Our Vision

Vision Statement

Our vision is to build a network of churches, ministries, and businesses through which God’s river of life can transform people, their communities, and the systems in which they participate.

In short: purposeful lives making a powerful difference!

River of Life

God’s river of life is the “river of the water of life” referred to in the first two verses of chapter 22 of Revelation — the last book of the Bible:

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:1-2)

In Other Words

God wants to live inside of you! Then, from the inside he wants to transform your life into something beyond your wildest dreams. While he's doing that, he wants your life to be a springboard that allows him to reach many others as well.

We want to support this process. If you think of God's life as a never ending river, we want to bring that river to you. It begins when you hear the life changing message of what God has done and is doing through Jesus Christ. You may or may not remember when you first embraced the message but after you do, you notice your life changing. The changes may seem small at first, but the longer you stay in the river, the bigger they get.

You notice a new love for God in your heart that you never experienced before. You find yourself connected to others who are having the same experience. Some of them never expected to have anything to do with God but now they and you know him intimately.

You also notice a new love for others, even your enemies, that you never experienced before. God's life on the inside is making you a better person, a better mother, father, sister, or brother. You're becoming a better student, a better employee, a better businessperson, a better leader.

Others notice the changes in your life as well. Your family relationships and friendships are transformed into healthy nurturing life-giving bonds. You realize that you yourself have become a branch of the river and through you God's life is reaching and transforming others. Because of you and the other changed people in the river with you, your community experiences new life and vitality. You begin to imagine a day when you'll read your local newspaper and find that all of the bad news comes from somewhere else.

The new life within you is unstoppable. It gives you a hunger to see your city, your nation, and even the whole world renewed. Together with your new brothers and sisters in Christ you give birth to new cultural expressions. Your collective talents and gifts are woven together to create new music, new dramatic performances, renewed culture.

All this and more is what we see as we bring God's River of Life to a thirsty world. In order to achieve this vision we have made a commitment to remove any possible obstacle. That's why we're transforming the way church is done! Come on in and join us — the water's fine!

Key Outcomes

Here are some of the key things that we want people to experience as a part of our vision:

Freedom From Anger
Freedom From Sexual Immorality
Successful Marriage and Family Life
Lifestyle of Truth
Freedom From Revenge
Lifestyle of Love For All
Lifestyle of Authenticity (i.e. doing good deeds for God and not for show)
Freedom From Materialism
Lifestyle of Compassion, Mercy, and Freedom From Judgmental Attitudes
Passion For God and His Gifts
Treating Others The Way They Themselves Want To Be Treated
Faithfulness In Putting God's Word Into Practice

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Our Vision

Vision Statement

River of Life

In Other Words

Key Outcomes