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To become a fully equipped, soul winning church of multicultural people with one clear focus: to serve God and fulfill His purpose in the world, nation, community and city through the anointed proclaiming of God's word, through preaching, teaching and leading by example (Hab. 2:2-3).
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Embracing Truth Ministry (ETM) has the same commandment that Jesus gave to the church He created, in accordance with Matt. 28:19-20. We are just a part of the same mission and vision; this is referred to as "The Great Commission". He instructed the church to "go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." It is our response to this call that we do all within our spiritual authority given to us in Jesus Christ to fulfill this mission to all mankind. Our mission is clear: to do His will, keep His commandments, and fulfill the mission of the church until His soon pending return to meet us as the bride of Christ.
This symbol represents the foundation on which Embracing Truth Ministry stands on.
1. The Open Word of God- The Bible: God's inspired word is open symbolizing our need and dependence upon it to understand the love, will and way of God and his Son Jesus Christ. The book is not the whole of human history, but a compass through which we can see God's agape love and points all to Jesus Christ. (Psalms 119:105)
2. The Golden Cross: The background on which our faith relies. The cross of Jesus Christ, layered in gold, is symbolic of Jesus' deity and place where our greatest joy was given reconciling us to him. We lost God in the beginning, through the fall of Man. His love still abounded. This love joined us back to God through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross for our sins. We received salvation and redemption. The points of the cross span from beginning to end, and represent that when we give our lives to him, he never remembers when we were lost, and separates our sins as far as the East is to the West. (Matthew 16:24-26; Psalms 103:12; Hebrews 12:2)
3. The Dove Facing Left - The dove, the symbol of the Holy Spirit and fulfillment of God's promise to man never to leave, but provides a comforter, his spirit, to lean and depend on. The Holy Spirit seals us until the day of redemption, and thus the dove, left to right, never looking back but forward until the return of Jesus Christ our king. The dove flies from cover to cover representing the power of God's spirit to seal his people until the day of redemption. (Ephesians 1:13-14)
4. The Golden Flame- The flame symbolizes the power of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of men. To be a witness to the resurrection power of Jesus Christ, and our ability to stand not in our own power, but by his power working in us making us anew and fit for the kingdom of God.
(Luke 3:16; Acts 1:8)