Acts 1:8, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

The mandate of God to the church is to be a witness of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The church is to carry this out in the individual lives of the members as well as a collective effort of the local church body. Acknowledging that this work cannot be accomplished by man’s self effort, Grace Chapel relies on the Holy Spirit for power and wisdom to carry the message of God’s grace in Christ to a world of people needing to know Him. It is His power that God has promised to us as we testify of the life and work of Jesus Christ on behalf of sinners. The message of Jesus dying on Calvary’s cross, suffering the wrath of God for sinful men, and rising from the grave to conquer death, is a life changing message that God has commanded the church to take to every part of the world. This responsibility is carried out in ever-widening circles of influence.

• Strategically, our “Jerusalem” would be our neighbor closest to us, be that our own personal family (husbands, wives, children, parents, natural relatives) or the person living next door to us or on the other side of town. It is the closest community of people to us with whom we live and work and play.
   
• Our “Judea” work envisions a wider circle of influence, such as the surrounding towns and villages and counties in which we have numerous ongoing contacts on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. The "Jerusalem and Judea" aspects of our outreach ministry gives Grace Chapel the most immediately personal and individual opportunities to witness the person and work of Jesus Christ to others.
   
• Our “Samaria” work seeks to address our nation as a whole, involving a greater level of cross-cultural and life-stretching experiences, in which we may be personally and physically involved, and in which we send and support others. This may include inner city work, major and minor ethnic groups, professional sports teams, camp work, etc.
   
• Our “remotest part of the earth” outreach involves sending missionaries around the world to reach into areas that stretch far beyond our immediate influence. These missionaries are an extension of Grace Chapel into the “dark continents” of the world, former communist countries in Eastern Europe, post-modern countries of western Europe, countries dominated by Roman Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, and every other form of paganism developed by man.

Through personal involvement and a network of several missionaries, Grace Chapel is committed to carry out this mandate through a variety of ways, but always involving the ministry of the Word of God, recognizing our dependence on God’s Spirit and Word to change lives.

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