About Advancing Vibrant Communities, Inc.
Advancing Vibrant Communities, Inc. was formed by a pastor and business leaders with a burning vision to see the church and faith-based organizations meet the needs and heal the hurts that are crying out for help in each of our communities.
Like many of the dynamic futurists and analysts of the church today, we adamantly believe that the church (the people who attend…who sit in the pews) must get out of the comfort of the four walls to personally serve the needs of the city, or our churches will fade into irrelevancy in today's culture.
What we do is help
connect real answers with real needs! But we need you to partner with us!
We come alongside churches to help in these ways:
- Equip and inspire people
to personally serve the needs in their own neighborhoods
and communities on a regular basis;
- Identify needs that can be met in each community;
- Survey resources inside the church (skill, passions, hobbies of the people), and confidentially match them up with needs outside the church walls;
- Provide radio and audio tape services for motivation and instruction through our “Lighthouse Live!” radio show, the “View from the Lighthouse” radio update, and our audio cassette tapes;
- Presentations to churches and
groups.
To help equip you and your church or organization, we provide free audio tapes, including:
- The Irresistible Effects of Servanthood: The Mission, The Mindset, The Message
This tape slices to the core of the issue--the Biblical mandates for serving the needs of our communities! It explores Christ's mandate to serve, the attitude of service, and the real message others get as we serve their needs with no expectation of anything in return!
- “Eulogy and Rebirth of the Church of American Tradition”
This tape by Rev. Douglass is a dynamic look at why the church must step out of the four walls and serve the community if the church is to survive! The theme is that we cannot be “salt” and “light” if we stay in the salt shaker and keep the lighthouse shutters closed!
- “Celebrate the Church in Action!”
This tape is an incredible interview with Pastor Lou Binninger of the Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba City, California. This church moved from being “severely introverted” to being a well-known, dynamic light in its community by a simple principle: find a need and meet it…find a hurt and heal it!
To order these free audio tapes, please click
here!
The outcome of our work
together:
- Physical, emotional, and
spiritual needs in our community are met by resources
flowing to them from churches in every neighborhood;
- People are attracted to
the local church because they have been served by the
church people in their own surroundings, and the local
church grows!;
- We radically reduce the
need for tax-supported government programs to meet these
same needs;
- Our communities become
more healthy as we individually help meet needs that
match our talents and passion for service;
- The local church becomes
more and more relevant in the community.
We participate on GuideStar, the on-line standard for nonprofit
accountability. Take a look at our listing.
