(Entrale) Jump in…

Entrale (Jump in) was the theme of their Global Celebration that was designed for every member of their church to "jump in" and find their place in His mission.

As I sat and listened to the songs the children had prepared, and saw all of the preparations that hundreds of members had made, cheered with them for nearly 15 minutes as we welcomed in the 21 missionaries from all over the world, I could not have been more proud and excited for all God has done in this great church. In the year and a half that we spent mentoring the leadership I understood that they had "gotten it": Missions is not just about missionaries, it is about everyone in the church, finding their own place of significance with their own unique Kingdom assignment; Missions is no longer a department in the church, it is the primary purpose of the church and Missions is what God celebrates, and therefore is what His church should celebrate.

These changes not only where reflected in this Global Celebration, but are being fleshed out by their members on a daily basis.

Members from the church have started an indignant project working with the homeless; others are working reaching the subcultures within Urban Tribes, 6 leaders and their families from the church are starting other churches in the least reached areas of Mexico, and they are now launching out their first cross cultural missionaries to North Africa. So the theme of the Celebration, Entrale (Jump in) became a reality for this church. The Global Focus missional process is in reality it is about what we celebrate at the Global Celebration, everyone living their lives on mission with God.