To see the convicted Christian community assert itself in a concerted, strategic and perpetual manner as the much needed light and salt within our state, counties and communities.
Convicted Christians are deeply convinced, highly concerned, totally committed: fully persuaded, seriously burdened and relentlessly tenacious.
To be distinctively Christian is in contrast to secular religion, cultic religions or cultural Christianity. It’s about the historic (not generic) Christian faith, made alive by one’s personal “convicted” faith in Jesus Christ.
Implies two things: (1) the Body of Christ, Christ’s physical presence on the earth today, and (2) solo efforts or lone rangers won’t cut it.
Jointly arranged, carefully planned and strenuously coordinated; intentional and done with great effort.
Intelligent, proactive; stealth (undetected, under the radar).
Long-term, never ending, never changing (in terms of focus and commitment), which means for the long haul, i.e., at least 21 years.
Just as the person of Christ is the light for the human soul, so also is the body of Christ the light for human society. When light diminishes, darkness increases; when light increases, darkness dissipates.
Salt does 3 things: it stings, heals and preserves – the same effect the body of Christ has on culture. One makes society uncomfortable, the other makes it healthier, and the third actually sustains and maintains it.
To produce lay ministers who reproduce a lay ministry that produces other lay ministers who reproduce another lay ministry, ad infinitum.
To establish a growing mission presence in each county via a ChrisCorps group (twelve like-minded individuals) who are dedicated to increasing the presence of Christ via a 3-in-1 mandate: (1) Christian ministry, (2) classical pedagogy and (3) constitutional society (over time, not over night).
This would result in a statewide network, spawning fresh forms of lay ministry, entrepreneurial education and grassroots polity.
At the end of three years together, a mother ChrisCorps group would birth three new daughter ChrisCorps groups.
Then in three more years, those three daughter ChrisCorps groups would each birth three granddaughter groups, resulting in nine ChrisCorps groups.
In 21 years, there would be 729 groups, resulting in 7,668 lay leaders in one county (all doing transformative ministry, education and community work).
Each group would become well-trained to begin a School of Thought, guard the Homefront and shepherd a ChrisCorps.
As a result, in the 1st Year, members launch the School of Thought campaign by beginning an entrepreneurial education cooperative (K-12 and/or post-secondary).
In the 2nd Year, members execute the Homefront challenge by building a grassroots civics collaborative (hometown and/or homeland).
In the 3rd Year, members honor the ChrisCorps charge by birthing a lay ministry collective (local church and/or para-church).
The long-term goal would be to bring the ChrisCorps proposal to every county in the state, ultimately establishing a functioning ChrisCorps in each.
The best way to go about reaching this goal is to get a ChrisCorps started in as many counties as possible, and then let them be responsible for working their way through the ChrisCorps process to the point of reproducing at least 2-3 more ChrisCorps in their own respective county.
Regardless of the number of ChrisCorps groups operating in each county, they will all be working towards the same goal and eventually be working together as co-laborers, keeping whatever outreach efforts they pursue well-coordinated.
After one ChrisCorps has been formed in a specific county, that ChrisCorps will have to decide (when the time comes to birth a couple more ChrisCorps) whether the new groups will be birthed in a neighboring community in its own county or in a neighboring county.
As a new ChrisCorps emerges and the process continues to unfold, the lead ministers from that county’s original ChrisCorps may have to communicate with and help coordinate other emerging ChrisCorps initiatives within that county so as to avoid unnecessary conflicts and facilitate complementary and cooperative efforts.
Each ChrisCorps, if independent, will be self-governing. If a part of a local congregation, it of course would be accountable to the leadership of that church. Each and every ChrisCorps that is in close approximation, whether in a local church or in a local community, must work together in a spirit of harmony and camaraderie. There can be no place for territorialism or an “us vs. them” attitude within this ministry or within the larger Body of Christ.
The long-term goal would be to bring the ChrisCorps proposal to every city in the county, ultimately establishing a functioning ChrisCorps in each.
The best way to go about reaching this goal is to get a ChrisCorps started in as many cities as possible, and then let them be responsible for working through the ChrisCorps process to the point of reproducing 2-3 more ChrisCorps groups in 2-3 more nearby cities.
Regardless of the number of ChrisCorps groups operating in each city, they will all be working towards the same goal and remaining in close communication with each other so as to keep their outreach efforts well-coordinated.
After one ChrisCorps has been formed in a specific city, that ChrisCorps may have to be sensitive, careful and strategic (when the time comes to birth some new ChrisCorps groups), whether to birth the new groups in the same community or a neighboring community.
As new groups emerge and the process unfolds, the lead lay ministers of those newly established groups may need to communicate with and help coordinate all emerging outreach initiatives in nearby and surrounding communities so as to avoid unnecessary conflicts and to facilitate complementary and cooperative efforts.
Each ChrisCorps in each city, if independent, would be self-governing; if part of a local church or para-church organization, it of course would be accountable to the leadership of that authorizing ministry.
Each and every ChrisCorps that is in close approximation, whether in a local church, local region or para-church ministry, must work together in a spirit of harmony and camaraderie. There can be no place for territorialism or an “us vs. them” attitude within this ministry or within the larger Body of Christ.
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