Values and Distinctives
The Things We Value
These are the things that drive what we do as a community of faith.
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God-The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit
Gathering together of believers
Worshipping with our hearts wide open to God
Relevance to culture is not an option
Vibrant healthy families
Equipping every member to be a missionary
People are more important than programs
Next generation ministries
Missional - Outward Focused
Hope Foundation
God-The Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit
We stand in wonder at the story of God and His son Jesus as recorded in the Bible. Our greatest desire is to be a part of what He is doing through the Holy Spirit in the earth today.
Gathering together of believers
We gather together to share our love for Jesus in many of the ways Christians have for thousands of years. We joyfully celebrate the baptism of believers, and as a community commanded to remember, we partake of the Lord’s Supper together.
We are devoted to the ancient truths of sacred scripture and believe they are relevant and practical for today.
We believe in the power of prayer and we love to worship with everything we’ve got– and not just on Sundays.
Worshipping with our hearts wide open to God
Authentic worship is living our whole lives with hearts wide open to God. Our gatherings are a place of creative, authentic worship, relevant practical teaching and always the desire to be surprised by God…
Relevance to culture is not an option
We are not your Mama’s church-but she can come if she wants to-in fact she might like us.
We are committed to forms of worship and ministry that will best capture and express what God is doing in our generation and culture.
If we have to choose between keeping our traditions and reaching our children …you can guess what’s going.
Vibrant healthy families
We don’t want to just talk about family values; we want to be a church that values the family. We are committed to helping families become vibrant and healthy.
We also believe that in this world where people are scattered all over, God’s church should be a place where the solitary find that they can also be a part of a loving family.
Equipping every member to be a missionary
We believe all members are missionaries and we are all about helping people discover their gifts and purpose and empowering them to use those gifts to serve God and others. Leadership then, is about helping others discover the work God uniquely designed them to do (mentoring) and then empowering them to do it (constantly giving ministry away).
People are more important than programs
We believe people are infinitely more valuable than programs and that relationships should always take precedence over busyness, cool stuff, numbers and noise.
Next generation ministries
We’re crazy about our kids and we are committed to excellence in our ministry to them in a safe, healthy and creative environment.
Missional - Outward focused
Being “missional” simply means being outward and others-focused, with the goal of expressing and sharing the love of Jesus. The church was not created for itself to remain inward-focused, but to worship God and to spread His love to others.
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Hope Foundation
These are our faith based entrepreneurial endeavors. We like to call them Companies that Care or Capitalism with a Conscience. These entrepreneurial ministries will in turn fund other ministries of compassion making a difference to our neighbors down the block and around the world.
CLICK HERE for more information on Hope Foundation.