Simple
Anyone can understand it in one conversation: who you care for, and who cares for you.
“Let all things be done decently and in order.”
1 Corinthians 14:40 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
Our vision
Every person, in every city, to all nations.
“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”
ACTS 1:8 · KJV
We are not starting a new religion, and we are not building our own name. We want to see a great network of Bible-believing, independent churches, each thriving in its own city and sharing the gospel, until every person has heard it and Jesus is glorified as Lord.
The plan Jesus gave
Acts 1:8, ring by ring
The church starts in one city and keeps going until it reaches the whole world.
- 1
Jerusalem
Your city
Start where you are. Every person in our own city should hear the gospel from someone who knows their name.
- 2
All Judaea
Your region
Plant and strengthen churches in the towns around you, led by pastors and leaders raised up in your own church.
- 3
Samaria
Across the lines
Go to the people who live near you but are not like you, across lines of culture, class and language.
- 4
The uttermost part of the earth
All nations
Send missionaries and church planters until there are disciples in every nation, kindred, people and tongue.
The finish line
“After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands”
Clear on purpose
What we are, and what we are not
Unity in the gospel without control over churches. Every church is free, and every church is joined to the others by the same faith.
We are
Bible-believing
Scripture is our final word on what to believe and how to live.
Led by Christ
Jesus is the head of the church. Not a person, a board or a company.
Independent local churches
Each church is shepherded by its own pastors, who answer to Christ for the flock among them.
One in the faith
Joined by the same gospel, the same sound doctrine and the same simple way of caring for people.
Sending
Healthy churches send their best pastors and leaders out to start again somewhere new.
We are not
A new religion
We believe what Christians have always believed, with nothing added and nothing taken away.
What we believe →A denomination over churches
No church in the network answers to ActuallyCare. Every church answers to Christ.
About our name or our power
One plants, another waters, and God gives the growth. The glory is His.
A replacement for the local church
The church is God's plan for the world. ActuallyCare is a tool that serves it.
Why structure matters
Caring for every person takes a simple plan
To actually care about your faith as a church is to care for every person God sends you, by name. That needs a structure everyone can get on board with.
Repeatable
Every leader learns it by being cared for, then passes it on. The structure copies itself.
“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.”
2 Timothy 2:2 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
Ready to send
When a ministry or a church is full, its leaders are ready to start the next one, the same way.
2“As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.”
Acts 13:2-3 KJVRead in the ESV ↗
Multiply, don't just add
Four generations in one verse
“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.”
2 TIMOTHY 2:2 · KJV
Gen 1
Paul
Gen 2
Timothy
Gen 3
Faithful men
Gen 4
Others also
The Great Commission
19“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
MATTHEW 28:19-20 · KJV
10“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11 · KJV
Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, which is in the public domain.