Transform Your City: Training for Leadership
We Believe in the Church of the Locality... God's Instrument for Transforming Your City.
What is a church of the locality? Is this the same as the local church? To best answer this important question, we need again to look at the wisdom of the master church builder, the Apostle Paul. When Paul wrote letters to the church, whether Corinth or Ephesus, he sent them to the city where the church was established, not to an individual church within the city. Each city had elders, generally raised up and commissioned for service by an Apostle and/or Prophet.
The Elders were responsible for the flock under their care. Buildings were hard to come by, so they generally met in homes or in rented facilities (School of Tyrannus). They were called upon to take leadership in the whole city, and were to be in mutual, loving submission to one another. Of course, Paul had problems with his leadership teams in the first century church, if that were not so he would have never had to send a letter!Though an ideal, it is the philosophy of Vision to assist the Body of Christ in the city to develop a unified purpose, to train leaders for the 21st century.
Decentralized Education and Your Community
We affirm Education on the Move. From the time of Christ through the acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles, training in the Word of God, Christian Character, and for ministry in the gifts and power of God occurred on the move. Jesus taught in the Synagogue, and in the Temple. So did the Apostles. However, the vast majority of the education and training in righteousness and the principles of the Kingdom of God were conducted under a tree, in a rented facility, on a hillside, or as they were walking along the way. In other words, they took the educational program and process to the people. This is the focus of Vision. We have determined, as led by the Holy Spirit, to take the educational programs to the church in thecommunity.
Rather than focus on the building of an edifice with intended glory to a man, our hope is to be stewards of an educational system that invests in God´s people in the US and the nations. The faculty and staff of Vision International, from Australia to Zimbabwe, from the US to India, have committed themselves to provide the highest quality educational system, which is readily available for implementation wherever the hungry and thirsty reside. Having obtained the required governmental approval and accreditation, we have focused on gathering, writing and producing the highest quality academic material. Our books, syllabi, study guides and teaching helps are written from a conservative theological with a strong faith and Charismatic emphasis.
The Church of Your Locality is the Key to the Expansion of the Kingdom of God
The purpose of our educational ministry is to assist the church in the locality, generally through a lead local church with a vision, in fulfilling God’s call to fully and systematically educate Christian leaders. It is only through a fully trained laity that the world will be won to Christ.
Only when the church of the 21st century, God’s instrument for the establishment and expansion of the Kingdom Of God, embraces its calling to make disciples of the nations, will the purposes of the Lord be completed. All of Christ’s leaders must begin to see as the Lord does, and begin to believe and act with courage until:
“the earth is filled with the Knowledge of the Glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea”. (Hab. 2:14)
Establish a School of Ministry (Vision Resource Center)
You can establish a School of Ministry which will effectively train your church people and touch your community for the building of the Body of Christ in your community. As with every system, our’s is not perfect, and is in a state of constant improvement. Much of our improvement comes through the feedback we receive from our ever-expanding Vision International Education Network.
Are You Ready to Transform Your City With Us?
The next step is for you to start a School of Ministry, what we call a "Resource Center" to train your leaders. Are you ready?
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