VISION + VALUES

This is a little sampling of what makes us tick as a church.

+VISION


FINDING ULTIMATE PLEASURE IN HIS GREATNESS
AND ULTIMATE PURPOSE IN HIS MISSION
This is in the DNA of all our activities and endeavors.  We're urged to find pleasure in Him (Ps 37:4), and held accountable for not finding pleasure in Him (Jer. 2:13, Rom 1:18-23).  All the virtues of the Christian life flow naturally from the one who is finding pleasure in God (Jn. 15:1-11).  When we do this God is honored and glorified and we are satisfied.

Also, the nature of God's love is expressive and outward with the chief example being, God sending Jesus on mission to save sinners.  Likewise, we too have been called to follow God on mission, expressing and displaying his greatness.  


+VALUES

GLORY
Glory is: "beauty on display". God's own glory is foremost in His affections (Rom 1:20-21). Everything He does has this as His primary aim. It can be said; God's ultimate goal is to display His infinite beauty, this is glory (Is 42:8, 48:11)! Because this is God's primary goal it's also ours (1 Cor 10:31).

TRUTH
Over the past several years an unprecedented attack against the reliability and veracity of the sacred scriptures has occurred. Yet we believe it to be the main vehicle by which God reveals Himself (2 Tim 3:16). We love the bible in the same way we love our eyes, because they both allow us to see God's beauty. There are two aspects to truth which are essential: the revelation of it, which comes by teaching and meditating on the scriptures, and the response to it, which happens when we lovingly obey God and enjoy Him, this is worship.

COMMUNITY
Our society is one of rugged individualism. We live life as an island, we do our own thing, and we try to serve God the way we want. This is sin! God has reconciled us not only to Himself but also to each other. This "each other" is called "the Church". We intentionally strive to build biblical community, both by gathering as a large group on Sundays, and by smaller, more intimate groups throughout the week, called "community groups".

MISSION
Jesus initiated His love towards a rejecting and sin-filled world, by entering it as one sent by God on mission to save (Jn. 20:21). Likewise, Jesus sent his followers on mission, to live out the Gospel in a way that reveals God's greatness to all. Some may be called to the uttermost parts of the world, while others stay, making God known in all they do. In either case, all Christians are called to live on mission.