| God designed us to make a difference in this world and to make an impact with our lives. There’s only one way to do that…by serving others. We can’t serve God without serving others. That’s why Jesus said, “If you want to be great, learn to be the servant of all.” Serving others through the Church of Jesus Christ is what the PEACE Plan is all about, and its reason for being:
Ordinary people empowered by God’s Spirit, doing what Jesus did, together, wherever they are.”
The vision of the PEACE PLAN is to mobilize Christians around
the world to address five GIANT PROBLEMS: - Spiritual Emptiness
- Self-Serving Leadership
- Poverty
- Disease
- Illiteracy
The Christian Church was designed by God to take the lead in this effort. It has the world's largest distribution network, the most people ready and to serve, and the greatest motivation of all—the LOVE of Jesus Christ.
Since responding to these five global giants through the local church is what Jesus says Christians must do, that’s where the PEACE Plan focuses. We have committed ourselves to fulfilling these five expressions of God’s love: - Promote Reconciliation
- Equip Servant leaders
- Assist The Poor
- Care For The Sick
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Educate The Illiterate The PEACE COALITION is a growing network of churches and individuals that will eventually become a network of hundreds of thousands of churches and millions of Christians working together—in concert with governments, businesses and charitable organizations--to address the world's five GIANT PROBLEMS.
We see a future where The PEACE Plan: - Shows the world God's love and results in millions of people making a commitment to Jesus . . . reconciling man to God and to one another
- Created transformative training, tools, resources, and a web-based,
interactive support network to churches everywhere that led to doing
God's work in those areas of great need - Develops a collaborative Network of Networks to connect churches, individuals, governments, businesses, and charitable organizations to report, celebrate and share all the information necessary for the successful execution of PEACE PLAN projects
- Helps churches generate new, incremental financial support and develop innovative ways to deploy those resources--moving beyond mere activities to dynamic transformation—for the will of God through a healthier local church
PEACE is connecting believers door-to-door and around the world as people work to fulfill the Great Commandment (love the Lord God with all your heart, mind and soul; and love your neighbor as yourself) and the Great Commission (Go into the world and spread Jesus’ message).
PEACE initiatives are leading changes in communities deeply in need through programs and projects that can be reproduced by Christians in the local community, which can then survive after those giving aid are gone.
The PEACE Plan is taking on those five global evils by following Jesus Christ’s example, with His power and leading. PEACE Teams specialize in meeting needs and healing the hurts of people, while at the same time sharing a message that offers practical benefits for their lives and expressing God’s good news.
PEACE is built on a grassroots church-to-church foundation. One church connects with another church and that church connects with another…and on it goes, growing exponentially. Every church becomes a sending and receiving church. It’s a people-to-people movement, designed to mobilize average church members to do normal tasks that can, collectively, change the world!
The greatest need of the 21st Century is to release the pent-up and latent power of the average believer in local churches around the world.
We live in a time of unparalleled crisis…and unparalleled opportunity for the Church of Jesus Christ. The world is looking for hope. It’s time for the church to be the church, because the world is longing for peace. It’s longing for a peace far greater that the simple elimination of conflict. It’s craving something much greater, much deeper, and far more eternal in nature.
Indeed, it’s a craving for a peace that begins with a permanent surrender of our souls. This kind of peace must exist in the individual before it can happen in the world. That is the ultimate message of the PEACE Plan. It is Christ’s message of love, forgiveness, hope and eternal life. .................................................................................................................
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