My desk faces east by south east (100 degrees). I know that because of a compass Dorothy gave me. That compass consistently points to the “magnetic north.” It doesn’t fluctuate based on the season, the weather, or the mood of the office. You can check on it anytime during the day or you can surprise it with a flashlight at night, and it will still point north.

A mission statement is like a compass for an organization. It points to your destination. It orientates you in any season, any condition. It helps plot your course. It provides cohesion when storms threaten. It draws the line at what you will not do.

People choose to covenant together because they agree with and are passionate about the task to which an organization has dedicated itself—its mission. SEND has committed itself to MOBILIZE God’s people and ENGAGE the unreached in order to ESTABLISH reproducing churches. This is the task around which we rally. This is the focus of our activities and the outcome we seek.

I like to refer to SEND as a covenant community on task. We are a community that has a specific focus. We covenant together for a purpose, not simply to provide care and support while we each do our own thing. We fit prayer, people and resources together based on our role in the biblical mandate to seek and save the lost.

Ours is a high calling. It is a calling first and foremost to a relationship with our creator. As we nurture that relationship and are drawn in to God’s heart in worship, we are propelled out in ministry towards the people He loves and for whom His Son died. The term “task” may sound sterile until you place it in context of relationship. Our task flows out of our relationship. Our speaking and serving flow out of our listening.

We are a covenant community on task.

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