Here at Real Issues Ministries, we are committed to serving God and the needs of you and your family by openly addressing the "Real Issues" of life. It is our mission to assist individuals and the institutional church  to become ministries that "heal". Which means we have to learn to major in relationship building.  When we do this we recognize that every facet of our life and ministry is people oriented and relationship based. Success becomes identified not by what we own or accomplish but by those intangible terms of hearts that have bonded together as we all discover Christ together. It is measured in the growth of healthy, life-giving and life-transforming relationships. It is demonstrated when we allow our selves to become transparent, accountable and vulnerable with one another, talk about our struggles and sins together, and encourage and correct one another towards spiritual growth, and when we learn to minister to each other.

It is our prayer that in our evangelistic and discipleship efforts, we don't lose sight of the importance of relationship building.

We pray that every institutional church and ministry would be a place of safety for the scared, healing for the hurting, reshaping for the hurtful and acceptance for the unloved.

 

In 2010 we have a greater moral imperative to assist those who want a more intimate relationship with the Lord, while delving deeper into the ache we experience in our soul. Too often preaching and teaching seeks to blunt the painful reality of what it's like to live as part of an imperfect, fallen, and sometimes evil community. We have learned to pretend that we feel now what we cannot feel until heaven. This ache is not evidence of neurosis or spiritual immaturity, but of realism. The realism that our present suffering is nothing in comparison with the glory that lies ahead.

 

We aspire to strengthen each person's confidence and joy in Jesus Christ - at every point in their life, even through the pain and struggles that come with life and encourage personal and spiritual growth in "Transforming lives through Biblical instruction in addressing the relevant issues in our life that impact our worship and service with the Lord and our relationships with each other"