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What Is The Spirit Saying About The New Map For The New Millennium?

The Jerusalem Council II convened in Athens, Greece, bringing together global church leaders for an “explosion of missional thought” focused on mobilizing the body of Christ toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Dr. James O. Davis, recognized as a top Christian influencer and networker, framed his message around the Genesis 24 narrative (Eliezer seeking Isaac’s bride), presenting it as a “Map for the New Millennium Church” rising in the next five years.

Dr. Davis carefully outlined a five‐step strategic framework—Establish Our Cause, Examine Our Conditions, Encourage Our Confidence, Enforce Our Character, Enlist Our Comrades—to guide churches and leaders in adapting to a changing world, sharpening focus on worthy goals, and preparing the Bride of Christ for the ultimate and eternal wedding.

Jerusalem Council II was a global Christian leadership gathering centered on the vision of “How many chairs will you take responsibility for at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb?” – i.e., each believer’s call to expand God’s table by finishing the Great Commission in our generation

On August 12, 2026, Dr. David Sobrepeña chaired a facilitated small-group discussion emphasizing a new “Map for the New Millennium” that combines intergenerational discipleship, church planting, resource pooling, prayer, unity, contextualized strategies for restricted regions, and cutting-edge media/technology.

Dr. Ronnie Floyd, former SBC president, challenged the need for prayer and pastoral guidance to remain foundational, and then he concluded the segment by leading the congregation in prayer. A global prayer task force was formed by Dr. Floyd and Dr. Doug Small, President of Project Pray.

New Map For A New Millennium Thought Takeaway

The significant and strategic Key Takeaways from Small-Group Discussion, both around the tables and on the floor include:

• Define Your Cause: Clarify your mission around the Great Commission; eliminate activities that don’t directly prepare the Church for the heavenly wedding.
• Assess & Adapt: Conduct an honest appraisal of your current spiritual, relational, and strategic realities; recognize that old maps won’t navigate new territory.
• Build Confidence: Lean on God’s promises and divine assistance; sustain momentum through prayer, clear processes, and faith‐filled relationships.
  Strengthen Character: Practice disciplined decision‐making, self-control over worldly desires, clear direction (no delays), and wise stewardship of resources.
• Expand Your Network: Proactively invite and equip fellow believers, leveraging collective favor to reduce strain and multiply impact.
• Commit to 2030: Engage fully with the Third Millennium Church initiative and plan to unite in Jerusalem 2030 as a global celebration of mission fulfillment.
  Personal Vision & Ownership: Every Christian is challenged to own “chairs” for the Lamb’s wedding feast—committing life, resources, and influence to global missions.
• Intergenerational Engagement: Equip and mobilize younger generations alongside seasoned leaders to ensure sustainable momentum toward finishing the Great Commission.
• Holistic Missional Strategy: Integrate bold proclamation, supernatural demonstration, ongoing discipleship, and church planting to reach all people groups.
• Collaborative Networks: Establish national-level mentorship and resource hubs to pool finances, training, and manpower for targeted outreach to unreached populations.
• Prayer & Unity: Anchor all initiatives in fervent, corporate intercession; transcend denominational lines to model Christ’s promised unity.
• Technological Innovation: Leverage film/media, AI transcription and translation, digital platforms, and data (e.g. Joshua Project) to amplify impact, capture insights, and broadcast the Third Millennium Declaration worldwide.
• Contextualized Outreach: Train and send local leaders in closed or hostile contexts (e.g. Muslim-majority areas such as the Middle East) through immersive discipleship initiatives and relational bridge-building.
• Empower Unique Callings: Identify each believer’s distinct gifting and sphere of influence, unleashing them to serve God’s global purpose.
  Measurable, God-Sized Goals: Set and pursue ambitious targets (e.g. tens of thousands baptized, hundreds of church plants) with clear metrics, then scale progressively.
• Media as Mission: Embrace film (e.g. The Chosen) and entertainment as strategic evangelistic channels to engage diverse audiences—especially youth—and inspire vocational ministry.

The Third Millennium Church Leadership Guide

The Jerusalem Council II collaboratively developed the first-ever Third Millennium Church Leadership Guide for the Bride of Christ. Since Jesus Christ was born before King Herrod died in 3-4BC and it is impossible to have a zero year, it is common historical and archeological fact that He died between AD27—AD30. In other words, the celebration of the 2000th Birthday of the Church and the commencing of the first day of the Third Millennium in the next few years.

Each of the seven Jerusalem Council II Forums consisted of praise, presentation, perspectives, prayer, position, progress and priorities. During each forum, each presentation will automatically translated into 4 languages, transcribed, placed into Gracie AI for executive summaries, edited by distinguished scholars and given back to all the attendees The synergistic goal was to permit lively discussion about the top seven questions of our time toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Be sure to download your copy of the Third Millennium Church Leadership Guide below.

We are watching the rising tide of the Third Millennium Church in our lifetime. We can either spiritually surf this rising tide toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission, or missed the greatest and grandest moments of evangelism and church planting in the Underground Church, the even-ground Church and Upper-Ground Church!

Dr. John Sorensen, President of Evangelism Explosion, shared the Position Paper entitled, The Third Millennium Church Evangelism & Discipleship: Fulfilling The Great Commission In Our Generation.

The Great Commission is not a human invention. The call to reach everyone on earth with the gospel didn’t originate in a conference room or through a group of well-meaning believers brainstorming evangelism strategies. This command came from none other than Jesus Christ Himself. And it is only because it comes from Him that we dare to believe we can actually be part of fulfilling such a seemingly impossible task. We hope to make a lasting difference because He said we could… He said we should… and He said we will.

I first fully grasped how impossible the Great Commission seems during a conversation with the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Founder and President of Evangelism Explosion International. He was my boss—and a man I deeply admired. He told me:

“John, the place to begin to change the world is both the easiest and the hardest task before us. It’s easy because it simply requires us to be willing to share a simple but profound message with the men and women of our generation. It’s hard because the response it requires is so all-encompassing that nothing short of a miracle of God can bring it about.”

The place to begin changing the world is inside—the hearts and minds of men and women. Unless we can influence the motivations, desires, perspectives, and goals of the people who make up our communities, any other changes will be merely cosmetic and temporary at best. Permanent change begins on the inside.

During Jerusalem Council II, Dr. Kathy Branzell, President of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, challenged the Body of Christ toward harmony through personal and corporate prayer worldwide.

Dr. Branzell had served as a longtime member of the Board of Directors, having led and served alongside Vonette Bright, Shirley Dobson, Anne Graham-Lotz, and Dr. Ronnie Floyd. Responding to a question about her history with NDP, Kathy remarked, “For 19 years, I have had the privilege of loving and serving these amazing NDP leaders, supporters, staff and coordinators – including taking part in the ministry’s D.C. events, Summits, National Bus Tours, and philanthropy and partnership efforts. It’s been an amazing journey, and I believe that the best is yet to come!”

Reflecting on the future of the NDP Task Force under her leadership, Mrs. Branzell believes that, “The next generation is filled with the Holy Spirit and passionate about prayer. I want to hear more from them and spotlight what they’re doing. Maybe we’ll talk less about Washington, and more about the whole nation and all the prayers being lifted up. We need them. We would be foolish if we thought there was one generation, one ethnicity, one gathering, or one person that could call this nation to prayer. The Body of Christ is beautiful in reflecting every nation, tribe and tongue. Jesus never called us to go it alone. He never sent his disciples out alone. We will continue to reach out to every community and all denominations, because we’re all the Body of Christ.”

As the late Dr. Leonard Ravenhill said, “A Church that is not praying, is playing.” The Third Millennium Church must be saturated through prayer of the Saints and power of the Spirit.