CCCVA 2009-2010 Ministry report and future plans

Missions of CCCVA

1) Gospel will change individual’s life, change families, churches, and the world

2) Believers live a Christ-centered life

3) Establish our church to be Gospel-centered and to glorify God’s name

What does it mean to let “Gospel change our lives”?

• We sincerely accept all truths about the Gospel => rebirth/repentance, trust in Jesus

• Experience death and resurrection with Christ => put to death our sin and let Christ reign

• Worship and obey in Christ => live a new life

• Serve your family, church, and the world by grace => to become His disciple

Gospel can change lives• Ro 1:16-17 says we believe Gospel is “the power of

God for salvation of everyone who believes” so Gospel is God’s power and can be used to plant new church. Any ministry, if we want it to be an “effective” ministry, must hang on the power of Gospel so that the ministry can be renewed and change individual’s lives, change people’s lives, and change our community and eventually the world.

• Gospel is the power of God: Gospel of justification by faith => the unrighteous are made righteous

• God’s plan of salvation: “history of redemption” (Creation-Fall-Redemption-Consummation)

The essence of Gospel• Gospel is Good News• Gospel is (2 Cor 5:21) “God made him who

had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

• Gospel tells us that we are sinful, lost, helpless, and only Jesus’s death and resurrection can save us

• Gospel also tells us that all who believe in the redemptive work of Jesus and do not rely on his own efforts have been accepted by God. (Col 1:22-23)

The essence of Gospel (cont.)• The Gospel tells us our sinfulness not only exhibits

in our disobedience to God; it also exhibits in our attempt to save ourselves by trusting “our own obedience” (self-righteousness).

• The Gospel keeps us away from Legalism and Moralism (religion); it also keeps us from Hedonism (pleasure and happiness are the highest pursuits) and Relativism (non-religion)

• The Gospel affects all aspects of a Christian’s life, not just a few aspects of his life. Gospel is not only the path to God’s kingdom; it is also the solution to all of our problems, and the means of our growth and sanctification.

The essence of Gospel (cont.)

• The Gospel tells us we are much worse than we think we are; it also tells us we are loved and accepted by God in Christ more than we think we are.

• In fact, if Gospel is real, you will see more of your own sins and you will believe that your salvation is entirely by God’s grace.

• The more you cherish such grace the more you will be encouraged by such grace. The Gospel can empower us and give us the ability to love and obey God so that living in God’s will is joyful and no longer a burden to us.

Our beliefs about Missional church

* Missional church must have the following goals:– Lead people to Christ – this goal should never be

our ultimate goal. Even when we do lead people to Christ, we have merely completed the first step.

– To help church to mature and reach “churchhood” – this means the church will become “what a church should look like”, the church will be “presentable”, and the church will be “mature”.

– In a real church should have these 3 types of people: people who can teach, people who can govern, and people who can care for others.

Our beliefs about Missional church (cont.)

• The goals for establishing church :– There is always a goal for church ministries just as there’s

always a goal for God’s work on earth. The work involved to reach such goal is not vague or disappointing, instead it has clear goal to achieve. The ultimate goal for all the ministries can be found in the Bible.

– Detailed writing about the work of the church can be found in the book Church Policies.

• Basically, there are three goals for missional work: 1) to bring non-believers to repentance; 2) to establish

church; 3) to glorify God’s name and to help people know God’s grace.

The Goals for establishing church:

The Bible says God’s glory is the ultimate goal. In the OT, it emphasizes on the glory of the God of Israel. Numbers Ch 14:16 mentioned that Moses worried the Egyptians would say the God of Israel had no power to save His own people. Ps. 83:18 also says, “Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD, that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.”

Biblical foundations for establishing church:

We find similar description in NT. Missionary work is holy work which concerns “the Good News of God’s Kingdom”; it includes the meaning of “all people who are part of the Kingdom and who now have salvation and peace from God.” But more importantly, “Kingdom of God” simply means it’s God’s kingdom. The one who endured betrayal, blasphemy, opposition, hostility, and humiliation will become the only shelter and resting place for men. Because “For Thy is the kingdom, and power, and glory forever”.

A healthy church is a “missional church” that will win the world for God in all its ministries setup

• Worship true God– experience the presence of God and– Praising Him

• Conduct discipleship training– to learn and grow in a group– spiritual training

• Have fellowship in the Lord– relationship is based on God’s love – connected to other parts of the body

• Preach the Gospel– A vision to reach out to non-believers– Train leaders and workers

• Serve the world– A Church government that is wise and responsible– Manage resources wisely, give generously, and renew our culture

The three characteristics of a healthy church:• Worship and prayer• Sacraments • Church Discipline

Ministry Flowchart depicts the logical ministry sequence by which people move from being unbelievers to being mature

church leaders.

Worship Instruction Fellowship Evangelism Serviceervice (FEI)

• 飞机结构（动态的联系）

Targeting Ministry 1

Fellowship &Small group 4(includes Children& Youth)

Relational Evangel-ism 2

Leadership Training 9

Attraction Events 3

Worship &Prayer 5

New comer Inquiring & membership seminar 7

Ministry & Service Involvement 6

Equipping & Discipleship Training 8

Reproducing 10 (1-9)

Worship• Enter a deeper relationship with God;

remove idols in your heart• Be on time to attend worship• Use new hymn books• 2009-2010 main sermon emphasis:

– Book of James– 4 books of the Gospel– Book of Romans

Main theme for 2010 sermons – Christ-centeredness

NurtureDiscipleship Training for New believers

(come and see) (follow Jesus)

Evangelism => CHURCH => Leadership Trng

Through Sunday school and discipleship training so that people will:

Come => come again => stay => commit themselves => serve => lead => be sent to missionary field

Sunday School Adult Sunday School Three year plan 1) Christian Life

2) What is the Gospel 3) How People Change 4) Basic Christian Doctrines 5) Larger Catechism 6) Biblical Hermeneutic

Children and Youth Sunday School

Nurture (cont.)The signs of Jesus’ disciples: 1) follow Jesus2) live out their belief in their daily lives 3) establish Biblical/Christian life goals 4) Have biblical worldview, moral system, and value

system and live them out

Currently, the theology courses (once or twice a year), Sunday school classes, Biblical counseling class (in Sunday school), seekers’ class, Basic Christian life class, discipleship training, EE training, and family ministry are all working toward raising disciples in God’s Kingdom.

DiscipleshipWednesday night’s “Sonship” training will continue

into March of 2010

New discipleship training will start in May of 2010. The theme will be “A Life that is Christ-centered”

Lessons will cover the following topics: 1) exposition – Scripture-reading that’s Christ-centered2) prayer – prayer that’s Kingdom-oriented3) worship – worship that’s focused on God4) evangelism – personal evangelism that’s Gospel-

centered

Leadership Training

• Elders and deacons will have opportunities to learn to teach Sunday school and preach sermons

• Train new workers for future work with membership class

• 2009-2010 Leadership training includes: TEAM III for newly nominated elders and deacons

Fellowship

• A combined fellowship meeting once a quarter• Special seminars focused on building up families• Reconstruct fellowships and their targeted ministries• Fellowship leaders are to care and nurture their

“sheep”• Fellowship leaders are to report on members’

spiritual conditions as well as any problems/issues they face to pastors/elders

• New fellowship groups formed in 2008: Mothers’ fellowship, Husbands’ fellowship, Springfield Friday night Fellowship.

Family Ministry

Goals for phase 1:– To organize committee and specify its function

and tasks – To work closely with fellowship leaders and solicit

their support – To establish Family Ministry center, select and

purchase books.

– To finish all curriculum, including workshops and book discussion meetings

Family Ministry (cont.)Goals for phase 2:

– To finish CCEF training manual – To encourage families to establish support network

such as “accountability groups” and start practicing caring for each other

Goal for Phase 3:• Wise and matured Christians or Christian families

will engage in diversified ministries and mentor and equip the “next generation” (reproduction)

Mission

• Springfield mission

• Restaurant mission

• China mission

• US Chinese Reformed Church Planting mission

• EE Training

Long Term GoalsCCCVA’s long term goal is to establish three

centers:1) Leadership training center2) Biblical counseling center3) Mission church planting center

We hope to more effectively teach and train spiritual leaders, to shepherd individuals and families that have spiritual, emotional, and financial needs, and to send workers of Jesus to missionary fields.