About the GO Network

The Go Network is a collaborative effort that supports and equips congregations and everyday missionaries as they bring the gift of salvation to their communities, so that all people might experience the peace and joy of a new life in Christ. The GO Network is a community where ministries can thrive and people experience the joy of Christ's mission to the world.

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WHO WE ARE

The Go Network is a decentralized, voluntary network of congregations, ministries, schools, and leaders (both lay and professional church workers) united by a shared commitment to the following:

  • A return to relationships that are trusting, supportive, and mutually accountable so we walk together again
  • Rigorously holding together confession and mission, faithfulness and innovation
  • Embracing trust, encouragement, and mentorship rather than control and fear
  • Strengthening local leaders and ministries in order to multiply the expansion of God’s Kingdom until the entire world trusts and follows Jesus
  • Championing mission-focused discipleship within our Lutheran confessional framework
  • Connecting leaders and ministries who need particular resources, training, or mentoring with fellow practitioners and organizations who can provide them

WHAT WE DO

The Go Network’s mission is to strengthen local leaders and ministries in order to multiply the expansion of God’s Kingdom until the entire world trusts and follows Jesus.

We Collaborate: Ministries gain better health and mission activity expands through collaborations.

We Develop everyday missionaries and leaders.  At its core, the Kingdom of God grows as one person shares the Gospel with another.

We Curate and Create resources and training experiences to prepare people for their roles in the congregation, school, and mission.

We Support people and ministries in mission. As we are able, we aim to provide support in the following areas:

  • Training
  • Coaching
  • Worker Benefits
  • Strategic Planning
  • Funding
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WHAT WE MEASURE

To accelerate progress toward accomplishing the mission, five progress targets have been identified. The targets provide a “low threshold/high bar” approach to strengthening local leaders and ministries to multiply the expansion of God’s Kingdom. The targets are intended to be engaged by leaders and ministries incrementally, contextually, and “at your own pace.”

Five Progress Targets:

  1. Every person living on mission
  2. Every disciple making disciples
  3. Every leader raising up leaders
  4. Every ministry being a vibrant and faithful expression of Christ's presence to its community
  5. Every ministry birthing new congregations or ministries

WHAT WE VALUE

CORE VALUES are the abiding shared principles of the culture that inspire personal involvement.

  1. Christ’s Mission: We value all people as God’s dearly loved children. Therefore, we join Christ’s mission of redeeming and restoring all people to Himself. Rooted in Scripture, we put Christ’s love into action for the good of others and speak His redeeming truth with joy and courage.
  2. Trust: We value and model behaviors that build trusting relationships with all people. We extend grace generously, especially in disagreement, and hold one another accountable under the teachings and authority of Jesus.
  3. Unity:  Because we are united in Christ and our identity is rooted in Him, we value shared vision over personal preference. We make every effort to preserve unity—without requiring uniformity—showing humility and patience with one another out of reverence for Christ.
  4. Innovation: Because our God is a creative God, we value curiosity, innovation, entrepreneurial thinking, and risk-taking for the sake of pursuing Christ’s mission.
  5. Collaboration: We value sharing knowledge, skills, perspectives, and resources from people of every culture and socioeconomic background to achieve something greater than anyone could achieve alone.
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WHAT WE BELIEVE

We accept without reservation:

  1. The Scriptures of the Old and the New Testament as the written Word of God and the only rule and norm of faith and of practice;
  2. All the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as a true and unadulterated statement and exposition of the Word of God, to wit: the three Ecumenical Creeds (the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed), the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Large Catechism of Luther, the Small Catechism of Luther, and the Formula of Concord.

We believe that Christ has called all believers to be His ambassadors to the world, and that the local congregation is the highest authority on ministry and mission within its community. (1 Peter 2:9; Phil. 2:14-16; Matt. 18:17