Mission

Good Soil Good Fruit Mission

Our Vision

A great revival in America through a movement of the Holy Spirit equipping and directing Christ-followers to make disciples who make disciples.

Our Mission

Challenge every Christ-follower to be the good soil and grow in spiritual maturity to bear the fruit of making disciples of Jesus Christ who in turn make disciples: The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). The steps are below:

Steps to Spiritual Growth

In hearts that are the good soil, the Holy Spirit enables believe and trust in Christ Jesus and following Him, which reconciles the person to God. Through connection to Jesus through the Holy Spirit, the Christ-follower begins to mature spiritually through God’s Word, prayer, being discipled by others, replacing pride with humility, developing unconditional forgiveness, growing in trials and giving.

As growth occurs, the Holy Spirit enables the Christ-follower to begin to bear good fruit (upper circular arrow), including sharing the good news with others, making disciples, developing fervent love for God and for others, and growing in the “one anothering one another.” In a positive cycle, bearing fruit leads to deeper understanding and embracement of the means for maturing (lower circular arrow), which results in further maturity and even greater fruit.

Importance of the Local Church

In no way should the book Unrelenting Pursuit be taken to encourage Christ-followers to be independent of a local church for spiritual growth. First and foremost, spiritual maturation should be through a local church. The means of grace given for spiritual maturation should be emphasized in many protestant churches of today, as long as the local church holds to the essential truths of Scripture, salvation, and the mandate to the Great Commission to make disciples (see Matthew 28:18-20).

Not Self-help but Through the Holy Spirit

Spiritual maturation in a Christ-follower is not “self-help.” It is “Holy Spirit help!” The Holy Spirit is essential to partake of the means of grace God has given us to grow to Christlikeness. Therefore, without repentance and faith in Jesus Christ that saves, no one can receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2:38, 2 Corinthians 1:22, Ephesians 1:13). Without the Holy Spirit, there is no spiritual maturation or spiritual fruit in someone’s life (see Romans 15:16, Titus 3:5-7).

All of the means of grace that lead to Christlikeness and good works are gifts from God. Spiritual growth occurs when a Christ-follower walks in step with the Holy Spirit and disciplines themself to God’s means of grace (see Galatians 5:25).