Mission Houston, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, connects, unites and mobilizes the Body of Christ to pray and work for the spiritual and social transformation and revitalization of greater Houston and its communities
MISSION HOUSTON
Facts: Mission Houston, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, seeks to connect, unite and mobilize the Body of Christ, to pray and work for the spiritual and social transformation and revitalization of greater Houston and its communities. Currently, and for the next decade, Mission Houston will accomplish this by:
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•Personal Transformation: Through our new Faithwalking experience, we multiply the number of Christians demonstrating on-going personal transformation through mobilization of the Church in their homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces. Through a series of retreats, seminars, and personal coaching sessions, participants are challenged to unite and mobilize followers of Jesus to serve the common good. Our goal is to have 80 people complete Faithwalking by the end of 2009.
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•Community Transformation: Launching in six public schools with high percentages of at-risk students for the 2008-9 school year, the Whole and Healthy Children Initiative will expand to 135 public schools over a decade. In each school, transformation is achievable through:
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✤Recruiting 100 mentors for K-3rd grade
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✤Providing intercessors for all students, staff, and mentors
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✤Completing an annual school campus improvement project
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✤Raising $10,000 in cash or in-kind gifts to supplement each school’s educational program
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•Community Service Area (CSA) teams: Through this unique network, Mission Houston is establishing 45 geographically-based volunteer teams to lead in uniting and mobilizing the Church for transformation in their neighborhoods. These teams will primarily give oversight to the Whole and Healthy Children Initiative, but will also provide a highly relational, communications infrastructure for crisis responses such as Hurricanes Katrina & Rita in 2005 or Body of Christ opportunities like CityFest in 2006. We currently have teams in seven areas, and our goal is to add five to seven each year.
The Goal?
We seek nothing less than the spiritual and social transformation and revitalization of greater Houston - each person, neighborhood, and community.
How?
We envision Christians in every community and sector of greater Houston united in actively addressing the needs of their neighbors, employing every spiritual and human resource in order to reverse the destructive realities that rob people of the Life that God desires to give.
Our part?
We provide vision, analysis, training and connections to equip and mobilize individuals, congregations, ministries, and community teams as agents of personal and community transformation.
What will it take?
We believe the transformation of greater Houston requires our best efforts and collaboration, but ... these are not enough. We desperately need God's presence and activity in our lives and communities.
We pray and work to see greater Houston changed for good!
We love and honor Jesus Christ as our first priority and primary motivation.
We love greater Houston and those who live and visit here.
Our Core Values
On-going Personal Transformation - the foundation of Relational, Congregational, Church, and Community Transformation
The Whole Person - body, soul, spirit, and relationships
The Whole City - each community, each sector, every person
The Whole Gospel - God's love demonstrated and declared
The Whole Church - all in whom Christ Jesus lives working as one
Authentic relationships - truth expressed with love and grace
Our Operating Values
Prayer - focused, fervent, united and continual
Collaboration - in prayer and work
Informed Responses - to identified social and spiritual needs
Developing Servant-Leaders - in every sector, congregation and community
Vibrant Congregations - accessible and attractive for each generation and culture
Collaboration & Mutual Submission - prayerfully and humbly listening, and sharing equally in decision making
Our Value Proposition
Click here for a graphic illustration of Mission Houston's Community Transformation model applied to the education sector
Personal Transformation | Faithwalking
Community Transformation | Whole & Healthy Children Initiative
