The Isaiah Vision presents an "ecumenical strategy for
congregation-based evangelism." Behind it lies the conviction that the
task of witnessing for Jesus Christ to individual people and to
neighborhood communities is, in the final analysis, the responsibility
of the local congregation. It draws upon the experiences of
congregations in many places and a variety of situations, and is in that
sense truly ecumenical. Going beyond ideas and concepts, it addresses
concrete methods for their implementation, and what it commends is thus
a clear, ecumenical evangelistic strategy. That strategy is based on
Isaiah's vision of the restored community in which both the young and
the old find fulfillment and fill out their days, and people do not
labor in vain but enjoy the work of their hands.