Archive for February 9, 2009
The Mission of 2PC – Part 3
The mission of 2 Pillars Church is to reach the unreached for Christ and transform the city of Lincoln by loving God and loving people. This is the third of a five-post series aimed at unpacking this mission.
Today’s focus: what does it mean to reach someone for Christ?
2 Pillars Church is not interested in making better people, but faithful Christians. We’re not interested in motivating people to try harder and do better, but rather to rely on Christ for our strength. We are justified by his grace – not by our effort.
To reach someone for Christ means that we journey with them and disciple them helping them to see the extent of their sin and the extravagance of Christ’s work on the Cross. We strive to guide them into a deep, meaningful understanding of Jesus and relationship with him. We endeavor for them to come to see themselves and others the way in which Jesus sees them. We pray and long for them to come to an understanding that for those in Christ there is – right now – no condemnation and to see and grasp with assurance God’s glorious promise of eternal life with him. This assurance of eternal salvation changes everything and enables us to live in radical ways for Christ.
