Resort & Leisure Ministries

There have been many models of Resort Ministry through out the United States.  Most are project based and last for the time period of the special project or event and then disappear.  If someone is saved, they have little hope of further guidance unless they make special effort to find a church and avail themselves of the discipleship training.   For this reason most pastors and church leaders have come to see resort ministries as a drain on resources and a burden to the church, not producing many lasting results.  I believe there is a better way.  I believe that when resort ministry is church based resort ministry, with a very broad target group, churches are started and strengthened.   Church based resort ministry has Biblical precedence. 

“When Jesus came into the world there existed no such thing as the Church.”

   As Christ established the church it was unlike anything that had gone on before.  It is not the reorganization of the synagogue.  It is not another children of Israel wandering around in the wilderness.  It is Christ, alive in the world through those He has chosen.  We, the Church, are those called out of the world to be indwelt by the Living Powerful Holy Spirit of God.  We are the Body of Christ empowered by His eternal Holy Spirit.  As Christ walked on the earth so we are designed and empowered to walk on the earth.  We first see the word Church mentioned in Matthew 16:14.   The text reads as follows:..... Read more