As many of you know, in addition to my role as minister at Westwood, I also serve as Executive Director of WCMA, a church planting organization for Christian churches based here in Madison. Westwood has a stake in WCMA’s ministry as they support WCMA.
Along with other organizations and churches, WCMA is part of a networking initiative known as 10-10-10 Initiative. The name comes from the date October 10, 2010. Here is the way this effort is described:
“The 10-10-10 Initiative is a cross-denominational emphasis on the urgency and importance of starting healthy new churches. The 10-10-10 Initiative seeks to help 100s of ministries partner with 1,000s of existing churches to see 1,000,000s of lives transformed through healthy new churches. The initiative seeks to serve networks, denominations, churches and individuals by accelerating the impact of how God is already at work through them. 10-10-10 represents the exponential power of “10” through multiplication. 10 to the 3rd power is 1000. Imagine 1,000 new churches birthed in October 2010 and thousands of existing churches unified on the call to engage in new church work.”
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The theme for this effort is “Transformation: It Starts In the Heart of One.” That is, if 100s of ministries are going to partner with 1,000’s of existing churches to see 1,000,000s of life transformed through healthy new churches, it all begins with our own lives being transformed into the image of Christ.
Beginning on September 12, we will examine the theme of Transformation at Westwood through a series of five messages from Romans 12-15.
We will begin the series with two of the great verses in the Bible: Romans 12:1-2. Included in those verses is this statement: “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” In Romans 1-8, Paul explores the great doctrinal themes that hold the church together. Then, he calls for transformation in the life of the believer and explores the practical areas of life in which we must let God transform us. Let God transform your heart, so 1,000,000’s can know Christ.
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