One Minute With Pastor

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our journey of growing the church through disciple making began on January 2010 when we began to expound how the acronym of our church’s name (WRPF) captures the values we represent as a church, as well as what we want to nurture in all the disciples that the Lord has entrusted to our care. The distinctive traits are as follows: 

In 2010 we focused on developing WORLD (evangelism and missions); and PRAYER (intimacy and intercessory prayer).  In 2011, we focused on REVIVAL (gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit) and FELLOWSHIP (d0iscipleship in community). This was in accordance to the Batam retreat 5-year direction to inculcate the distinctive traits of a WRPF disciple, traits which were drafted out by a group of 20 key leaders of our church in 2009. According to this same 5 year direction, 2012’s focus would be on FELLOWSHIP; 2013 – WORLD; and 2104 – REVIVAL.

The leadership has decided that for 2012, there are good reasons to continue to follow the 5 year general direction. So the theme for this year would be “GROWING TOGETHER IN GOD’S LOVE”. The verses that anchor this theme are from Ephesians 3: 17b -21:

 ^“17 ….. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”

 Let’s make this our prayer for the church in 2012. Let us nurture this distinction in our lives.