Our Values

Values are those core pillars that God has shown us in Scripture upon which He wants to build His church. The Values are fixed by Scripture. They never change.

Our biblical core values provide the framework that guides all we are and do as a congregation. Creativity is premium in gospel ministry, but it must never range beyond the desires and dictates of what Scripture teaches. God has spoken. He has spoken about his church. The following passage is a helpful “thumbnail sketch” showing us what is important to the Lord in His ministry. Once biblical values are determined and embraced, then creativity is virtually limitless within those boundaries.

Acts 2: 42-47 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

 WORSHIP:

Worship means the development of hearts that look to God in reverence and praise. God’s glory demands hearts and minds that focus on his glorious attributes and his mighty works. A biblical theology of worship emphasizes both the Transcendence (that God is holy, and above and beyond his creation) and the Immanence of God (the transcendent God is with us through Jesus Christ, Immanuel). God is both ultimately great and gracious. This leads us to reverence before God and joyful praise to God.

This value of Worship develops a heart for corporate worship, and a heart for private worship.

Worship also affirms the centrality of prayer. We believe that worship is the heart of our new lives, the atmosphere of a Christian, and the atmosphere of heaven.

TEACHING:

Teaching means to communicate the truths of the Bible in such a way that people actually learn and apply them. Teaching is not just informative. Because it is empowered by the Holy Spirit and grounded in the Word, it is also transformative. God’s people should be lifetime learners with a goal not only to be “hearers” of the Word, but “doers” of it as well.

NURTURE:

According to the dictionary, “nurture” means “to promote the development of a person by providing nourishment, support, and encouragement during the stages of growth.” In our case, this involves personally attending to the care and development of people in Christ. It is ministering to the “whole person” – to people’s spiritual, emotional, and physical needs in the context of personal relationships.

REACHING:

Reaching means to take our place as partners in ministry together, seeking to be faithful to do our part in fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission to strengthen His church and extend His Kingdom through the proclamation of the gospel at home and abroad.