VISION + VALUES

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

+VISION| FINDING ULTIMATE PLEASURE IN HIS GREATNESS
This is at the very center of all of our activities and endeavors.  We are commanded to find pleasure in Him (Ps 37:4), but we are also  held accountable for not finding pleasure in Him (Jer. 2:13, Rom 1:18-23).  All the virtues of the Christian life flow forth naturally from the one who is finding ultimate pleasure in His greatness (Jn. 15:1-11).  When we do this God is glorified and we are satisfied.


+VALUE| GLORY
Glory is: "beauty on display". God's own glory is uppermost 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 and preserve His infinite beauty, this is glory (Is 42:8, 48:11)!  Because this is God's primary goal it also becomes ours (1 Cor 10:31).

+VALUE| TRUTH
Over the past several years we have witnessed an unprecedented attack against the reliability and veracity of the sacred scriptures. 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 that we love our eyes.  We love our eyes because they allow us to see beauty.  The bible shows us the beauty of God.  We search the scriptures and teach them expositionally, so that we may faithfully and accurately understand His Word, thus love and obey Him.

VALUE| 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 His Church. We intentionally strive toward community through men's/women's groups, home gatherings, or any other personal setting.

VALUE| CAUSE
Jesus initiated His love towards a rejecting world.  He is the cause, changed lives are the effect.  We seek to be a cause-oriented people who are driven by the heart of our missionary God, Who is always seeking that which is lost and restoring that which is broken.  Some may go to the uttermost parts of the world while others, may stay, driven with a heart for the lost.  In either case, healthy Christians are always cause oriented.