WHAT WE BELIEVE:
Core Values : G.R.A.C.E. and T.R.U.T.H.
Listen to Becoming People of G.R.A.C.E. & T.R.U.T.H.
Part 1: November 30, 2003
Part 2: December 7, 2003
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T.R.U.T.H. |
Grace:
is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the
undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent in the divine nature and
appears to us as a self-caused propensity to pity the wretched, spare the
guilty, welcome the outcast, and bring into favor those who were before under
just disapproval. Its use to us sinful men is to save us and make us sit
together in heavenly places to demonstrate to the ages the exceeding riches of
God's kindness to us in Christ Jesus. A. W. Tozer (1897-1963)
Relevancy:
It's not hard to honor function over form and to
wrestle with the tension of being both Biblical and
relevant.
Authority of
Scripture:
God's word will serve as our foundation for truth and the
inerrant word of God.
Community:
God honoring ministry is done in the context of
relationships. We will gather in relationship to worship in "spirit and truth"
corporately and we will strive to provide opportunity for relationships to be
built privately in a Christ centered, holistic manner so that we can function as
the body of Christ.
Evangelism:
A
great commitment to the great commission.
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Truth:
To love deeply enough to speak the truth to one another in love. Ephesians
4:15
Reliance upon
God:
People who are trusting God show this reliance upon Him by being a
people of prayer. Psalm 127:1; Phil. 4:6-7
Unity:
We can
honor our differences and still guard unity with one another. Unity does not
mean conformity. John 17:20-21
Team:
We will
do ministry in teams and our teams will be gift-based and love-driven. Romans
12:3-13
Holistic:
Every member is a minister and every leader is an
equipper. 1 Peter 2:4-5 and Eph. 4:11-13
Matthew 28:19-20:
"Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name
of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey
all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always,
even to the end of the age." NLT
Acts 1:8: "But when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me
everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." NLT
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