Marketplace Mission

A Call to the Marketplace

Jesus said: “‘But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’” (Acts 1:8) 

Jesus also commissioned his disciples: “‘Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.’” (Matthew 28:19-20). 

The Great Commission of Jesus Christ requires his church to go and be everywhere making disciples and being his witnesses although Jesus did not himself travel much outside of what is relatively a small region known as Palestine. During his public ministry, Jesus spent much of his time in the marketplace where people gathered. Jesus made a point of calling his disciples out of the marketplace. And, into the marketplace, Jesus commanded the disciples to return, empowered with the Holy Spirit.
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In partnership with CBMC, a dynamic marketplace ministry since 1930, we will raise up our community, particularly the business and professional people, to become missionaries in the marketplace

A "Final Frontier" of Mission

The influence of the marketplace has never been greater. In the advent of the collapses of giant corporations due to systematic and systemic illegal, immoral and unbiblical business practices and leadership, a compelling case be made for the gospel and Christ in the marketplace.  

The church has become isolated from the marketplace even though Christ never isolated himself from it.  We desire to seize the opportunities to influence the marketplace with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore, CLC refuses to be isolated from the marketplace.
 
We are uniquely prepared and positioned to serve the marketplace.  Our leaders have significant experience in the marketplace ministry and feel a burden of bringing the church into the marketplace and bringing true transformation into the marketplace.  Only a tiny fraction of the marketplace makes up an evangelical community.

We believe that the marketplace is the most significant and urgent mission field. We also believe that access to the marketplace leads to access to even the most closed nations in the world.  While we will actively pursue foreign missions in partnership with other foreign missions organizations, we will pursue the marketplace, the final frontier of mission, with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We will lead churches in the marketplace mission.