“I have a very specific mission for my life: to spend my life bringing heaven to earth.”
NAMB missionary Josh Lenon served as a youth minister prior to starting Red Door Church in Cincinnati, Ohio. The church is named “Red Door” because the name is symbolic of hospitality and safety. The Israelites painted the doors of their homes red with the blood of an unblemished lamb, the basis for Passover. Lenon tells his congregation they are to be “red doors” in their places of influence.
The church’s vision stems from Lenon’s own sense of calling, which came in the midst of a particularly tough time in his life. Discouraged by a bad experience on staff at a large church, Lenon and his wife, Tiffany, left the ministry and began a time of deep soul-searching.
“The Lord’s Prayer became really significant for me,” Lenon says. “I thought if Jesus said to pray about this then it is probably what I should be about. I prayed it repeatedly. I thought about it constantly. For me, it was hitting the reset button. I knew this was going to be a critically important thing for me—to wrap my mind around this prayer.”
Late one night, as he pondered the prayer, he came across a life-altering realization. The Christian life wasn’t just about getting people into heaven—it was about bringing heaven to earth. “If that prayer moves from heaven to earth, it means I have a very specific mission for my life: to spend my life bringing heaven to earth,” Lenon says.
28 Spring 2012 •
onmission.com
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