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Next-Culture

There are many people living in cultures beyond the reach of our local church in its everyday, whole-body ministry due to distance in miles and/or years. These cultures, however, are included in the charge God has given our church through the Great Commission. Christ gave His followers the command to reach every nation to the end of the age; this commission extends over the entire globe and into the future until His return. Therefore, we, as a local body, share with all believers the responsibility to reach beyond our local community into the world and beyond our own generation into the future. Summitview Next-culture Initiatives (SNI) is one means by which Summitview Community Church pursues that responsibility.
   

Local Church: Summitview

SNI is an expression of our local church. Therefore, SNI funding comes primarily from members of Summitview. These financial resources will be committed to next-culture Great Commission projects that remain, at least in part, a responsibility or a practical extension of the vision of Summitview Community Church.

Because we believe the local church should not have ongoing leadership or financial commitments to projects beyond its own locality, but believe these projects should, with time, develop their own leadership and financial resources, SNI projects have a pre-determined time period of local church involvement as spiritual responsibility is passed on to local leaders as well as regional and apostolic leadership. Our desire, and we believe God's plan, is to take part in establishing New Testament disciples and churches that are not only self-supporting, but are committed to reproducing New Testament communities beyond themselves.

   

Initiatives

These projects are initiatives of the Holy Spirit, begun as leaders or members of our church are called by God to develop them. We believe that as a church is focused on following and honoring God, God Himself will call men and women to the work He has for them (Acts 13:2). Oftentimes (although not always) God's intent will be for the local church to take ownership of making these initiatives successful. As these Holy Spirit-initiated works are confirmed through prayer, time, and counsel, the financial needs will be made known to the local body by church leadership. Special gifts beyond the regular tithe can be given as God leads individuals to be involved. If individuals outside of Summitview have a desire to support a particular initiative they are welcome to do so, but SNI is not a fundraising organization beyond the local church and will not actively seek support that way.

These initiatives could be fruitful opportunities in our own town that produce Kingdom building beyond the scope of what Summitview could do through its regular resources. SNI projects include churches we ourselves start down the street or across the globe.  These initiatives often include key partnerships in which we are able to share with other local bodies not only financial responsibility but other areas of involvement as well. Any Great Commission project beyond the reach of the local ministry of Summitview Community Church is in the the sphere of Summitview Next-culture Initiatives.

   

Current SNI Funds

General Fund - Wherever the money is most needed, or for new projects.

Amsterdam - Summitview helped plant a church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2001. We continue to support that church as it grows.  Want more information about our church in Amsterdam?  CLICK HERE.

Student Ministry - Summitview has a campus outreach called The Rock. SNI supports the staff salaries and operating budget of this ministry. For more information about the Rock CLICK HERE.

El Paso - Summitview Fort Collins and Summitview Greeley teamed together in 2007 to plant a multi-cultural church in El Paso. SNI will pay the salary of Tom Brown, the pastor we sent, for two years. To find out more about the Rio in El Paso, CLICK HERE.

Nepal - In the summer of 2007 we sent a short term team to Nepal. We are currently exploring ways to partner with Hope for the Nations in their outreach efforts in Nepal.

Read more about the 2007 mission trip to Nepal

Mission Trips - Summitview sends out several short term teams to various locations each year. Contributions to this SNI fund help these missionaries in their personal fund raising expenses.

Find out more about short term missions at Summitview by visiting our missions page! CLICK HERE.

   

Children in Nepal

Children in Nepal

Video of children dancing in Nepal

The Rock

The Rock sharing Christ on campus