Purpose, Vision, Mission, and Core Values 

Purpose – why we exist: Sharing the Gospel effectively, doing the will of God with our community of believers.

Vision – where we want to go: Embracing Christ as the center, encouraging fellowship, empowering service and outreach.

Mission – how we will get there: Supporting each other in our walk with God, integrating biblical principles in our decisions.

Core Values

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Community

Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.” NKJ 

  1. To build a brotherhood with a circular accountability. 
  2. To value every person’s beauty, gifts, and story.
  3. To form family with the “widows, orphans, and foreigners.”

Openness

James 5:16 “Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.” NIV 

  1. To create a safe place to share our joys and sorrows, failures and victories. 
  2. To vulnerably share and humbly receive truthful counsel and prayer.
  3. To live out of an authentic relationship with Christ every day of the week.

Replication

Isaiah 60:3, 4 “Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. Lift up your eyes round about and see; they all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried in the arms.” NASB 

  1. To magnify Christ and make the Christian life attractive in every place we go. 
  2. To pass on the faith to the next generation.
  3. To plant churches with similar visions in new areas.

Empowerment

Ephesians 4:12 “For the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.” NKJ 

  1. To teach the Word in its entirety and relevance to practical heart issues. 
  2. To experience the cleansing of the cross of Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit.  
  3. To support and facilitate the distinct callings of individual members.