Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church
and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her,
having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.
Ephesians 5:25-26 (ESV)
God’s glory is the most important thing to us. We are to live so that God will be admired in our homes and in the workplace, equip one another for Christ’s service and bringing heartfelt worship in the church. Everything we do is about living with a passion to see God’s kingdom come and His will being done on this earth as it is in heaven. Jesus has given His life for us and to us; we are committed to responding to that act of love by magnifying Him everyday for the rest of our lives.
A high priority for us as a church is a spiritual atmosphere. We are called to be worshippers who find our greatest delight in our Lord. Faith, humility, love, and fervency should mark our church. We make much of the grace of God. It is by grace alone that we have come into such a wonderful relationship with God, and it is by God’s all sufficient grace that we live each day. The more we see the glory of God in the Lord Jesus Christ, the more we are amazed that we have the standing with Him that we have. We are not out to earn or prove anything – to live out a life of faith and joy in Jesus is enough. We want our conversations with each other to be saturated with talk of how we are interpreting and applying a life of faith to the circumstances of our own lives, seeing God’s hand at work in our daily lives and how that is producing more humility, love, and joy in us. So each of us has to cultivate our own hearts through individual and corporate Bible study and prayer. Our worship gatherings are a central way for us to magnify Jesus Christ. We want to be fully engaged during worship so that the Word of God will take root in hearts and minds and will make a deep impact in our lives.
We will pursue a joyful love for each other and for all persons. We believe God is glorified through the sacrificial deeds of such joyful love. We value our relationships in our life together. We are a family, adopted by God as children in His family. We have joined ourselves to one another in a covenantal bond typically called church membership. We want to find authentic and practical ways to love each other in order to build friendships and strengthen our faith. With a fresh openness and a genuine interest in one another and to all new people, we aim to put understanding above accusation, forbearance above fault-finding, and biblical unity above the demand for uniformity. We treasure the unity we have being so different in many ways. Our church is also committed to be made up of people from all ethnic groups and all backgrounds. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ makes all men equal in the sight of God and all types of people are valuable servants of God. The Gospel makes us one in the Lord.
As representatives of Jesus Christ, we are committed to missions at every level. Jesus is worthy to be talked about, trusted in, and loved by all people everywhere. Therefore, we are committed to proclaiming God's perfect Law and His glorious Gospel of grace in Jesus Christ to every person possible without any discrimination. But we will not stop with sharing the Gospel. We will endeavor to plant local churches close to home and around the world. This is why we continue to set initiatives to pursue new efforts to spread the Gospel individually and together.