{"id":634125,"date":"2023-04-06T03:11:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T03:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillsong.com\/collected\/?p=634125"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T01:31:07","slug":"we-are-committed-we-are-passionate-we-are-on-a-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillsong.com\/collected\/pb\/blog\/2023\/04\/we-are-committed-we-are-passionate-we-are-on-a-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"We are committed. We are passionate. We are on a journey."},"content":{"rendered":"

Desculpe-nos, mas este texto est\u00e1 apenas dispon\u00edvel em Ingl\u00eas Americano<\/a>.<\/p>

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This is perhaps a bit of a vulnerable post as in full transparency \u2013 I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I stepped into my role now almost seven months ago.\u00a0 The previous 25 years were spent doing front line ministry, in many diverse communities, in different countries, and in the inner city \u2013 serving the most vulnerable families and their children.\u00a0 It was a calling that I was passionate about.\u00a0 It was a calling I knew God had positioned me for.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enter God\u2019s call to join Hillsong Church, as the Global Race and Ethnic Inclusion and Diversity Manager.\u00a0 This was not the first time during the past 25 years that I was approached to consider joining the staff of a church.\u00a0 I was on staff with a church in my early twenties, and since then was approached two times to join the staff of two different churches.\u00a0 But it was the only time that I had one hundred percent confidence that God was directing me \u2013 to the unknown.<\/p>\n

Since stepping into my role, God has been revealing several things to me.\u00a0 He has shown me things I did not yet have eyes to see.\u00a0 He has given me a deeper understanding of His heart for ethnic and racial healing and unity.\u00a0 He has revealed scripture that is foundational to the journey.\u00a0 He has repeatedly through scripture confirmed that He is our main why for this important journey we are on.\u00a0 And, He has captured my heart for Hillsong Church!<\/p>\n

In my role I have had the privilege of sitting down with every global lead pastor (via zoom) as well as many other leaders throughout our global church.\u00a0 In our meetings we talk about the Global Ethnic and Racial Healing and Unity Strategy<\/em><\/strong>, but we also spend time connecting where I have had the privilege of getting a window into their hearts.\u00a0 Each time I have finished a meeting I have felt encouraged and inspired.\u00a0 The humility of our leaders is inspiring.\u00a0 Their passionate love for Jesus is inspiring.\u00a0 Their servant hearts are inspiring.\u00a0 Their love for the church bodies and communities they serve is inspiring.\u00a0 Their heart posture to lean in and step into this journey of ethnic and racial healing and unity is inspiring.<\/p>\n

Unanimously the heart posture is, \u201cwe are committed!\u00a0 We are passionate!\u201d\u00a0 To the journey.\u00a0 To the sacred work.\u00a0 Of building ethnic and racial healing and unity within our global church.\u00a0 And all their why, because they love Jesus and His church.<\/p>\n

In one of my conversations about ethnic and racial unity, with Duncan Corby, he said some things which were so insightful to this journey \u2013 I had to share it.\u00a0 It gives Biblical truths for why we as Hillsong church are going after ethnic and racial healing and unity.\u00a0 In case you don\u2019t know Duncan, he has been on staff with Hillsong since 1995.\u00a0 While earning his M.Th. (Practical Theology), he has held numerous roles at Hillsong College, including lecturer, Campus Principal, Academic Dean and now General Manager. \u00a0For over two decades he has been one of the College\u2019s key faculty, teaching New Testament, leadership, theology and apologetics. \u00a0Duncan said:<\/p>\n

“In Revelation 7 we get a glimpse of where it is all heading. In Revelation it says: \u201cAfter this I looked and there before me was a great multitude, of every tribe, tongue, and natio<\/em><\/strong>n\u201d.<\/p>\n

What an incredible picture of God\u2019s mission<\/em><\/strong> in the world of where God is going.\u00a0 A huge multitude of every ethnic and linguistic group, declaring the glory<\/em><\/strong> of the God of all creation!<\/p>\n

Why does Revelation give us a glimpse of that?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n