SON Annual Update Report - 20 Years of Collaboration!
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SON Annual Update Report - 20 Years of Collaboration!
Date:
January 31, 2019
Event Description:
Thank you for your generous support in so many ways over the years, as we are continuing to fulfill Isaiah 58 by “Raising Up Leaders & Building Better Bridges to Transform Our Communities.”
We really are beginning to see Revival, Reformation & Transformation BECAUSE of your support to accomplish the ongoing Kingdom work (of mobilizing revival prayer, reformational collaborations, transformational influence & strategic generosity) that God has directed us to do throughout our region over the past 20 years!
Check out our 2019 SON Strategic Events Calendar and join us in what God has planned for our cities!
2018 Highlights
- Continued our weekly Saturday morning SWAT (See What Agreement Transforms) Prayerwalks in downtown Portland (started in Sept 2015) as we experienced God continue to transform our communities for His Kingdom & Glory!
- In February, we began working more strategically with Chris Overstreet and his Compassion to Action - Portland 2018 event (Sept 19-22 at the Oregon Convention Center) in order to pray, plan and prepare our region for what God had put in his heart towards launching a national discipleship movement. We had 7,500 register for Portland 2018, wherein 78% came from Oregon & Washington, 52% came from the greater Portland/Vancouver metro area & the remaining Disciple Makers came from at least 40 states across America and at least 25 nations from around the world. We also had 70 local churches & 35 local ministries (along with another 30 churches throughout our region) partner with us, wherein at least 450 Disciple Makers committed to walk with new (& renewing) believers for at least a year and we had at least 225 recorded decisions with hundreds more saved, healed and delivered on the streets of Portland, as hundreds participated in outreaches during Flood Portland (Mon-Tue, Sept 17-18 at Pioneer Courthouse Square) AND thousands participated in outreaches on Fri & Sat, after being trained by Chris, Bill Johnson, Lisa Bevere, Marilyn Hickey, Todd White, Ben Fitzgerald, Daniel Kolenda & Robby Dawkins.
- In April, we began working strategically with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Decision American Pacific Northwest Tour with Franklin Graham (on Sun, Aug 5th at the Clackamas County Fair Grounds in Canby, Oregon), wherein we saw 12,200 folks participate with at 466 recorded decisions for Christ & 450 local churches partner with this regional outreach. The BGEA leadership was very grateful for our partnership & overwhelmed with the response, which was the largest event that they had seen in all the Texas, Tennessee, California, Oregon & Washington tours (until Spokane peak out at 15,000 a few weeks later).
- Review this confirming word by Paul & Cheryl Amabile of The Briefing (Intercessors for Lou Engle) & released on Dec 30th
For the past 10 years, we have been believing and agreeing with God for a prophesied "Marketplace Revival" and for the past 20 years, we have been agreeing for our region & city to be healed, revived, reformed and transformed into a "Model for the Nations", a "City of Refuge" a "Beacon of Righteousness & Justice", and that "Portland would be a Portal for the Holy Spirit!" Even though, we began working on The Marketplace Coalition (a new model for the former Christian Chamber of Commerce) and in 2018 facilitated 4 Marketplace Luncheons in January (with Patrice Tsague), March (with James & Anna Kramer), April (with Carl Casanova) & July (with Ford Taylor), we believe that 2019 is the year that we will see the LAUNCH of this new model to really take flight and transform cities throughout our nation. (Review this confirming word by Chantell Cooley released by the Elijah List on Tue, Dec 11th)
Can your organization (business, ministry or church) sponsor one of our Marketplace Luncheons &/or our Marketplace Summit in 2019? If so, let's talk!!
James Autry (503-515-5647, james@servingourneighbors.org)
Executive Director & Community Collaborator
www.ServingOurNeighbors.org
Serving Our Neighbors is an overall collaborative work of the Body of Christ in our local communities. As T.E.A.M. stands for "Together Everyone Achieves More," SON is a movement of believers mobilized to pray and serve our neighbors where we live, learn, work and play. Like a Gospel-centered United Way, SON helps believers connect, educate and engage with what God is doing through our time, talents and treasures, so that the spiritual, social, economic & environmental conditions of our communities are transformed "that all may know Him!" SON is also like Noah's ark, a place of purpose, protection and provision. Our Executive Director, James Autry, has been serving as a builder, following God's design, and is now becoming a rudder as the flood waters begin to rise and SON is being fully launched throughout our communities.
Since 1999, Serving Our Neighbors has brought hope & transformation to thousands of believers throughout the greater Portland/Vancouver metro area via these four major missional objectives:
- Revival Prayer
- Promoting & coordinating annual Days of Prayer, Strategic Prayer Gatherings, SWAT Prayerwalks and managing the annual Clark County Prayer Breakfast (in partnership with the YMCA & FGBMFA).
- Outcome - Thousands of believers have been engaged in praying for our leaders in the major Strategic Spheres of Influence (Family, Faith, Business, Government, Education, Media & Entertainment) & for leaders serving the major Areas of Tremendous Need: "Those Who Have No Voice" (Unborn, Widows /Orphans, Jobless/Homeless, Elderly/Disabled, Imprisoned, New Immigrants and Addicted/Trafficked).
- Reformational Collaboration
- Launching our new Emergency Preparedness Leadership Forums, the Christian Chamber of Commerce of the Northwest, the annual Marketplace Summits (with the CCCNW, FCCI, FGBMFA, NPIM, TL, C12 Groups, etc.), the quarterly Marketplace Coalition of the NW meetings (with Kevin Palau, Patrice Tsague & other Marketplace Ministries) & supporting the annual Portland Good Friday Breakfast (presented by YMCA).
- Outcome - Thousands of business Leaders have been challenged to discover & fulfill their calling, dreams & assignments in the marketplace, so they can mentor the next generations and "be known as those who can fix anything" (Isaiah 58:12).
- Transformational Influence
- Introducing the "Identity Project" with George La Du, "Transformational Leadership" with Ford Taylor, "Biblical Entrepreneurship" with Patrice Tsague & "Transformational Finance" with Stuart Funke, in addition to many other Prayer & Service workshops, seminars, conferences & trainings.
- Outcome - Thousands of believers have been trained to live out the abundant life in their personal lives, with their family & friends, in their work & ministry & throughout their communities, so that others will be given the opportunity to become part of God's family.
- Strategic Generosity
- Utilizing our first $55,000 Grant (in Feb 2008) to launch the Christian Chamber of Commerce, the Marketplace Summits & the "Kingdom Business Forum" radio show & the next $100K Grant (Nov 2014) to establish offices, provided transportation for our Executive Director, ongoing operating funds & to help launch the "Second Half Now" Radio Show for "Helping America's Boomers Live A Life That Matters."
- Outcome - Thousands of believers & non-believers have been impacted by the Gospel of the Kingdom and hundreds of Business Leaders have been challenged to give of their time, talents and treasures for His Kingdom & Glory.
- Revival Prayer
- Publish "For the Peace of our City" (Jeremiah 29:7) - A Strategic Leaders Prayer Guide that will help local believers in churches, prayer groups & strategic prayer ministries to pray specifically for key leaders in our communities, major spheres of influence & those serving major areas of need. This prayer guide will list specific Scriptures & Prayer Points for transformation in these spheres & areas (see example below).
- Use this Strategic Leaders Prayer Guide as a key tool to launch "1 Church - 1 Day" Prayer Initiatives in Multnomah, Clackamas & Washington Counties (like the Clark County Prayer Connect currently has with 15 churches committed to praying for 1 day each month).
- Outcome - Thousands of more believers engaged in prayer for our cities, our state & our nation so that God can bring the transformation & make our communities livable again (Isaiah 58:12).
- Reformational Collaboration
- Launch "Emergency Preparedness Leadership Forums" with local business, government and faith leaders in Nashville, Baton Rogue (& Portland again) and feature The Marketplace Coalition, so that leaders can fulfill their Kingdom Assignments to impact their spheres of influence or those who have no voice.
- Outcome - Thousands of leaders working together to prepare our communities for any local disaster (terrorist attack/regional earthquakes/national crisis) so that citizens can be prepared to care for their own families & businesses and always be active in serving our neighbors.
- Transformational Influence
- Launch our Serving Our Neighbors Institute (SONi), an online interactive platform that will feature our educational partners and support The Marketplace Coalition with our Core Discipleship Trainings.
- Outcome - Thousands of leaders will be able to create new businesses and jobs, so that they can raise their community's standard of living well above poverty.
- Strategic Generosity
- Raise monthly support for the full-time work of James Autry (Executive Director) at $10K per month, an Executive Assistant at $6K per month, operations at $2,350K per month and ongoing strategic prayer & service projects at $1,650K per month (Budget upon request).
- Outcome - Thousands of believers & non-believers will have the ability to connect, educate & engage with what God is doing in our region & raising up the greater Portland Metro Area to be a city of refuge, a standard & a model, so that the nations will see what a Kingdom City really looks like.
