MARANATHA COMMUNITIESSOUTH AFRICA

STRATEGIC VISION

Rev. Gavin Woods

CCIH Annual ConferenceMay 2004

PROJECT OVERVIEW

THE VISION Retirement Village & Cottage Perspectives Financial Forecast Estimated Cost

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FUTURE VISION develop 10 acres outward looking meeting the needs of our immediate community

spiritual care giving & medical - aged

- orphans

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STRUCTURE Maranatha [section 21 co] Para-church National & international roll-out

……………………………..applied word of God

JAMES 1: 23-25

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it – he will be blessed in what he does.

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……..God and His word are one……..God stands over his word to perform it

……God does everything through His word…….the applied word of God is the power

THE VISION

MARANATHA COMMUNITIES seeks to establish itself as a new local church north of Johannesburg, South Africa. MARANATHA COMMUNITIES is a Para-church [a section 21 entity] outwardly focused reaching the elderly, sick, widows and orphans initially within the northern area of Johannesburg and then nationally providing other churches with a similar opportunity.

An integrated facility will provide the following:  

A CHURCH [of any Christian denomination]

FACILITY which will fulfill the Great Commission through thousands properly cared for, abiding in Christ and manifesting the Glory of God

Equality of culture, treating people of all social & demographic groups in a manner acceptable to God

which will ensure that every member and family enjoy God’s best for their lives

supported with prayer groups, volunteer counselors, patient visitation teams, pastoral care and discipleship & training program within the immediate environment

Integral ministry caring for the whole person [mind, body and spirit]

aspiring to every member becoming spiritually mature and trained to fulfill God’s ministry call on their lives

 

 

THE VISION

A HEALTHCARE CENTRE Where frail care, medical and care giving can be received by the elderly and

orphaned children Services provided (with local community networks)

Medical doctors HIV counselors and support groups Family and trauma counselors Community care groups Pathology services Referring specialists Community Pharmacist Multivitamin & multi-mineral supplements to the chronically ill Advanced anti-retroviral therapy at subsidized prices Other allied health professional services Community education, awareness and training Primary healthcare

where community services can be given and received

A PLACE FOR THE ELDERLY to live peacefully and productively within this valuable time of their lives where community services can be given and received where quality, private health care and medicines are accessible and affordable for

all people and all communities 

THE VISION

A PLACE FOR ORPHAN CHILDREN where orphaned children can be raised and adequately cared for from a

spiritual, mentoring, educational, medical and loved perspective Pangaea, the Global AIDS Foundation, provides the following summary of

statistics for South Africa: An estimated 26,5% of pregnant woman were HIV positive in 2002.

An estimated 91 271 infants were born with HIV infection in 2002; The overall impact of HIV/AIDS on the health infrastructure and

access to care has been insignificant. The percentage of hospital beds occupied due to AIDS ranges from 26% to 70% among adults in some areas, and from 26% to 30% for children;

Almost 25% of all South African children under age 15 had lost at least one parent to AIDS;

Approximately 600 South Africans die each day of AIDS-related complications;

And if nothing is done to treat AIDS, the number of AIDS deaths is expected to grow further to more than double the number of deaths due to all other causes resulting in 5 to 7 million cumulative AIDS deaths in South Africa by 2010.

  A GARDEN PARK ENVIRONMENT which will be the most desired place for

meeting the needs of its people.

 

…………………………………………………God’s timing

HABAKKUK 2: 2-3

Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false.Though it lingers, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.

……………………………my people perish for a lack of vision

…………………………………………………God’s True Fasting

Isaiah 58: 6-12

“Is not this the kind of fast I have chosen:To loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke,To set the oppressed free and break every yoke?Is it not to share your food with the hungryAnd to provide the poor wanderer with shelter –When you see the naked, to clothe him,And not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?Then your light will break forth like dawn,And your healing will quickly appear;Then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the

Lord will be your rear guard.Then you will call, and the Lord will answer;You will cry for help, and He will say: Here am I.

(con’t . . .)

Isaiah 58: 6-12 (con’t)

“If you do away with the yoke of oppression, With the pointing finger and malicious talk,And if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungryAnd satisfy the needs of the oppressed, Then your light will rise in the darkness,And your night will become like the noonday,The Lord will guide you always;He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched landAnd will strengthen your frame.You will be like a well-watered garden,Like a spring whose waters never fail.Your people will rebuild the ancient ruinsAnd will raise up the age-old foundations;You will be called Repairer of Broken Walls,Restorer of Street with Dwellings.”

… the natural is birthed out of the supernatural [spiritual realm]

SPIRITUAL PRINCIPALS

Prayer

Applied word of God

Anointing of God

Dependence on God

God gives the life

Need for a vision

The need for the written vision

God’s timing

Identity in Christ

Faith statement

Faith examples

Perseverance – finishing strong

Perseverance –standing your post

Show Fruit

Watch your words

Unity

Dead to the flesh

……………………… the spiritual HOW ‘s

……………………………..dependence on God

ZECHARIAH 4:6-10

This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord Almighty

What are you , O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of GOD BLESS IT! GOD BLESS IT!

Then the word of the Lord came to me: The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple;his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

Who despises the day of small beginnings? Men will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”

…….. man’s independence, or God’s dependence

1 CORINTHIANS 3:7-9

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who makes things grow.The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his labour. For we are God’s fellow workers, you are God’s field, God’s building.

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