vision, values and strategy
Our Vision
Our vision is to love God and our neighbors with all our hearts and make disciples of all nations. In short, we desire to be Great Commandment based and then Great Commission driven.
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Mat 22:37-40 NIV)
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Mat 28:18-20 NIV)
Our values
Grace. Lives lived in grateful appreciation and humble awareness of God's gracious and merciful love. How can I repay the LORD for all his goodness to me? (Psa 116:12 NIV)
Goodness. Lives marked by reverence and purity in response to God's holiness and righteousness. Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living! (2 Pet 3:11 NLT)
Genuineness. Relationships with one another marked by honesty, love, compassion, humility, prayer, service, prayer and forgiveness. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (Eph 4:32 NIV)
Growth. Ministry that focuses on the entire spiritual growth process (spiritual birth, growth and multiplication). Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Pet 3:18 NIV)
Giving. Generous and openhanded with our time, treasure and talents. Good stewards of the resources that God has given to us. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor 9:7 NIV)
Groups. A ministry that grows bigger and smaller at the same time by emphasizing the importance of and enabling participation in small groups. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts. (Acts 2:46 NIV)
Gifts. Ministry involvement according to a person's spiritual gifts, unique talents and God given abilities. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. (1 Pet 4:10 NIV)
Going. Localized involvement in the Great Commission through relationship evangelism and personal discipleship. Regional, national and global involvement in the Great Commission through partnership with various ministries and missionaries. "Go into all the world…" Matthew 28:18-20.
Our Strategy. To "make disciples" by;
Go; Tell everyone. Engage, pursue, and invite people through FORM conversations. Or inform them through the "A, B, Cs" of salvation.
Teach; Teach some. Instruct responsive people through various bible studies.
Baptize; Publicaly demonstrate belief through "believer's baptism."