Our Vision Statement
1. To honor, extol, and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and proclaim His Kingdom.
2. To fulfill the Great Commission.
MATTHEW 28:19-20
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the age.” Amen
“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, “teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, [even] to the end of the age.” Amen
* The role of the church is not just to get people saved but to make disciples.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:13
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these [is] love.
* Discipleship and evangelism through love and not coercion and duress.
ROMANS 2:4
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
* Demonstrating and preaching the Father’s unending love.
3. To develop mature Christians.
EPHESIANS 4:11-13
And He Himself gave some [to] [be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
And He Himself gave some [to] [be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;
* “Growing up” into the full measure of Christ.
4. To build strong marital relationships.
GENESIS 2:18, 21-24
And the Lord God said, “[It] [is] not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: “This [is] now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
And the Lord God said, “[It] [is] not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. And Adam said: “This [is] now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
5. To build strong families.
1 TIMOTHY 5:8
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
6. To serve our community, our nation and the nations of the world; through community programs and networking with other ministries in our community, through national organizations, and through strong support for missions throughout the world (both financial and physical).
MARK 9:35
And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”
MATTHEW 20:25-28
But Jesus called them to [Himself] and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.
But Jesus called them to [Himself] and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.
“Yet it shall not be so among your; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be our servant.” And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave–”
“just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
MARK 10:42-45
But Jesus called them to [Himself] and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
“Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
“And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”
But Jesus called them to [Himself] and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
“Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant.
“And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all.
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”