Our Dream:

We dream of becoming a church where: 

  • the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) is our greatest priority.  We want to see people commit their lives fully to Jesus Christ and as a result become all they were created to be.  It is a dream of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with thousands of residents in the Tri-County area.
  • we live in an authentic community inspired by teaching that focuses on life change, by participative, modern worship services, and by relationally driven small groups.
  • everyone feels welcomed and valued as we encourage each other to take the next step in our  journey of getting to know and follow God.
  • we are welcoming an ever expanding number of members into the fellowship of our church family—loving, learning, laughing, and living in harmony together.
  • we discover, sharpen, and implement our God-given talents and gifts in ministry to help each other, our community, and the world.
  • we understand and become convicted that we are fully loved and accepted by God through Jesus Christ and then we live with a sense of courage and destiny.
  • we live out our faith in our homes, our workplace, and by participating in servant evangelism efforts in our community. 
  • our leaders function as an effective team at every level and area of ministry.
  • our leaders never stop growing and developing, and our church never stops growing, developing, changing, and adapting to an ever-changing world.
  • we are of sending our members on short-term mission projects to those areas targeted by GBIM.  It is the dream of starting new churches in Ohio with the cooperation of Vision Ohio.
  • we have at least 20 acres of land on which will be built a regional church for reaching our Tri-County area—with beautiful, open, bright, modern, yet simple facilities including a state of the art worship center seating 1200 people, a counseling and prayer center, classrooms for bible studies and training lay ministers, a children’s wing and nursery that is creative, spacious and able to meet the needs of a first-class children’s ministry, a spacious foyer with a modern café and bookstore, and a recreation area that includes a kitchen and gymnasium.

All of this will be designed to minister to the total person—spiritually, emotionally, physically, and socially,--and set in a peaceful, inspiring landscape.

We believe this dream can be a reality because our God is the God of the impossible!

The result of this dream is that in a very practical way, we will bring glory to God and allow Him to advance His Kingdom through us.