our purpose
” loving people into freedom in Jesus”
OUR VALUES
SERVE
“greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life down for his friends”
at the heart of loving people is an unchanging call to serve people. loving people is serving people. “if you love me feed my sheep” serving and loving Jesus is serving and loving people. of the two greatest commandments Jesus speaks love the lord your God and love one another
GATHER
the gathering of believers happens everywhere and anywhere. as the earliest Christ followers did we do. they met in the house of the lord and house to house.
the followers of Jesus became know as people of the way. a new way filled with the Holy Spirit, and gathered with other believers every day.
“when ever two or more are gathered in my name there I (the Lord) am in the midst, and where the spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.
RELEASE
release the call of God in people, which is discipleship in relationship with Jesus. the overall call of a disciple is to make disciples. to reproduce themselves in others. this is a two part release in their lives; the release of the Holy Spirit in someones world by the fruits of the spirit and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in action. The fruit ( or evidence ) of Jesus being released and active in the life of a disciples walk are the fruit of the Spirit. The gifts of the spirit are for the body, the edification, the building of the church and the equipping of the saints
There is one God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God; we believe in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His victorious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, His constant intercession and in His imminent return
In the person and work of the Holy Spirit with His fruits and gifts available in the Church.
The Bible is the living word of God. It is infallible, authoritative and everlasting and is the foundation of all Christian doctrine.
In the existence of an evil spiritual being known as the devil
In the spiritually lost condition of all people and the essential need for the new birth by faith in Jesus Christ
In the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a gift available to believers subsequent to the new birth, with normal evidence of speaking in other tongues
In the sacraments of the Lords Supper and baptism by full immersion in water for all believers
In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting separation from God
In the church being the body of Christ, and each member being an active part of a local church, fulfilling the Great Commission.
Marriage was instituted by God, ratified by Jesus, and is exclusively between a man and a woman. It is a picture of Christ and his church.
Sex is a gift from God for procreation and unity, and it is only appropriate within and designed for marriage.