Our Bethany Beyond Walls Ministry efforts are about pursuing more ways of loving our neighbors in the community around our church, creatively “thinking outside the box” to connect with people, especially those who would never enter a church building, to form new relationships and innovative forms of church to live out Christ’s mission. In other words, to go where Jesus would go.
We seek to do this through:
PRAYER: Uplifting all of our efforts in prayer, seeking God’s guidance.
SERVICE: Promote and/or sponsor endeavors that connect with people beyond our church walls, sharing the love of Christ with people not impacted by our traditional missions projects (aka the rest of the community around our church). And serve to help those who take on leadership roles in these efforts.
INFLUENCE: Collectively and individually encourage more thinking within our church, ministries, and small groups about ways to get to know our neighbors and serve our community more.
SUPPORT: Partner with and support, or step alongside, existing ministry efforts at Bethany that are already striving to achieve the objectives above.
INSPIRE: Be advocates for broadened creative thinking about new ways we can be a church impacting our neighbors, moving beyond “we’ve never done it that way before” thinking.
INVITE: Always seek opportunities to invite others (members of our church and beyond) to join us in these efforts.