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After a time of prayer and consideration, we are changing our name to La Iglesia St. Paul in accordance to the first church in Acts.
Based on the first church that appears in Acts 2, we see that the church is a group of believers in Christ who come together for three purposes: Worship, Building and Mission. Worship is looking for the Lord together to worship him with words, music and thanksgiving. Building is to grow and edify the church by using our gifts where some are praying for others, some singing and playing instruments, others teach, others prophesy, others preach, others teach children or young people, others serve food, and there are many more gifts that people have been given for the use of edifying the church. Mission is Jesus’ mission to evangelize and make disciples who make disciples. The church, the Bible and the pandemic have taught us, it is not a building. It’s not Sunday. It’s not a small group that does everything. The church is all believers who gather to worship God, edify each other and fulfill the mission of Jesus. The church had no names originally. The church was simply known as The Church. And when they wanted to address a part of the church they went with these words “to the church in Corinth” or “to the church in Rome.” We are the church in Saint Paul.
During this period of reflection, we considered ‘who we are’ and what are our values. From these conversations we developed a vision and mission statement that would be simple, yet indicate our culture (mission) and where we want to be (vision). the following is our determination:
VISION (where we are headed) Based on The Great Commission in Matthew 28 – 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
Our VISION is to be a community that is building the Kingdom of God to all nations, one life at a time.
