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Our Purpose:
We Exist to glorify God by intentionally developing commited followers of Jesus Christ, who reproduce that commitment in others.
Our Passion:
As an aid to memory, we've condensed our vision in this statement
A Great Commandment passion with a
Great Commission purpose for a
Great Commitment to Jesus Christ
Our Mission Statement:
Specifically, we intend to fulfill our passion and purpose by
- EXALTING our Triune God through corporate worship, adoration and praise.
- ESTABLISHING people in a personal relationship with Christ as Savior, and
a commitment to His church through caring, redemptive relations
- ENABLING them to be self-feeding in the Word, consistent in prayer, Christlike
in character in a context of loving, supportive, and mutually accountable
relationships.
- EQUIPPING them to find their full potential for a lifetime of ministry
by discovering their spiritual gift(s), developing ministry skills, and deploying
them to build up the Body of Christ in love.
- and EXTENDING their Christian influence beyond the walls of the church
building throuhg personal witness, church planting, and world mission sin
order to reproduce their commitment to Christ in others.
We Believe:
- The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of
God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His
will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for Christian
faith and life.
- In one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing
in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- That Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the
Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross to sacrifice
for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the
dead ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majest on High,
He is now our High Priest and Advocate.
- That the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ
and, during this age, to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and
indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
- That man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore,
lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and
spiritual life be obtained.
- That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His resurrection provide the only
ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such
as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children
of God.
- That water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are ordinances to be observed
by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded
as means of salvation.
- That the true Church is composed of all such persons who through saving
faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united
together in the Body of Christ of which He is the Head.
- That only those who are, thus, members of the true Church shall be eligible
for membership in the local church.
- That Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church and that every local
church has the right, under Christ, to decide and govern its own affairs.
- In the personal premillennial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
and that this "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal
life and service of the believer.
- In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting
blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting
conscious punishment.
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