WE’RE BETTER TOGETHER…

In John 17, Jesus prays that we may be one. When we intentionally seek to live out practically the oneness that we have in Christ positionally, the world takes notice. Our unity enhances both our witness and our impact. And it also reminds us that Jesus’ Church is about way more than any one church.

Since 2012, churches in Spartanburg have been partnering in local ministry. We find joy in loving the Lord, loving one another, and living on mission together. This movement began and continues with church leaders humbling themselves to be used of the Lord for His Kingdom purposes together.

COME CLOSER HELPS YOU LIVE OUT YOUR MISSION LOCALLY…

• You can step into an existing strategic plan for local ministry impact.

• You can connect with other Kingdom-minded pastors and mission leaders.

• You get to send your people out on mission while we do the planning, promotion, and organizational work for you. It’s like having an extra local missions staff!

• Your church family will get to minister alongside Christians from other local churches. We’ve found Christians LOVE this!

• In the last year, over 600 volunteers provided over 1,500 hours of volunteer ministry hours!

SOME OF OUR PARTNERING CHURCHES

THE ANSWER TO YOUR BIG QUESTION…

Our beliefs come from the Word of God, His divinely-inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word. Our gospel-centered church partners hold that the gospel is non-negotiable. We believe that Jesus, the Son of God, died for our sins, was buried, and rose again, ascended to heaven, is seated now at the right hand of the Father, and is coming again at the appointed time. We believe that no one comes to the Father but by Him. We are saved by the grace of God, through faith in the Lord Jesus, and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God. In the judgement to come, unbelievers will be sent away to eternal punishment. Believers will be with the Lord forever. In the meantime, God has given His Spirit to dwell within His people, empowering us to live out His purposes and carry out the mission Jesus has given us - to go and make disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey all the Lord has commanded.

We do not restrict church partners to a specific denomination. We hold that there is room for differences in understanding and interpretation of lesser matters. We utilize the Lausanne Covenant for evangelical partnership as a general guide for helping gospel-centered churches cooperate on mission.

THE ANSWER TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION…

What cost is involved? That’s up to you. We don’t have a set partnership fee. We ask that you prayerfully consider giving consistently to make possible the Kingdom work we do together. This is a “WE” effort. Rather than funding each individual effort separately, our plan moving forward is to share in funding one overall budget annually that supports both the people (ministry staff) and the projects (local ministry initiatives). Churches with smaller budgets contribute as little as $50/mo. Churches with larger budgets are asked to consider contributing according to what the Lord has entrusted to them.

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