As the Senior Pastor of the Mars Hill Baptist Church, I am the voice – the mouthpiece for God’s vision for the Mars Hill Baptist Church of Chicago.  Psalm 127:1 says, “Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain…” 
God implies, “Unless I am in the original plan – the conceptual phase of all planning, it is destined to fail.”  Therefore, God is the architect – the giver of the vision. 

Every fourth Saturday of the month, we hold our Leadership Gathering for leaders at Mars Hill.  This is a time for me to cast vision, give encouragement, and train our leaders to “catch” and “carry out” the vision.  Yesterday, I shared the vision of how Spiritual Formation will look at Mars Hill.   

Our Spiritual Formation Ministry Team created Pathways to a Christ-centered Life (thanks Brenda Lee).  The purpose is to encourage people to take their “next step” towards Christ-likeness.  Imagine, when you go to the mall and want to go to a particular store, usually there’s a directional map that tells you “you are here.”  Essentially that’s the spirit behind Pathways.  Those who are exploring Christianity, those who are growing in Christ, those who are close to Christ, and those living a Christ-centered life will be able to determine where they are (spiritually) and choose the appropriate path that will help them towards Christ-likeness. 

Wow, what a mighty vision & we pray that God will be glorified as we aid in the transformation of our members!