VISION & MISSION

VISION

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The Global Watch exists for:  Communities of prayer connected across the nations empowering the Church for revival, transformation, and the return of Jesus.  
The model for the Global Watch is based on how Nehemiah built the walls of Jerusalem...a central common vision with decentralized leadership.  Families each had their portion of the wall to build for which they were responsible:

     Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they   worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon. Everyone of the builders had his sword girded at his side as he built. And the one who sounded the trumpet was beside me (Neh 4:17-18).
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Today, God is calling forth the families/communities/churches/networks in the nations to form their corporate expression, connect, and join in building up the spiritual walls of Jerusalem (Isaiah 62:6-7).   The Global Watch does not hinder any vision/mission of a ministry, church, or network, but instead provides a platform to connect, collaborate, and build.  

Mission

Mobilize and promote community in prayer for regions/nations
  • Sponsor daily prayer calls hosted by different nations/regions or focus specific watches
    • Calls are made twice daily (6am and 3pm Jerusalem time) to re-dig the morning/evening expression held for centuries and were never meant to cease.  
  • Equip through weekly discipleship "Journey" sessions focused on 
    • Developing intimacy with the Lord
    • Building healthy community
    • End-times
  • Promote and support the establishment of Regional & National Watches
  • Yearly International Watchman Summit in Herrnhut, Germany
  • Sponsor prayer/worship journeys and summits in the nations: Herrnhut Summit Reports
  • Develop ministry outreaches and missions

The Four Biblical Mandates of the Watch

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REVIVAL:  Individual Call:   Watchmen are committed to intimacy with God and their "Identity in Christ" through worship, prayer, and His Word.   
  • Habakkuk 2:1 (NKJV) "I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.
  • Genesis 2:15 (NKJV)  "Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep (watch) it."
  • Matthew 26:40 (NKJV) "Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What! Could you not watch with Me one hour?"  Also Mark 14:37
  • 1 Corinthians 16:13 (NKJV)  "Watch stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
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TRANSFORMATION:  Corporate Call:   Watchmen are mobilizers and collaborators passionate in building a culture of prayer and community (their ramparts) for ongoing and strategic prayer intervention.  They communicate and build with one another and with leaders in cultural spheres for strategic intervention.  
  • Nehemiah 4:19-20 (NKJV) “The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall. Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.”
  • Isaiah 58:12 (NKJV) "Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, the Restorer of Streets to Dwell In."
  • Acts 2:1 (NKJV):  "When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place." 
  • Acts 2:46-47 (NKJV):  "So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with the people.  And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved."
  • Romans 11:25 (NKJV) "For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved
  • 1 Peter 4:7-8  "But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.  And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
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END-TIME: Jesus' return:   As times are intensifying and the end-time prophetic landscape unfolds, God is calling forth Watchmen skilled in discerning the times and seasons.  They understand the import of their role and the centrality of Israel and Isaiah 19:25 nations in God's end-time plan.  They know their place individually and corporately and discern the authority structures in which they walk as their declarations are an Ekklesia expression in the earth.  The end-time movement of watchmen is being released to "Prepare the way," for the rule and reign of Jesus.  
  • Isaiah 62:6-7 (NKJV) "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;  they shall never hold their peace day or night.  You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth."
  • Isaiah 52:8  "Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices, they shall sing together, for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion."
  • Isaiah 19:24-25 "In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts shall bless saying, 'Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.'"
  • Matthew 25:13  "Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming."
  • Hebrews 10:24-25  "And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching." 
  • Revelation 16:15 (NKJV)  "Behold, I am coming as a thief.  Blessed is he who watches and keeps his garments."

THE MESSENGER: The Messenger of God plays a crucial role in biblical history. They were often sent by God to deliver important messages or fulfill specific tasks. They act as intermediaries between God and humans or from humans (usually leaders) to humans to announce news, provide guidance, and send warnings or instructions.
  • Messengers from person to person  1 Kings 19:2; 2 Sam 18:27; 2 Sam 11:18-27 (many other instances)
  • Messengers from God to people.  
    • Malachi 3:1. "Behold, I send My messenger,
      And he will prepare the way before Me.
      And the Lord, whom you seek,
      Will suddenly come to His temple,
      Even the Messenger of the covenant,
      In whom you delight.
      Behold, He is coming,"
      Says the LORD of hosts.​
    • 1 Kings 17:1; 18:1
These biblical mandates will ultimately mobilize an Isaiah 62:6 mission into an Isaiah 52:8 reality.  Relentless Watchmen will build community in prayer, raise up their voices, sing together, and see eye-to-eye when the Lord brings back Zion.  This requires the following:
  • The fullness of the Gentile church; Heb 10:24-25; Mt. 28:19; Rom 11:25-26
  • Connection with Israel:  Is 52:8; 62:6-7
  • Understanding of the biblical end-time narrative. Is 46:9-10; Ps 33:10-12
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BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE WATCH
  • Isaiah 62:6-7. I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
  • Isaiah 52:8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD brings back Zion.

Watchmen are being called and trained to contend: 
For the Spiritual Harvest: 
  • ​Jesus said, "Do you not say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! " John 4:35
  • "For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.  And so all Israel will be saved."  Romans 11:25-26
  • "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations."  Mt. 28:19

Mobilize the Church for Spiritual Awakening and Civic Transformation.  
  • "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me."  Ezek 3:17, 33:;1
  • "On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old; That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name,”  Amos 9:11-1
  • "My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations."  Is. 56:6-7, Mt. 21:13; Mk 11:17; Lu 19:46
  • "The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall.  Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there.  Our God will fight for us."  Nehemiah 4:19-20 
For the Destiny of Nations:
  • "Remember the former things of old, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,"  Isaiah 46:9-10
  • The Lord brings the counsel of nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect.  The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart to all generations.  Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance.  Psalm 33:10-12
​For Israel:  
  • I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.  Is 62:6-7
  • Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion.  Is 52:8
Engage and stand in the End-time Biblical Narrative 
  • ...And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.  Mt. 24:13-14
  • "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."  Luke 21:36
  • "But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect."  Luke 12:39 
  • For there will be a day when watchmen on the hills of Ephraim call out, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God.'  Jeremiah 31:6

Goals

  • Identify, and develop intentional strategic relationships with individuals and communities/churches who want to relate and function as watchmen in every nation.  
  • Encourage local expressions of the "Watch" through community strategies that build infrastructure strength at local levels and work through core values. 
  • Encourage both spiritual and civic engagement for transformational impact.  
  • Encourage national expressions of the "Watch" through creative platforms that inspire relationships and corporate prayer/worship. 
  • Encourage global expressions of the "Watch" through ongoing corporate communication platforms.
  • Disciple through global corporate communication platforms where "Watchmen" are equipped and mobilized for strategic intervention.
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"Then I said to the nobles, the rulers, and the rest of the people, 'The work is great and extensive, and we are separated far from one another on the wall.  Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there.  Our God will fight for us.'”  
Nehemiah 4:19-20