N.
J. and Les are long-time Christians with close to 40 years
of lay leadership and church-planting experience each. Their mission
is to make disciples, and they have been doing their best to obey
in many ways. They have been involved in various aspects of church
leadership as well as small group leadership (Bible study, growth
groups, Navigators 2:7 groups, and cell groups) as well as 1:1 mentoring.
Besides
having university degrees, they have been educated through courses at
Providence College, and with Larry Crabb, Freedom in Christ
Ministries, Ellel Ministries, Touch Outreach Ministries,
Dove Christian Fellowship International, etc.
N.
J. is an award-winning author, popular motivational speaker,
and writing teacher, as well as the executive director of The
Word Guild, an association for Canadian writers and editors who
are Christian. A former high school teacher and homeschooler, she has
10 books and one play in print, as well as many articles and stories.
Les has also had a number of items published.
They
have been married for 34 years, and are the parents of four adult sons.
Les
has been with IBM for 32 years. In his role as a Business Transformation
Specialist, for the last eight years, he’s been a member of a world-wide
team given the task of improving IBM’s Customer Relationship Management
(CRM). He is currently CRM Deployment Leader for Field Sales for the
Americas.
Originally
from the Canadian prairies, Les and N. J. have made their home in the
Toronto area since 1980.
Our
Vision
 |
Some
years ago, God gave us two pictures.
The
first was the sad realization that the church as we know it
in North America is very ineffective at doing what it was
given to do - making disciples. (See
our articles.)
The
second was this verse:
"Forget
the former things;
Do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland."
Isaiah 43:18-19
We
believe a new day is coming. |
To
use the gifts and talents God has given us to help you:
Understand
who you are in Christ
Be free to be what God wants you to be
- freedom from strongholds
- freedom in personal habits
- freedom in personal relationships
Build your relationship with God
- prayer
- Bible study
- worship
Build strong, caring relationships with others (both Christian
and non-Christian)
- 1:1
- in a small group setting
- in a larger setting
Pass on what you have learned to others
Build disciplines into your life that will sustain your spiritual,
mental, social, physical, and financial well-being
Listen to God’s leading in your life
- through reading and hearing God's Word
- through private meditation and prayer
- through hearing God’s voice (John 10:1-14)
- through input (both logical and spiritual)
from other godly people
Come to know what God has called you to be and do (your
mission)
Be equipped to carry out your mission
- release of gifts
- knowledge
- experience
Gain the support you need to carry out your mission
Our
Beliefs
God is the creator of life.
God loves every person on earth.
Throughout history, the majority of God's created beings have chosen
to disobey and ignore him.
God sent his Son so that all human beings might have the opportunity
to have an intimate, caring relationship with their creator.
God has a role for each one of his children in building his community
(the church) on earth.
The role of people with leadership gifts is to equip the people in
their sphere of influence to carry out their mission.
We will all fulfill our tasks only as we work together in large and
small teams, supporting, encourage, advising, and inspiring one another.
The result of obedience in these areas—of every part doing its work—is
joy.
That the ideal church is a cluster of small living groups (cell groups)
that become “family” and work together in various ways.
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Joy
Equipping home
