Relevant’s T-WORLD Focus
Throughout the “Remedy for a Religious Life” series we talked specifically about what Relevant’s focus is going to be on. To sum it up in a world…TRANSFORMATION! Our mission is to spiritually transform people who transform their cultures. This will not happen by accident. It will only happen as we ALL stay focused on our T-WORLD Focus. Here is what that means…
Transformation: 1) To change markedly the appearance or form of – 2) To change the nature, function, or condition of; convert – 3) To undergo a transformation. At Relevant, our primary focus is to continue Jesus’ mission of transforming the world. The Church is the hope of the world, and that is why T-WORLD (Transformed World) only happens as the Church – Relevant and every other local church around the world – becomes a T-CHURCH (Transforming Church). As we grow in a relationship with Jesus, He begins a process within us causing transformation in our lives, in our cultures, and throughout the world. At Relevant we call this T-LIFE (Transformed Life).    Â
T-LIFE: Living a T-LIFE has three core elements…
1. Interactive Relationship with Jesus: Jesus desires to transform us to walk like, talk like, act like, and be like Him. This transformation is a result of a constant, growing, interactive relationship with Jesus; where we hear His voice, and respond to Him in obedience.    Â
2. Authentic Relationships within the church: Our lives cannot be transformed in isolation, because God did not create us to live this life alone. Continual transformation is a result of being connected in authentic relationships where we encourage, challenge, and support each other as a living community. Â
3. Influence in Glocal Culture: Transformed people transform people. Spiritual Transformation in our lives should always result in a glocal (global + local) transformation as we serve others. At Relevant, we are not focused on building the biggest church, but spiritually transforming people to BE the church everyday as we live in a world that desperately needs transformed with the love of Jesus. Actions speak louder than words when it comes to glocal transformation. That’s why we’re committed not only to meeting the needs in our local cultures, but also around the world.Â
T-CHURCH: Transformed people make up transforming churches. T-CHURCH is what the local church looks like when it is producing transformed Christ-followers who are responding to glocal transformation opportunities (GT-Opps) using their skills, talents, passions, and giftings. When we are fulfilling our mission, the following three components of T-CHURCH will happen simultaneously…Â
1. Culture Investment: Serving within our local culture, meeting the biggest needs
2. Nation Engagement: Engaging Unreached People Groups (UPG) globally; leveraging natural infrastructures for maximum transformation opportunities
3. Church Multiplication: Equipping leaders to start new churches with similar DNA
We will not achieve our mission of advancing God’s Kingdom without staying focused! If you feel that Relevant is the place for you, I challenge you NOT to keep doing church as you know it. The time is now to break away from the religious life so many of us have lived!
Pastor Ronnie
(***Bob Roberts Jr.)
October 24th, 2009 at 6:53 am
You don’t really believe that stuff do you?! Like you believe this stuff, like you could be instruments in seeing real transformation take place, like you could be radical! And what’s this about not having church? And meeting at a golf course? How can you really be church when you don’t meet and when you do meet you don’t meet in a ‘church building’ - I mean really! Are you folks some of those Biblical people who believe that the church is more than a Sunday morning event in a designated, holy building built for the sole purpose of being church? If you really believe that you could be a transformational group:) May your tribe increase! Praying with and for you!