Harvest Ministries

What is Way Maker?

This is the next step of faith for our church family. God is calling us to make a way for Jesus to impact generations now and to come. Way Maker is a generosity initiative established to carry out our vision: We exist to see life transformation in Christ and develop godly leaders in our community who harvest ministries where they are. Our prayer is to fund efforts through our church to help lost people find Jesus. This initiative will give our current church family a place to grow in spiritual formation while establishing deep roots in this community.

Over the next 5 years, we anticipate seeing God expand our church influence to:

1,000 Harvest Mode Stories

We aim to see life transformation in Christ, godly leaders developed, and ministries harvested. These stories are proof that people are meeting, knowing, and boldly following Jesus while sharing stories of His and the church’s impact on their lives in meaningful ways.

1,000 Worshipers Every Weekend

We are currently experiencing over 250 worshipers per weekend including adults and children. We anticipate seeing 500 worshipers by the end of Phase I and 1,000 by the end of Phase III. By growing our weekly attendance, we can make a way for people to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

250 Baptisms

Baptisms are public declarations of one’s faith, which means more stories are being shared of God’s saving power. Those stories draw more lost people to Christ helping to make Heaven standing room only. We’ve had over 40 baptisms since opening our doors and with more attendees, we have the opportunity to see many more people say, “Yes” to Jesus! We anticipate witnessing over 200 baptisms by the end of Phase III.

1 Church Plant

One of our values is Kingdom Multiplication. We want to make more disciples and plant more churches to reach those who are far from Christ. Although we help other church plants and missionaries outside of our church family, our desire is to send some of our very best to make a Kingdom impact somewhere there’s a need just as Harvest Ministries has done in the 380 community (Little Elm/Aubrey area).. Our prayer is to send out 10 or more families by the end of Phase II.

1 Permanent Home

Over the next five years, our vision is to prayerfully begin and complete a renovation of a current facility or build a new one to serve as our permanent church home within seven miles of our current meeting location. Our desire is for our church to serve as a faith-based community center that does ministry seven days a week expanding our spiritual footprint while establishing physical roots and providing a central hub for our community. Our prayer is to, at minimum, break ground in Phase III on a permanent home.

 This chart shows an example of the number of gifts at various amounts that it might take to realize our vision.

Phase I: $1,000,000 (10% for Missions & Church Planting)

The initial 24 months will be dedicated to raising faith funds to be put towards various needs of the church, including but not limited to development of ministries, missional activities, and the lease or down payment on a nearby property or unimproved land. Our goal is to raise $1,000,000 in cash offerings and commitments to assist with the aforementioned needs. 10% will be designated for church planting and missions efforts.

Phase II: N/A

The next 12 months following Phase I will be dedicated to establishing foundational ministry activities, expanding our Kingdom impact through local, national, and global missions efforts, obtaining a lease or purchasing land (if not completed in Phase I), and making interest and principal payments on the mortgage (if one is in place) to lessen the church’s debt obligation prior to Phase III.

Phase III: TBD

The final 24-36 months following Phase II will be dedicated to raising faith funds towards developing or renovating a permanent facility. The cost, buildout, and other pertinent details will be discovered once land is purchased unless a preexisting building is acquired. Financing will also be a viable option based on our lending capacity to assist the church in reaching this goal. Please know that the entire amount will not be financed but rather a portion of it will with the remaining balance being faith funds raised through this Phase of our Way Maker generosity initiative. Lord willing, this building will leave a legacy of faith for the 380 communities for generations now and to come.

Resources

More Info on Way Maker + FAQs

Way Maker Booklet

Way Maker Devotional

Way Maker Sermon Series