Centenary Vision
 

Our Centenary (2009) Vision can best be explained with reference to a wheel, which consists of a rim, five spokes, and a hub.
The RIM of the wheel is the mission statement of our church: ‘to be a sign of the Kingdom of God in a broken world’. This is what Pinetown Methodist Church exists to do.

 
Specifically, our Vision of what we should look like in 2009 is reflected in the answers to three important questions:

• Who will we be?
• How will we express our faith?
• What will our mission and outreach look like?
WHO WILL WE BE?

• The congregation of Pinetown Methodist Church will be those who have experienced, and are experiencing, the saving power of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• The congregation will reflect the population profile of the greater Pinetown area, in terms of age, gender, culture, language, colour, and socio-economic background.
• The worshipping congregation will have grown in size from its present 400. At least 20% of the congregation will be new Christians.
• We will be a community of welcoming embrace, passionate faith, and healing care.

HOW WILL WE EXPRESS OUR FAITH?

The membership wheel accurately expresses how we will express our faith:
THE HUB OF THE WHEEL REPRESENTS GOD


Everything we do will be done from a God-centred and Spirit-inspired, perspective. This means that we will do things differently to the way the world does things.
THE SPOKES OF THE WHEEL REPRESENT THE ‘FIVE CALLS’ TO OUR MEMBERS
Life-changing Prayer: Every aspect of congregational life will be bathed in prayer, especially Sunday Worship. The congregation will be helped to grow in their personal and corporate prayer life.
Authentic Worship: Sunday worship will be characterized by joyful adoration of God, humble acknowledgement of our fallenness, proclamation of the forgiveness of sins, celebrating our togetherness in Christ, holding up the pain of the congregation and the world before God, and declaring the life changing truth about God, ourselves and our world revealed in the scriptures.
Caring Small Groups: Every member will be involved in a small group through which they are growing spiritually.
Life-giving Service: Every member, knowing their unique worth and giftedness, will serve God in a ministry which is life-giving both for them and for those individuals or ministries impacted by it.
Generous Giving: Every member will be growing in joyful, sacrificial and generous giving.
WHAT WILL OUR MISSIONS AND OUTREACH LOOK LIKE?


The relationship between the congregation and the missions will be such that each gives life to the other. Our current missions (John Wesley School, Sizanani and Phakamisa) will, building on the solid foundation already established, be changing and growing to meet the ever-changing realities of our broken world. The Retirement Centre will be established, and will be duplicated at the local and District level. A ministry of hospitality will have emerged, whereby PMC hosts pilgrimages, mission groups and learning groups from across the Connexion and world.