MISSION OF THE AUSTIN FIRST SEVENTH-DAY CHURCH
God's Mission for us is to: Scriptural Foundation:
"Develop a family focused discipleship community to share the Gospel within the Austin Metro area."
"Go through, Go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people; Build up, Build up the highway! Take out the stones, Lift up a banner for the peoples." Isaiah 62:10 (NKJV)
1. Organize into a culture of discipleship the unique and gifted people God has sent and will send.
2. Relocate to a new campus to allow for 700-800 at worship, anticipate expansion to multi-campus church.
3. Focus on excellence in family and children’s ministries.
4. Relocate to a new campus to prepare for Austin Junior Academy to be a school of excellence.
5. Build a broad spectrum, well known community service center.
6. Develop a worship and guest care consciousness that builds relationships between our target community and God.
7. Share Jesus and His soon coming visibly with the Austin Metro area through a multifaceted evangelistic outreach.
2009 Year of Transformation
The life of every church is a journey and it has a destination. All churches end up somewhere; a few churches end up somewhere on purpose. The Austin First Church has chosen to end up according to God's purpose.
2009 will be a year of transformation for Austin First. New location, new building, new challenges, new blessings, new people, new joys, new friends. One principle from the book of Acts is that God is in the business of transforming people more than organizations. Our first task will be to ask God how He wants to transform each of us personally. God has chosen you and 700 plus other people as building blocks for the Austin First Seventh-day Adventist Church. Half of us are here now. He will send many more. Please join together as we discover how God will transform us individually and how this transforms a church, a community, and the whole Austin Metro area.