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Vision and Two Ideas
Fountain of Life Covenant Church is a multi-racial and multi-class fellowship of people drawn together by Jesus. We are a new church plant, located in the urban triangle of North Long Beach, Carson and Compton. FOL is a church that is committed to being a good neighbor in our local community. We are not a church that is merely in the city. We are a church that is for the city, works with the city, and labors for the good of city. Our vision is to be a church that is used by God to develop Kingdom Workers. In Luke 10.2, Jesus teaches us to pray that the Father would send more laborers into the harvest. The Lord tells us that there is shortage of Kingdom Workers. The people who are open and ready to be reached with the gospel are great in numbers. The workers are few. This is one of the few instances he tells us exactly what to pray. Developing workers is near to the heart of the Savior. We believe Kingdom Workers experience Jesus in a unique way. Our mission is not wearisome labor, but an invitation for more of Jesus. To labor with God in mission is an acted out doxology. We describe this experience as a child who is invited by their parent to the office. God works with us in our urban context. Mentoring Generations FOL is founded upon two central ideas in order to achieve our vision of developing Kingdom Workers. First, we believe in impact mentoring. Jesus changed the world by relationally developing 12 lay leaders. In the same way, we seek to grow our members into Kingdom leadership through personal mentoring and training. This is especially true of our college-aged members. Our goal is to be a church that plants new churches and develops church planting pastors. We are committed to partnering with God to transform our mission field into our mission force. Charles Simeon is the patron saint of More Than Conquerors. Simeon is one of the giants in Christian leadership. He served as the pastor Holy Trinity Church at Cambridge University. He mentored and developed college students for 54 years, living in the dorm. (If he did that today at DH, he would definitely become a Snoop Dogg fan.) His impact changed the face of Christianity in England. We believe that God is calling us to mentor and develop young leaders for the Kingdom, in the spirit of Simeon. May we imitate his faith and may God bless us with a fraction of his fruit.
Urban-Suburban Synergy Our second big idea is the communion between urban and suburban communities. Our context in Los Angeles provides a shared opportunity for a synergistic partnership in ministry, learning, economics and community development. In Luke 1, Mary sings about the great deeds of Yahweh. Our God is committed to lifting the poor and those of humble estate and bringing down the rich and powerful. The vision of the Kingdom come on earth is a united community of rich and poor. God is committed to bringing together his people in the middle. Urban centers and suburban centers need one another to bring about long-term transformation in the hoods and the lives of suburbanites in Los Angeles. The urban centers need the stability and resources of the suburban areas. The suburban centers need the urban center to engage in Luke 4 mission, compassion and evangelistic breakthroughs. We believe that the walls in the church today are not only ethnic, but economic. A loving community of rich and poor sharing life, mission and resources brings great glory to God. |
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