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Transformation INC |
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To Win the Lost, Make Disciples, and Change the Spiritual Climate of Our Community |
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CTI BACKGROUND AND VISION (as of January 26, 2007) Community Transformation, Inc. was born out of the blessings experienced by local pastors coming together annually for the National Day of Prayer, then sensing a need to do so more regularly. It was co-founded by a number of local pastors of different races and denominations, who also sensed a need for an organization of local pastors and churches that was not sponsored by any particular denomination or any particular type of church group. Our vision is not to duplicate or replace your denomination or other groups, but to be a clearing house and facilitator for those endeavors and initiatives on which all could agree and from which all may benefit. CTI was legally incorporated November 15, 2000, to create an umbrella organization for such cooperation. Of course, it centers on the Lordship of Jesus Christ and focuses on points on which all Christians can agree, such as salvation by grace through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of the living and true God, the Creator of the universe, and the effectiveness of prayer in Jesus’ name by His children, who pray in agreement with His Word and with each other. In particular, it centers on the vision and prayer of Jesus Christ, expressed in John 17:20-21, that his people would “be one” in order that the world would be drawn to the Lord by the church’s unity and love for one another. The “church of the city” is the Biblical model. The epistles in the Bible were of citywide application. God sees the whole church as His church. When we see it the same way, and rejoice in one another’s blessings as if we are all one family, we experience His pleasure and see even greater answers to our prayers, and "the world will know. In communities around the world, where pastors have truly come together in agreement and cried out to God for the outpouring of His Spirit upon their communities and partnered together as He has led, there have been many documented reports of genuine “community transformation,” rivaling any documented revival. (See www.transformnations.org.) We believe the same can be true for Thomasville, Thomas County, the surrounding counties, and all of Southwest Georgia (our Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria) as well as the uttermost parts of the earth. We appeal to all Christian pastors: Please join one another in vigilance and prayer as the elders and gatekeepers of the local citywide church. Get to know, trust and pray with one another, until the unity for which Jesus prayed becomes a reality in our area and the lost are drawn to the beautiful Body of Christ by our love for one another and the moving of His Holy Spirit. Throughout the six years since Community Transformation, Inc., has been in existence, it has sponsored or co-sponsored the following events: (1) the National Day of Prayer Pastors’ Communion Service and Public Worship Service annually on the first Thursday in May at First Baptist Church; (2) a gospel extravaganza outreach to over 400 youth held at the Thomas County Central Gymnasium; (3) an area wide prayer meeting at St. Thomas A.M.E. Church; (4) a Pastors Appreciation Dinner at Gatlin Creek Baptist Church; (5) a Marriage Builder Training Conference at St. Thomas Episcopal Church; (6) a Marriage Builders Workshop at New Covenant Church; (7) the Pastors’ Chaplaincy Program at Archbold Hospital; (8) a “prayer partners” teaching package to be used in local churches to encourage all members to establish prayer partners and to pray for each other and the church, which is expected to reduce the counseling load of and increase prayer support for local pastors; (9) the April 24-27, 2005 Thomas County Pastors’ Prayer Summit, held at Norman Park Baptist Assembly grounds; (10) the Greater Thomasville Marketplace Prayer Summits held on Friday, September 29, 2006, and Friday, January 26, 2007, at Myrtlewood Plantation Clubhouse; and (11) weekly prayer meetings for senior pastors at the Plaza Restaurant Garden Room each Wednesday at 7:00 a.m. (Except for the first Wednesday of each month when the pastors meet for lunch). (12) In addition, it founded Thomasville Family and Marriage Net, Inc., which is now an independent 501(c)(3) organization. It has fostered partnerships among various churches and pastors and Christian organizations, which have paired together in one degree or another for different outreaches.
CTI is not interested in “adding” events to your already saturated calendars. Rather, we are interested in helping and encouraging pastors and Christian leaders to “partner” with each other in prayer and in practical ways that reduce, not increase, strain and time commitments by sharing both prayer burdens and resources to avoid the cost of time and money that is often duplicated by many pastors, churches, and ministries. It is as a result of these kinds of initiatives that the Georgia Family Council (the state offshoot of Focus on the Family), selected Thomasville as its first pilot community for its statewide “Marriage Builders Program," providing us with resources for strengthening marriages and founding Thomasville Family and Marriage Net, Inc. (See www.thomasvillefamily.com) It is our belief and prayer that as pastors, ministers, and other Christian leaders offer their time, as a contribution to the unity of the church of the City of Thomasville, the Lord will cause each and all to reap a great reward. Jesus said: “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again”. (Luke 6:38) We believe that in God’s miraculous providence, this promise also applies to the selfless giving of time, in accordance with His will. Time can be multiplied by good stewardship and by God “rebuking the devourer” for our sakes.
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