Advancing The Kingdom has been given the Purpose of:
- Equipping the Saints with both the Fire of the Holy Spirit and
the Word of the Living God, bringing the Empowerment of Heaven into the
lives of the people – So that the World may know that He is the Lord
and there is no other.
- Challenging the Church to become a relevant expression of the
Living God on the earth as it is in heaven through the power of the
Holy Spirit.
- Building a vision in each disciple; That God builds and
transforms a nation through the lives of those called by His name, that
the power and glory of God be evident in every family relationship and
in every occupation.
What is a Missionary
A missionary is essentially a social martyr, cut off from his roots, his
stock, his blood, his land, his background, his culture. He is destined to walk
forever a stranger in a strange land. He must be stripped as naked as a human
being can be, down to the very texture of his being. St. Paul said Christ did
not think being God was something to be clung to, but emptied himself taking the
form of a slave. He was stripped to the fiber of his being, to the innermost
part of his spirit. This is the truest meaning of poverty of spirit. This
poverty of spirit is what is called for in a missionary, demanding that he
divest himself of his very culture, so that he can be a naked instrument of the
gospel to the cultures of the world. (Vincent J. Donovan, "Christianity
Rediscovered", pg 144)
