ENVISIONING GOD'S GREATER WORKS

Coming back from my first trip to Africa last May 2010, I witnessed God's work through RCCG, which is the largest church in Africa with 7 million congregate members. Ps. Odeboye, Senior Pastor of the church who was once chosen as the 49th most influential person in the world by Newsweek, has aspirations which are outsize. "He wants to save souls, and he wants to do so by planting churches the way Starbucks used to build coffee shops: everywhere" (The Newsweek, 20 December 2008). It is such an outlandish vision, but he believes in his God and he believes in miracles.

God uses the ordinary to accomplish great things. We just need to stay faithful to our visions, stay available, and stay submissive to God's will. Let me encourage all of you in the ministry today, to continue in your faith to serve our great God through your special gifting in the ministry. I believe we can together serve to realize IFGF GISI's great visions for the next 3 years in our ministry accomplished.

Our visions have been summarized into the 5 Agenda of IFGF GISI: CHURCH PLANTING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, CHURCH DEVELOPMENT, MINISTRY DEVELOPMENT, and ORGANIZATION (Good Governance). It is not for our own glory that we thrive to accomplish many things ahead, but for His glory so He could win many people & communities to bring them into His House!