Living in Mission, "The Wesley Center"

As many of us already know, Acts 1:8 says that "we will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon us to be witnesses." That is, there is a purpose behind the giving of the Spirit. It's not for our own self-indulgence, but for reaching out beyond ourselves in self-sacrifice. It's even more specific, though, I now think. We are to be witnesses, it says, "in Jerusalem, and Judea, Sumaria, and the greater ends of the earth." Our outreach therefore starts with the city, and Dayton's Wesley Center has always been in the business of pioneering that. If you want to see partnerships, visit. Dr. Walker and his staff would be more than happy to show you around and discuss their philosophy of ministry. Radical hospitality is at the heart. It permeates every person in their organization and every ministry activity of which they are a part. For that matter, any of our district-affiliated mission sites would be more than happy to give you and your leaders a tour and help you take your local mission efforts to a whole new level of effectiveness. And, it begins where the church has largely abandoned. The city, where the most people are, is where God first unleashed the Spirit's power to transform the world. If you haven't already, don't you want to go where God's Spirit has always been?