Our Rector Writes - 11 Jan

I was recently reminded that the secret of making an organisation or a church's Vision to Reality is to continue casting (repeating) the same vision until there is a total buy-in. In other words, there must be a constant casting of the vision to the whole church until everybody understands and moving in the same direction.

Therefore, for the next few weeks, I will be sharing with you the DNA of Christ Church Likas. This is what the leadership of Christ Church (PCC) has adopted in 2007. This is our vision and goal as we grow beyond 40!

Acts 2:42-47 - they (believers) devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. Everyday they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

The above passage has been the ministry priciples of the early churches. Though different methods and strategies were developed over the centuries, yet the core values of woship, discipleship and evangelism remain the pillars of every growing and healthy church. Likewise, Christ Church Likas will build her ministries around these core values.

The focus must be an Inside-Out approach of Discipleship and Churchmanship. It starts with the core of Prayer and Worship and grows towards a strong structure of nurturing, equipping and evangelism and ultimately fulfilling the Great Commission of Global mission and community service.

CORE: WORSHIP AND PRAYER
Acts 2:42-47 - they (believers) devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

We seek to be a church strong in worship and prayer especially in our Sunday services. We aim to build a strong atmosphere of faith and the preaching of the Word of God. We seek to be a church with godly worshippers loving and worshipping God and support the work of the church wholeheartedly.

We also seek to be a church with members strong in their prayer life both privately as well as corporately (publicly) in Church Prayer Meeting. We want to see our Church become a strong prayer hub where prayers are lifted up to the Lord and testimonies of answered prayers and miracles become the way of life.

(To be continued, The Backbone of CCL)