In the next five years, we will see disciples made to the fourth generation as a result of saturating Barnstead and the surrounding ten towns, which includes 50,000 people, with the Gospel.
Our state is regularly at the top of the list of the least churched and irreligious states. This does not discourage us. It motivates us! With so many who do not know God, we have a great opportunity!
We desire to see people’s lives spiritually transformed. We will mobilize and collaborate with other churches to ensure that every man, woman, and child has repeated opportunities to respond to the Gospel right where they live, learn, work and play.
Four generations of disciples is based on 2 Timothy 2:2 and is a clear indication that multiplication and not addition is occurring. We firmly believe that God is already at work in these communities and it is time for His church to get on board and be a part of what He is going to do!
And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
– 2 Timothy 2:2
We will own the lostness of those in Barnstead, Farmington, New Durham, Alton, Gilmanton, Loudon, Pittsfield, Chichester, Epsom, Northwood, and Strafford. Focusing on these communities expands our vision of geographic saturation from Barnstead (population 5,000) to ten additional communities (total population 50,000).
“In light of God’s grand vision already recorded in Scripture, any smaller vision of a better intermediate future is not new at all. It is, in a sense, already His. Therefore, our visions of a better future come from Him as orchestrated steppingstones to get us to His ultimate one.”
– Will Mancini