The document discusses the vision of EBCLA to be "A PICTURE AND A PREVIEW of what God is doing in and for all of God's creation." It references Jesus establishing the church by calling Simon Peter and telling him "I will build my church" and giving him the keys to the kingdom of heaven. The vision is for every church to be a place where forgiven sinners extend the same love and grace to one another as Jesus extends to them, serving as a tangible example of God's kingdom on earth.

2. A PICTURE & A PREVIEW

3. A FAITH VILLAGE
EBCLA’s Vision Statement
WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BECOME

4. “…A PICTURE AND A PREVIEW
OF WHAT GOD IS DOING IN AND
FOR ALL OF GOD’S CREATION.”
EBCLA’s Vision Statement
WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT GOD WANTS US TO BECOME

6. NORMAL
DUMB
CHURCH
STUFF

7. PASS!
So your church is
supposed to be A PICTURE
AND A PREVIEW of what
life will be like in heaven.
#glennstilllives

8. WHOSE LAME IDEA WAS IT
TO CREATE THE CHURCH?

9. 13 JESUS WENT TO THE AREA OF
CAESAREA PHILIPPI. THERE HE ASKED
HIS DISCIPLES, “WHO DO PEOPLE SAY
THE SON OF MAN IS?”
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Jesus

10. 14 THEY REPLIED, “SOME SAY JOHN
THE BAPTIST. OTHERS SAY ELIJAH.
STILL OTHERS SAY JEREMIAH, OR
ONE OF THE PROPHETS.”

11. 15 “BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?”
“WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?”
Jesus
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12. 16 “YOU ARE THE MESSIAH. YOU
ARE THE SON OF THE LIVING
GOD.”
Simon Peter
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13. 17 “BLESSED ARE YOU, SIMON, SON OF
JONAH! NO MERE HUMAN SHOWED THIS
TO YOU. MY FATHER IN HEAVEN SHOWED
IT TO YOU…”
Jesus
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14. 18 “HERE IS WHAT I TELL YOU. YOU ARE
PETER. ON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY
CHURCH. THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT
BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DESTROY IT.”
Jesus
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15. 19 “I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS TO THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. WHAT YOU LOCK ON
EARTH WILL BE LOCKED IN HEAVEN. WHAT
YOU UNLOCK ON EARTH WILL BE UNLOCKED
IN HEAVEN.”
Jesus
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16. PeterACTS 2:36 “SO BE SURE OF THIS, ALL YOU PEOPLE OF
ISRAEL. YOU NAILED JESUS TO THE CROSS. BUT GOD
HAS MADE HIM BOTH LORD AND MESSIAH.”
37 WHEN THE PEOPLE HEARD THIS, IT HAD A DEEP
EFFECT ON THEM. THEY SAID TO PETER AND THE OTHER
APOSTLES, “BROTHERS, WHAT SHOULD WE DO?”

17. ACTS 2:38 PETER REPLIED, “ALL OF YOU MUST TURN
AWAY FROM YOUR SINS AND BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME
OF JESUS CHRIST. THEN YOUR SINS WILL BE FORGIVEN.
YOU WILL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 39 THE
PROMISE IS FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN. IT IS ALSO
FOR ALL WHO ARE FAR AWAY. IT IS FOR ALL WHOM THE
LORD OUR GOD WILL CHOOSE.”

18. WHAT WOULD LIFE
TOGETHER LOOK LIKE IF WE
ALL FOLLOWED KING
JESUS, KNOWING THAT HE
HAS LOCKED AWAY EVERY
SIN AND UNLOCKED THE
POWER OF HIS SPIRIT IN
EACH OF US?

19. KING JESUS CHRIST
WALK IN THE WAY OF LOVE, JUST AS CHRIST LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF UP FOR US. EPH 5:2

20. Every church should be
an uncomfortably diverse
group of forever-forgiven
sinners whom Jesus
inspires to extend to each
other the same
undeserved extravagant
love and grace that he
extends to them.

21. Every church should be
an uncomfortably diverse
group of forever-forgiven
sinners whom Jesus
inspires to extend to each
other the same
undeserved extravagant
love and grace that he
extends to them.

22. ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE

23. “IT CAN ONLY BE THAT GOD
BEGINS IN A SMALL WAY, AT ONE
SINGLE PLACE IN THE WORLD.
THERE MUST BE A PLACE,
VISIBLE, TANGIBLE, WHERE THE
SALVATION OF THE WORLD CAN
BEGIN: THAT IS, WHERE THE
WORLD BECOMES WHAT IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BE ACCORDING TO
GOD’S PLAN.”
Gerhard Lohfink

24. A PICTURE & A PREVIEW
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