What is True North?

If you were to follow a compass long enough, you might expect to arrive at the North Pole. However, you would miss your destination. this is because a compass points to the Magnetic North Pole, which isn't actually at the North Pole. The Magnetic North Pole drifts a few miles every year (over 150 miles since 1831) in a process called magnetic declination, and can wander as much as 50 miles in a single day due to solar activity, the magnetic nature of the earth's crust, plate shifts, and even ocean currents. So, by only following a compass, chances are you will never arrive at the true North Pole. You won't know for certain where you are, exactly, because the standard for your compass, Magnetic North, drifts around too much.

Cartographers (makers of maps) have named the real, geographical North Pole, "True North" to prevent confusion and keep people from getting lost. Maps are almost always oriented to True North, not Magnetic North. A correction for the magnetic declination must be applied when navigating with a compass.

This natural occurrance is a good illustration for the purpose of our ministry. The sole purpose of VeNture is to focus us on Jesus Christ, who is "True North". His life, teachings, and his existance as God among us is our only hope for certainty and stability in an ever changing world. Miriam Webster defines the name of our ministry, VeNture, as meaning “to offer at the risk of rebuff, rejection, or censure.” Regardless of how risky it may be, it is our goal to focus on Jesus Christ, the “True North”, and live as he has called us to live in the world so that #1 we may be the people that he desires and #2 we can show a hurting world God's love.