Our Church
Our Vision
Take a look at the booklet from our 2006 Vision Meeting
We will do whatever it takes, while we grow as a community of fully devoted followers of Jesus , to impact the people of our neighborhoods and the world with the Good News of Christ and His kingdom.
Attitude
We will do whatever it takes to impact
- We will be culturally relevant, flexible and creative in our methods.
- We will sacrifice our time, energy, money and preferences for the cause of Christ.
- We will have fun and be known as a warm, open, inviting place.
Why is this our attitude? Because no one cares how much we know until they know how much we care (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).
Environment
While we grow as a community
- We will bathe everything we do and say in grace and truth.
- We will encourage people to invest themselves in significant relationships.
- We will be a community that is conservative in its creed, liberal in its learning style and radical in its expectations for change.
Why is this our environment? Because we are the visible expression pointing to what the kingdom of God will be like (Acts 2:42-47).
Goal
Fully devoted followers of Jesus
- We will be people who long for the presence of Christ ("hope").
- We will be people who trust in the principles of Christ ("faith").
- We will be people who delight in the person of Christ ("love").
Why is this our focus? Because we are called to make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20).
Constituency
The people of our neighborhoods and the world
- We will reach out to both religious and secular, churched and non-churched, local and global people.
- We will offer need-based enrichment and evangelism programming.
- We will welcome diversity within our church family (e.g. race, education, economic status).
Why is this our target? Because people matter to God (the three stories in Luke 15).
Means
With the Good News of Christ and His Kingdom
- We will recognize the longings in our souls as desires for God's kingdom.
- We will admit that the pain of our lives is a proof of our fallenness.
- We will trust only in the work of Christ for our justification and sanctification.
Why is this our means? Because Christ is the source of life (Romans 1:16).
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