Lutheran Via de Cristo of North Texas

The purpose of Via de Cristo is, above all, to see the world reconciled to Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:20). We believe that Jesus, in the great commission, has challenged every Christian to "go into all the world and make disciples" (Matthew 28:18-20). By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, Via de Cristo is an effective method through which He reaffirms His original charge to us. It is one of several methods available to the church today to renew and increase a faith that is already a gift to believers. While we would never promote it as superior to other methods, we confidently declare that Christ has used the method for many different individuals, in a host of environments, on several continents. Via de Cristo is both a movement and a method. It is essential to make clear that Via de Cristo considers itself to be a movement within the Church of Jesus Christ. We can in no way function independent of the Church. We encourage each Christian to remain loyal to a home congregation and to serve that congregation as an exemplary servant of Jesus Christ. Lay persons are encouraged to strengthen their partnership with their pastors; to use their personal calling to extend the work of the Church. It would be tragic for any person, inside or outside the movement, to view us a competing with the Church of attempting to break the loyalty to anyone's Christian heritage. Via de Cristo should not be considered an entity, like an organization or building. It must be viewed as as active communal reality; a living community, and this only because the people who participate in a Three-Day Weekend adopt the mentality and the fundamental principles of Via de Cristo.

Our Needs

This year all money raised from the North Texas Giving Day campaign will go towards Scholarships for Grace weekends.  We never want to say 'I am sorry you can't go, we don't have the money for it'.  So this year every dollar we we raise, we will be using it to send new people to their weekend.