Jesus came because we were lost and did not know how to get home...

The Salvage Yard is committed to making disciples (Matthew 28:18-20). We use three words to describe this process: rescue, restore, and release. The release aspect of our vision is something that has been a part of us from the beginning. We have promised to not only have an open hand on all of our people, but to actually encourage them to leave. From the beginning we have talked about being an Antioch church (Acts 13); we send out our best people. So...go.

Every week Pastor Mark closes our service by stating that you (the members and attendees) are the staff of the Salvage Yard. He releases us all to go and meet the needs of people in the name of Jesus. We truly believe that God has called us to be salt and light in our schools and at work, in our neighborhoods and at home, and in the various ministries at the Salvage Yard and other churches. So...go.

Not only do we believe that we are all called to be salt and light, we also want to be intentional about preparing and sending out individuals and teams. We send dozens of people every year to the New Age Festival, on tour with No Longer Music, and to many other short-term missions trips. We have one person (Sarah Allen) who is currently getting ready to leave the Salvage Yard and live in Sao Paulo to work with a ministry in the slums. Another team is planting a church on the West Bank in Minneapolis. So...go.

We are at the beginning stages of developing a process for releasing teams to start new churches and ministries in different areas of the city, state, and country. There are already opportunities for ministry in other parts of the world as well through Steiger, our parent organization. Steiger has a three month Radical Missions School in New Zealand to help give future Steiger missionaries the foundations for ministry. Please talk to Mark Johnson about your dreams and ideas for new ministries in new places. So...go.