The Lord spoke to three different individuals giving them a plan for reaching the city of Jacksonville and transforming it. These three people did not know one another, so the way the Lord put them together is, in itself, miraculous. Each of these three is a confirmation to the other two that this plan is, indeed, from God. The plan is to divide the city into sections, to call the Christians together in each section, to go out into that section to get to know the residents. Participants of Transformation Jacksonville are to treat residents the same way that Jesus Himself would treat them, i.e. to determine their needs and to show love for them by meeting those needs, especially the need for salvation. Gods love has been so transforming in the lives of TJ participants that they wish to share that love with those they encounter. They, in turn, will tell others about the love of God, and those they tell will tell still others until the entire city is reached. Transformation Jacksonville desires to see Gods plan carried out.

The history of Jacksonville has a direct correlation to the plan for this citys transformation. In 1562, a French Huguenot named Jean Ribault, with three ships, sailed to the new land to colonize a place where they could study the Bible for themselves and be led directly by the Spirit of the Lord in their day-to-day lives. (The Martyrs of Matanzas, p3) A few years later, King Philip of Spain sent Pedro Menendez to reclaim what the king believed belonged to the Spanish. Ribault encountered Menendez at Matanzas near St. Augustine where Ribault refused to renounce his new-found faith and return to the Catholic Church. When asked if he had any final words, Ribault quoted the 132nd Psalm to Menendez before he was martyred. The shed blood of Jean Ribault became a blood covenant with God for this land. Since this land was settled for a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob, (Psalm 132: 5), it belongs to God, and it is time for it to be reclaimed.

The depth of despair to which our city has fallen only accentuates the need for this transformation. Won't you join us in changing Jacksonville?