For 33 years we’ve been desperate to see every young person and community changed by Jesus. Looking ahead, we know God has so much more for us and we’re excited for what’s still to come.
Excitedly over the past few years, it’s felt like even more opportunities are opening up to share Jesus, whether it’s in schools with the No More Knives tour, through feeding families in Community Groceries, launching Eden into new neighbourhoods or training evangelists right around the globe. It really is more than we could ask or imagine.
Prayer and mission always go hand in hand at The Message. We’re a charity that ‘goes forward on our knees’, asking God to direct us in what we do and how we can use every opportunity to tell people and communities about him.
As we look to the future, we’ve been praying about what’s next. And God’s given us our biggest vision yet, through which we’re believing we’ll see tens of thousands of lives impacted by the gospel. Your prayers and support mean so much, so we wanted to share this with you. We hope you’re as excited as we are.
OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS OUR VISION IS…
Creative Mission
We want every young person to hear the good news of Jesus, so from day one we’ve been heading into schools sharing the gospel. We’re planning to double the impact of our teams sharing the gospel face-to-face with over 200,000 young people, believing that at least 20,000 will respond and become lifelong disciples.
Community Transformation
• As people choose to join Eden and live long-term in some of the toughest places, we continue to see lives and whole communities transformed, so our plan is to launch 18 new teams and see around 200 new missionaries deployed by 2027.
• We’re going to keep feeding families through Community Groceries. By launching 18 new stores, we’ll support over 100,000 families and believe thousands will hear the gospel and respond to it as they connect with the partner church.
• As urban missionaries are built up and equipped through Proximity, we believe new ministries will be launched and that this could happen in 10,000 UK locations over the next three years.
Prisons And Enterprise
• Day in, day out, our prisons teams share Jesus in word and deed with men, women and young people. As they discover God’s love, hope is breaking in. But there’s more to do so we want to roll out work in six more prisons.
• We’re going to continue giving ex-offenders the next step they need as they turn their lives around by doubling the number of members on our discipleship programme, providing each with jobs and support to grow in their faith and break free from the cycle of reoffending.
Equipping And Training
• Equipping evangelists so that everyone can hear the gospel is at the core of our DNA. We’re planning to keep growing Advance so that 1,000,000 evangelists can be trained to share their faith. As they grow in boldness, we believe we’ll see 5,000,000 people respond to the gospel.
• After young men and women have spent time being trained and equipped on MSE, they’ll be released into a lifetime of serving Jesus. The stories of lives being impacted are incredible, so we want to see twice as many students able to join the course by increasing its size.
International Hubs
God’s already opened doors for Message mission across different nations, and the impact he’s having on lives is phenomenal. We’ve got lots more nations asking to partner with us, so, prayerfully, we hope to launch five new international charities by 2027 to see more nations impacted by the gospel.
How Can You Get Involved?
- Pray – we need more people praying for us and the work of The Message as we step out on mission. Will you join our army of prayer supporters? Pray for us at message.org.uk/pray
- Stand with us – to make these bold, faith-filled goals happen, it’s going to cost more and will mean we need more people stepping up to give towards making mission happen. Could you help us so that together we can see lives transformed now and for eternity? Visit message.org.uk/donate
