I am excited about the future. God is at work in the Olive family helping us get a vision to be a Global Kingdom Church. What will it take for this vision to become reality? Here are a few things to ponder as we launch into a new year.

1. Great souls are needed. By that I mean we need spiritual leaders who believe Christ alone is able to equip us for the work and provide the way.

2. The children need a healthy church. Students of every age must be a part of our vision. Building great souls will best be done when we begin early. Dads, you must be a force in this process.

3. We must see the local and global vision at the same time. Bob Roberts calls this going GLOCAL. It is a funny word but it says what we must do. Some want to wait to touch the globe until we have taken care of Pensacola. That is not an Acts 1:8 strategy. Both are to be done at the same time.

4. New leaders will be welcomed to Olive this year. Staff changes are being made as some move on to follow the call of God elsewhere. Our family must find the new team members and then be willing to follow and support them.

5. The 2020 Implementation Team will roll out plans for review in a few weeks. Those plans will call for change, restructuring of the team, new ministries, old buildings going away and new ones being built. There will be a price to be paid for the new ministries and the doing of them. All of this will demand vision and prayerful work.

On New Years’ Day we always see people wearing goofy glasses. Olive must put on a pair that allows us to see the future from God’s perspective. It is going to be a year for vision, change, and transformation. Excitement fills my soul as I think about what God is up to among us.

Pastor Ted Traylor

Posted on Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm.
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