OUR STRATEGY

"SO WE TOO MIGHT WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE" ROMANS 6:4

We are a people committed to glorifying God by reaching the lost and making more disciples for Christ who realize and surrender to their God-called ministry.

The only way to do this is, one step at a time, one life at a time. The first is the "Uncommitted". These are those people who are not believers or they do not regularly attend any church body with a degree of consistency. Unfortunately, this by far is the most populated life circle.

The second is the "Committed to Attendance". Those who are within this circle and committed to attending any given church body with some level of consistency. However, that is the extent of their level of commitment. This is a step in the right direction of what God calls believers to do, but a far cry from the plan for our lives.

The third is "Committed to Membership". This circle is a large step because within this step, there is usually a conversation where one confesses Christ as Lord and following in Baptism. Here the new believer or revitalized believer recognizes that Christ has much more in store for their lives and they commit to seeking him through a local church body. At SASDWC, this is achieved trough taking our discipleship class. Three requirements for membership at SASDWC is salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion as the evidence of your salvation, and the completion of Christian discipleship class, where upon the completion, one will sign the membership covenant.

The fourth life circle is "Committed to Maturity". This circle is only one outside of the bull's eye of what Christ aims for in all believers lives. In this circle, one goes beyond to just committing to serving Christ through the local church body, but commits him or herself to growing in their personal relationship to Christ through essential Christian habits such a quiet time, bible study, prayer, giving, and fellowship. We equip our members to grow in this manner through our discipleship classes. In this class, we teach the habits that are necessary for a believer to grow in their relationship to Christ. This sets the stage for the graduation into the fifth and final life circle. That circle is "Ministry". This is where the believer has grown in their relationship with Christ where they have discovered their spiritual gifts and natural abilities and how to apply them to serving Christ as he has planned for them prior-to the creation of time. This should be every Christians, goal. Ministry is simply using what God has given you to serve him in a way that brings glory and honor to the Lord Jesus Christ.

At SASDWC our strategy is to move one person at a time, one step at a time, from one life circle to the next. Our goal is Christ's goal, and that is to maximize ministry.