Artisan exists to make disciples who make disciples.
We are an initiative; a response to a clear mandate...
Go.
Make Disciples.
One mandate.
Two imperatives.
Go.
Go.
- 90% of Americans living in metro areas are unchurched.
- Of that 90%, 40% still see the validity of the church* and 60% see no validity for the organized church.
- That means in a city of 1 million people, 540,000 will not attend a church.
We make disciples who make disciples.
Who are we called to?
Who are we called to?
- People who tend to think and see things unconventionally.
- People who tend to resist the institutional for the more organic
- People who generally tend to be part of the blue ocean of the 60%, which are church-averse, and are unlikely to walk into our churches.
- People who have never seen or heard that the Gospel is actually Good News!
- People who, because of, and through their creativity, are influencing culture.
- Where once art reflected life, life is now reflecting art.
- We are reaching into an under-reached & under-served subculture.
- This is a subculture that is influencing mainstream culture and tomorrow's consciousness.
These are people dying to hear the Good News!
Make Disciples.
Make Disciples.
- We believe Jesus' method to make disciples is the best method to make disciples.
- So what was Jesus' method?
- Jesus made disciples by applying supernatural principles in the natural context of walking life with them. Relational Discipleship.
*Book "On the Verge" by A. Hirsch and D. Ferguson