Church Planting
Vision For A City Church
Posted on November 2, 2009
Dear Friends and Fellow Kingdom Citizens,
Today, during our Sunday service in the Kingdom of Heaven Church in Moscow, I once again emphasized a few key pointers for the vision of our church:
- The Key Scripture is Mat. 6:10 “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”
- The Motto of our church is “Heaven in Every Home”
- Our Church is going to become a One Million Member City Church. An integral part of that vision is to plant a local church in each of Moscow’s 123 districts. Even before the average size of each local church will be 10 000 members, the total amount of city church members will already be more than one million.
- Consequently we have a vision for preparing ministers for all those churches on a constant basis.
- We have a vision for nation-wide and global church planting. As our light shines far into the nations, it will also shine brightly at home.
- The vision will be fulfilled by abiding in Christ and learning how to get into and stay in the flow and anointing of the Holy Spirit. We don’t believe that a high-powered, pressurized atmosphere will result in the abundant fruit we are looking for. Rather, an atmosphere of faith, hope and love will produce fruit that will multiply and last for all eternity. (See Jn. 15:16)
- We believe that each member has his important and unique place in the family of God. As we humbly and respectfully take hands with one another, always focusing on Christ alone, we will see the multitudes of Moscow and Russia come to God the Father to worship Him in spirit and in truth.
Wherever you are, if you want to become actively involved in this vision, whether it be by praying, giving or coming over, I would like to hear from you!
With love in Christ,
Hugo
Greetings From St. Petersburg
Posted on September 20, 2009
Dear Friends
With great excitement in our hearts we are writing to you from our new home in Russia’s northern capital! We are so thankful for your prayers and the measure of grace we’ve experienced in planting Hope Church, St. Petersburg.
In 1703 St. Petersburg was built to be Russia’s greatest city and a gateway into Europe. Today it is a bustling, lively hub of 5 million, full of young people and host to many people groups from many different nations. It is a city of influence, potential and beauty.
We are here to see a great new city church planted. We have a burning passion to plant a church that will be radically mission minded and encourage other churches in Russia to take hands and be a part of what God is doing in the nations. Gathering from the hordes of students and young professionals, relevant to families and yet accessible to the city’s diversity of rich and poor. We long to see a multicultural family built together reflecting the glory of Jesus, enjoying his presence and as a living testimony to his immeasurable grace in a land that has historically suffered under intense oppression.
Our church logo: Hope Church – Bringing hope to the City and beyond through the love of Christ.
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