Vision & Values

We Believe

...that both the Old and New Testaments are inspired by God and are completely without error in the original writings, and are of supreme and final authority. 2Timothy 3:16; 2Peter 1:21
...in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit---each of whom is equal in being, power, and glory.
Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 1:8; Acts 5:3-4
...in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's only Son, His virgin birth, sinless life, sacrificial atoning death for our sins, His bodily resurrection, and His personal, literal , imminent return.
John 1:1-3; Luke 24:36-43; John 14:1-3; Matthew 1:23; 2Corinthians 5:21; 1Peter 1:24
...that man in his natural state can no way save himself, no matter how good his intentions. God, however, being a loving God, has provided a way for anyone to be saved by grace through faith in His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. When that person trusts in the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ for the payment of sin, he or she, at that moment, passes from death to eternal life secure in Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9; Isaiah 64:6; John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47; 10:28-29; Romans 8:35; Philippians 1:6; 1Peter 1:5

Our Vision

A Christ-centered church built on the base of multiplying home groups with the desire to build Christian community and fulfill the vision in:

Acts 26:16-19
'Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as
a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you. 17. I will rescue you from your
own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them 18. to open their eyes and turn them
from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness
of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
19. "So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven."

Our Values

Knowing God and glorifying Him through prayer and worship.
Teaching through the Bible, focusing on Christ and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
Providing servant leadership that will promote leadership in others.
Equipping every person to serve.
Building Christian community through relationships; resulting in the outflow of ministry to others.
Making the "Good News" a reality to the local community and world through the ministry of home
groups based on the transforming power of the Holy Spirit.
Nurturing children in the Lord and actively equipping them to participate in the vision of the church.
Hearing God, living in freedom, and experiencing spiritual gifts through understanding the work of the
Holy Spirit (Christ in you) with reasonable understanding of the parameters established in the Scriptures.
Recognizing the integrity and legitimacy of the work of the Holy Spirit is evidenced through
healthy relationships.

Index:

2 Timothy 3:16 :
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

2 Peter 1:21 :

For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19 :

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,

Hebrews 1:8 :

But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.

Acts 5:3-4 :

Then Peter said, "Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4Didn't it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn't the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied to men but to God."

John 1:1-3 :

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

Luke 24:36-43 :

While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 37They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have." 40When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate it in their presence.

John 14:1-3 :

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

Matthew 1:23 :

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."

2 Cor. 5:21 :

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

1 Peter 2:24 :

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.

Ephes. 2:8-9:

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9not by works, so that no one can boast.

Isaiah 64:6 :

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

John 3:16 :

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

John 5:24 :

"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

John 6:47 :

I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.

John 10:28-29 :

I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.

Romans 8:35 :

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Philip. 1:6 :

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 1:5 :

who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time