Jesus gives us the power and command to “go” make disciples and care for those in need. Therefore, Lake Forest Church joins the Missio Dei (mission of God) by engaging in the lives of vulnerable people; the homeless and home-bound, orphans and widows and the unreached and overlooked. Our goal is to share God’s love with our actions and words.
At Lake Forest Church there are several opportunities to serve locally with our partner ministries, participate on short-term, cross-cultural mission trips as well as send others on trips with your prayers and financial support. Whether you hug a street child, volunteer in a local partner ministry, serve alongside a pastor in another country or form a long-term relationship with a local family who is economically or culturally different, you are becoming the hands and feet of Jesus.
God is on a mission to rescue one more person from loneliness, hopelessness, and spiritual emptiness. We GET TO join him on this Missio Dei every day where we work, play, and live and sometimes we get to do so around the world across seas and languages and cultures.
We go on Short Term Mission Trips to make a difference and join God’s Mission. But even more, we go on Short Term Mission Trips to jumpstart and supercharge our ability to recognize and live out this Missio Dei every day in our own culture, church, and family. Outside our daily routines and our comfort zones, we get a better view of who God is and what God is doing through his church around the world. These inspire us to re-imagine our role in God’s story of redemption, because the spiritual immersion inspires us to become more of who God called us to be.
