Membership Class - Week 6
Last week of the Membership class is done. We finished up by looking at The Salvation Army mission statement:
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
We looked at the Crest:
Then we looked at the flag:
We talked some about the Salvation Army's tradition of uniform wearing and then we zoomed in a bit to look at Kroc Church.
Kroc Church is somewhat of an odd thing as far as I can see in The Salvation Army world. First of all, the Kroc Centers are a new concept in service for The Salvation Army. We haven't quite done anything like them before. Secondly, our Kroc Church is a brand new corps. The Salvation Army came back to Coeur d'Alene in 2009 after being gone for 66 years. Thirdly, the Coeur d'Alene Kroc has been hugely successful, initially as a result of the amazing community support it received. All in all, we are an interesting corps.
Our mission at Kroc Church is the same as the rest of The Salvation Army. The way we put feet to our mission is called E3: Encourage, Equip and Engage. We encourage through hospitality, prayer, and generosity among other things. Equipping happens through all kinds of formal and informal teaching, and we engage our culture through service, outreach and evangelism.
We ended the class talking about the commitment of soldiership. I asked everyone interested in becoming a member of the church to write a brief testimony and share what they felt a person needed to know to become a Christian. Now I'm waiting for the final total of new members. We have an enrollment scheduled for April 1st.