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Serve the World Teams

What is our goal?
Our goal is to see unreached people introduced to Jesus Christ and connected to a church body. Internationally, this means participating in church planting movements among the unreached people groups in areas of the world that currently have no testimony or witness of Jesus Christ.

What is the big picture: What does it mean to be on mission versus doing missions?
  • Mission: God's redemptive purpose to establish His Kingdom.
  • Missions: The activity of God's people, the church, to proclaim and demonstrate the kingdom of God to the world.

What is our focus in the community?
YOU building intentional relationships with your neighbors, friends, and co-workers and sharing your faith story with them. God has a purpose and design for your life. He desires to use your unique gifts, passions, and abilities to interface with the world's needs to fulfill His purposes.

Who is involved in reaching others?
Individuals, groups, and churches are coming together to strategically impact our community and world.

Wherever you are at in this journey of discovering your life mission, we are committed to providing experiences, trips, training, and education for:

  • Exposing you to the world of mission trips, local outreaches, giving and prayer.
  • Engaging you in your areas of giftedness and passion to further your reach to the world.
  • Equipping you to develop vision, strategy, and knowledge for reaching out through your unique shape and calling by providing classes, training, resources, and conversations.
  • Empowering you to live out your life mission through support and encouragement.

Serve The World Ministries is committed to God's purposes in our community and in our world.
While we desire to help empower you to live out your life mission, our local and global activities need to be for the sake of God's purposes, not just our own growth. We are actively seeking God's wisdom and direction in Reach Ministries.

Local opportunities and initiatives
  • ALPHA Groups
  • Inside Out Evangelism Ministries
  • Embracing community projects involving businesses, schools, government, non-profit organizations, and neighborhoods.
  • City Wide Community Initiatives
  • Community Life Foundation
International initiatives
  • Focusing Short Term Teams to the "10/40 Window."
  • Strategic partnerships with global organizations.
  • Establishing Leadership Training Centers around the world.
  • Supporting national evangelists and church planters.
  • Host gatherings at Overlake Christian Church to promote ministry for unreached people groups of the world.
  • Spearhead partnerships with 20 on-mission churches in the United States to reach the unreached people of the world.
What will be your next step?
  • What will you do NOW to fulfill your life mission?
  • How can we help?
  • How can you help others in the body of Overlake Christian Church to take the next step in their journey?

For more information about the vision of Serve The World Ministries please contact servetheworld@occ.org.

 


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