What is Sierra Ministries really all about?
Community Transformation Strategy
At the center of our organization is the goal of seeing Community Transformation - locally, regionally, nationally. By transformation, we mean that God and his Kingdom are so firmly established in a city or region that the evidence of His presence is observable throughout. It is not enough to witness growth in the number of saved souls and in church attendance, as important as these are. Transformation is about change in how a society functions. Change in its institutions, policies, and procedures. Change in government, in regulations shaping society, in justice administered, in prosperity of families, in reconciliation of relationships between races, and many other areas. We work diligently toward this goal in Christian unity, in humility, and in honoring of others, emphasizing prayer and worship as keys to inviting God to move.
Equipping for Ministry
Sierra Ministries is primarily a teaching and equipping organization. While ministering to the needs of individuals is necessary and honoring to both God and people, if we do not train others in how to minster with increasing effectiveness, we will have failed in our biblical mandate (II Timothy 2:2). Consequently, our thrust is (1) to illuminate the biblical concepts undergirding community transformation and (2) to educate and equip individuals with the skills required for effective ministry.
Prayer and Worship emphasis
Sierra Ministries has focused on the need for increased prayer at the personal, congregational, and community levels. Conferences like “Touching Heaven, Changing Earth” bring speakers and teachers developing and deepening our understandings. Prayer teaching and coordinating is expanding to intra-county, regional, and intra-state involvements. SMI seminars like “Power To Transform - Learning the Ways of God in Prayer” are having widening opportunity and impact.
Healing Ministry
For many years we have sought bonafide, biblical, Christian healing. Today, we are seeing people receive partial and complete relief every week. Coupled with the Healing Ministry of Nevada County, our “Authority to Heal” Ministry Training Seminar has been privileged to equip over 900 pastors and lay-people in Level One skills in the United States and abroad. Equipping believers for Healing Ministry is one facet of encompassing transformation strategy.
Men’s Ministry and Leadership Development
Seeing transformation in a community means seeing transformation in individual lives first. In combination with our local Men’s Fraternity Leadership Team, we are reaching men, both churched and non-churched. Our men’s retreat, Facing Life Head -On, concentrates themes of succeeding at work and at home. Leadership development starts in the home, extends to the workplace, and expands into the community. It is strategic to reach men on account of their influence in these three areas.