"But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of drought. Jeremiah 17:7-8
Thrive seeks "to glorify God by making disciples of all nations"
VISION: “To glorify God...”
From the beginning of Scripture to the end, we clearly see that God’s supreme passion in the world is Himself - to display His glory. In fact everything God does is ultimately for the sake of His name. As His church we want to align ourselves with God’s purposes. Therefore, we exist for God. Our supreme desire is to be a people who passionately knows, loves and glorifies God, thereby displaying His incomparable beauty and infinite worth for the entire world to see. We want to be God-centered and wholeheartedly make much of Him in all we do. MISSION: “... by making disciples...”
Our mission is clear, as followers of Christ we have been given a clear command to “make disciples.” To make disciples is to evangelize, reaching lost souls with the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to see every believer transformed by the work of Jesus on the cross. This transformation produces disciple-making disciples– one truly transformed into Christ-likeness will share Jesus’ love for the world and obey his command to make disciples. No matter one’s gifting, vocation or personality Jesus has commissioned each of us to spend our lives making disciples. It is to be “the” mission of every person who confesses Jesus as Lord. GOAL: “... of all nations.”
Our ultimate goal is to impact the nations for the glory of Christ. Our goal is not simply to be a place of ministry, but a base of ministry. By the grace of God we will strive with all of our might to faithfully be hands on in God’s global mission of redeeming a people for Himself from all the peoples. We will sacrificially give our time, energy and resources towards becoming a mission-sending base which develops disciplemaking disciples and deploys them all over the planet. We long for God’s glory to be extended to the ends of the earth with multiplying disciples who know, love and glorify Him from every tongue, tribe and nation.
