Vision Statement:

Movements of churches empowered by grace for the world’s good and God’s glory.

Movements of Churches: Jesus said to his disciples, “As the Father sent me, so I am sending you” (John 20:21). As followers of Jesus, we have a new identity as the “sent ones.” This is true both of individual believers and of the church corporately. In fact, Jesus tells the disciples that the way they live together will itself be seen as an expression of the kind of Kingdom he has come to bring (John 13:34-35). Our vision therefore, while encompassing individual men, women and children coming to know Jesus, is wider than this. We long to see those who come to know Jesus gathering together and forming vibrant churches. We believe these congregations will be at their healthiest when they are actively living out their identity as “sent ones” by partnering together with other churches to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom to their city, their nation, and around the world. We see this leading to a groundswell of new church-plants. We seek to facilitate and encourage these movements of churches by building relationships with likeminded individuals, organizations and national church leaders.
Empowered by Grace: World Harvest missionaries are people who have been transformed personally by the grace of Jesus Christ. This grace shows us that we bring nothing to our own salvation (Ephesians 2:8-9). The grace of Jesus Christ is the means through which we begin our lives as Christians and the power for ongoing repentance and faith, through which we continue to grow (Galatians 3:3). We want to nurture church movements that are “strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:1). We are convinced that only knowing and relying on God’s grace can enable individuals and churches to risk taking up their places in proclaiming Christ’s Kingdom to the ends of the earth.

For the World’s Good: God’s intention that his people be a blessing in the world in which they live is clear throughout Scripture (Genesis 18:18, Jeremiah 29:7, Matthew 5:16, Galatians 6:9–10). Also clear is God’s redemptive purpose toward restoration of “Shalom”—the well-being, wholeness, and peace he intended for his creation to enjoy (Genesis 3:15, Revelation 21). He sent his Son to serve the world and make this restoration possible through his sacrificial, atoning death on the cross (John 3:16, Mark 10:45–46). Part of the church’s call to follow Christ is a call to carry on his sacrificial, life-giving work—to lay down our lives to be God’s servants in the world. We want to see churches and disciples who understand and embrace this calling to pour their lives into service that the world may know the goodness and glory of God.
And God’s Glory: The glory of God is the end of all we do. As we do the work of preaching, healing, and equipping, we ultimately want to point beyond all these things to the great God who is and was and will forever be worthy of all our praise and adoration. At the end of history, He will dwell with his people—a people from every tribe, tongue and nation—in a new creation that perfectly reflects his glory and grace (Revelation 21). Until that day, we seek, by his grace to love, serve, and give ourselves to proclaiming the news of this Kingdom to the ends of the earth.