Encouraging faith. Inspiring purpose.
Wherever people are in life, we want to encourage each person on their faith journey and inspire purpose rooted in Christ.
Sonrise's 10-year vision:
“In ten years, we will have guided over 1,000 people through a 10-week discipleship journey that will launch them on the adventure of experiencing the presence of God in their everyday life. They will walk with God each day through intimate prayer, deep reflection on Scripture, and humble confession of sin. They will walk out the mission of God each day by caring, serving, and engaging with other followers of Jesus and those not yet following Jesus. Every aspect of their life will be dramatically impacted by their walk with God. Our gatherings will model how to flourish in the presence of God. These spaces will be centered on scripture and be marked by radical hospitality, honest prayer, cheerful generosity, eager participation, and humble learning. This maturing process will create an abundance of hungry followers. These followers will sense a unique calling on their lives to bring into reality the kingdom dream that God has placed deeply into their hearts. The dreams of these followers will take us places not yet on our ministry maps, stretching the horizon of possibility beyond our conventional thinking. Our pastors and staff will invest more time supporting the dreams of these followers than recruiting volunteers to run programs, allowing the gifts of our pastors and staff to blossom. Our team will be more focused on the sending capacity of our church than the seating capacity of our auditorium. We will plant five churches regionally of 100 plus people that will embody the core of this vision. These churches will then plant another church within seven years of their start. In summary, divine intimacy will lead to missional intensity!”
