. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Nehemiah Seizes the Moment! This Is Our Moment!

25. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Let It Not Be Said… “The church became a refuge from the world rather than a force in the world. Predictability and stability became dominant themes. The cultural environment…

26. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Let It Not Be Said… “…became comfortable, and the gospel shifted from a church ‘on mission’ to a church that supported missions.” Erwin McManus, “An Unstoppable Force”

27. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” What Are We To Be Twenty Five Years from Now? Risking!

28. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” What Are We To Be Twenty Five Years from Now? A Prophetic Legacy

29. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” What Are We To Be Twenty Five Years from Now? The Place of Sacrifice!

30. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Nehemiah Risked It All! Jesus Risked Everyday!

31. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Jesus Risked Everyday! What Are We Risking? This is Our Future!

32. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” So Who Are We? A Church that Sees not only What Is, But What Can Be!

33. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” So Who Are We? We Are a Visioning Church!

34. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!” Able To Hear The Heart of God “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”Jeremiah 29:11

35. WHO ARE WE? ‘We Are, By Orientation, A Visioning Church!”