Vision 2020 Strategic Goals Brochure - Church of God of Prophecy

The core values of prayer, harvest, and leader-
ship development were given to the Church of
God of Prophecy by the Holy Spirit and are
worthy of our attention and resources to see
those Spirit-directed mandates implemented.
We are committed to offering God and the
Church our best efforts, reviewing and revising
our programs and policies so that God is glori-
fied and the Church is built (Matthew 16:18, 19).
This is neither a short-term campaign nor an
attempt at innovation but a true call, which
brings with it the need to lay down a track of
vision to 2020 and for decades to come. “We
are committed to the strategic planning and
implementation process until our vision and
mission is fully realized and our core values
woven throughout every level of our move-
ment. ”
It is left to each local church or district / state /
region / nation to systematically work through
the process of setting goals and objectives for
your particular area. A very important thought
to keep in mind, as you work through this
process, is that it may take some time to actually
put your goals and objectives in writing, but the
time it takes will be rewarded greatly when you
begin the actual implemenation.
The twenty-first century promises to be the
most exciting time in the history of the world.
The Church of God of Prophecy’s vision for this
unique day is filled with anticipation of a
glorious journey into the future as we glorify
God through PRAYER, HARVEST, and
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.
The leadership of the Church of God of
Prophecy welcomes you to . . .
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Goals
Church of God of Prophecy
VISION 202Strategic

OUR MISSION
Empowered by the Holy Spirit, through prayer, we will plant
churches and equip leaders to carry out the biblical mandate to
make genuine disciples of all the peoples of the world, to the
glory of Christ our Lord, Head of the church.
OVERALL GOAL
Make vision, mission, and core values the heart or foundation for
calling, identity, leadership, and strategic action of this
movement.
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PRAYER GOALS
Cultivate a culture of
prayer in this movement
for the sovereign rule of
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Make prayer the #1 priority
and core value in each
local church.
Equip every leader and
member so they become
characterized by prayer.
Arm our call to the family
altar and make prayer a
priority in every home.
HARVEST GOALS
PRAYER HARVEST LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PRAYER
DEPARTURE FOR ALL
Become a movement of vibrant
congregations, passionately pursuing the
Great Commission call.
We will make church planting the primary
goal of evangelization across our global
network.
Strengthen Local Churches for the Harvest
Capture the compassionate heart of Christ for
lost humanity.
Make and grow disciples for Christ.
Equip and mobilize every member to win the
lost of his or her community.
Develop a healthy structure that is
contextually relevant and consistent.
Foster unity, connectivity, and synergy within
the greater COGOP body.
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Plant New Churches
Develop adaptable, sustainable church
planting models and best practices.
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Identify, support, and strengthen mothering
churches.
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church planters/church planting teams.
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Young Harvest
Make outreach to and development of
children and youth a priority in every local
church.
Identify, equip, and release the young harvest
for ministry.
Identify, train, certify, and license ministers
specically called to the young harvest.
Implement Child, Youth, and Worker
Protection Policy in every local church.
Mission Awareness
Be a unied missionary movement with a
passion for the lost across all people groups.
Encourage every member and each local
church to embrace the importance of giving
to support our ministry network that is
reaching new elds and impacting the global
harvest.
Connect every local church to the global
Harvest Partner mission network.
Arm and encourage cross-cultural
missionaries.
Harvest Alliance
As an expression of our passion for Christian
union, we will partner with other Kingdom
builders.
Welcome congregations who wish to unite
with our global body to maximize harvest
potential.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Discern, identify, equip, and deploy called,
anointed, gifted leaders.
Upgrade and raise the standard of ministry
and leadership development at every level of
leadership, leaving none behind.
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DESTINATION
VISION
To learn more about Vision 2020 and
view descriptions for each of these
goals, visit the Vision 2020 website,
www.cogop.org/vision, or scan the
QR Code on the back of this
brochure with your smart phone.
Pastor Passionate
Continue to arm and value the vital role of
pastors.
Encourage mentoring relationships across all
levels of ministry.
Standardize preparation, training, and
accountability for pastoral ministry.
Establish accountable, well-structured and
sustainable delivery systems to train spiritually
inspired ministerial leadership.
Establish an integrated model to train lay
leaders at every level of ministry.
Overseer Serving and Equipping
Continue to arm and value the vital
apostolic ministry of the overseer.
Provide a breadth of educational streams to
equip overseers in developing resources
relevant to their region of ministry.
Additional Goals
Achieve adherence to biblical and organizational
accountability at every level of ministry.
Implement nancial polity in every nation of
ministry in order to maintain nancial stability
on each level of organization in the COGOP
network.
Achieve faithful participation in tithing and
giving by every member and local church
across this movement.
OUR VISION
The Church of God of Prophecy will be a
Christ-exalting, holiness, Spirit-lled,
all-nations, disciple-making, church
planting Movement with a passion for
Christian union.
VISION 2020 Legend
Movement Objective
Intermediate Objective
Local Objective
Personal Objective
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