These eight words give direction to what is done in our Carlinville offices on a daily basis. They also bring into focus a vision for the future, both immediate and long-range. As I reflect on our labors of the past year, the value of our Vision Statement is clearly seen.
Bureaucracies tend to do because they've always done.
They tend toward answering questions no one is asking. They get bogged down with bureaucratic baggage that drains resources and energy, minimizing the effectiveness of their efforts. May the Lord ever help us to be diligently discerning in pruning the branches of our organization so we can realize maximum production of Kingdom fruit. Please allow this statement to guide us through my report. In a time when the Pentecostal distinctive is being challenged theologically and banefully ignored practically, we must emphasize the truth that we are Pentecostal.