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Connectional Lay Theme:

"Living a Global Witness Ministry that Transforms, Transcends and Liberates!"

This Vision plan is filled with opportunities for us to perform and respond with excellence as our mantra. As an Organized Lay Organization, we serve with the outcome of excellence as our goal. But what is the higher calling... what is the next level to our excellence and unity? I submit, it is to Live a Global Witness Ministry that Transforms, Transcends and Liberates! We are in sync! Praise the LORD!

The graphic design that supports the theme of Living a Global Witness Ministry that Transforms, Transcends and Liberates displays the Lay Logo with a golden bronze tinted cross and anvil that stand out. The cross, of course represents our faith while the anvil represents the longevity and durability of a church that has weathered many storms yet still maintains its shape and purpose. Undergirding and even enfolding the Lay Logo is the world. We are a global organization with a reach that is inter and intra connected. This design shows the link of the Lay Organization with the entire world. It is illustrative of a ministry that is both pervasive and invasive.

With this theme we can ask ourselves — what are we presenting to the collective humanity? It is global witness that appeals to and crosses the component lines and denominational lines and bridges the clergy and laity gap. It is presenting living a global witness that transforms, transcends and liberates the world by living a life that is pleasing in the sight of the Lord.

Transcendent ministry speaks to go going above and beyond and doing things differently than before. It is a time to utilize the skills of the entire church to provide a witness. Unity and collaboration are attributes that compel us to go farther and beyond our current status.