Core Values are meant to guide our decisions as well as inform our actions towards each other and the world. These values influence our vision, staff, budget, and call God has assigned to us as a local church.
Our Core Values
Core Value 1
Holy Spirit inspired teaching as the catalyst for transformation in the lives of every believer. This translates into teaching for life change as found in Romans 12:1-7, 2 Timothy 3:16, James 1:23-25.
Core Value 2
The church should be culturally relevant while remaining doctrinally pure. This translates into sensitivity while relating to society in presentations and actions – yet always remaining doctrinally sound as found in 1 Corinthians 9:19–23.
Core Value 6
Love is the foundation of every aspect of church life. This translates into a love-driven ministry, working as teams, and building relationship as found in 1 Corinthians 13; Nehemiah 3; Luke 10:1; John 13:34–35.
Core Value 3
God seeks after the least, the last, and the lost – And we should too because all people matter. This translates into relational evangelism, and evangelism as a process every believer should participate in as found in Luke 5:30–32; Luke 15; and Matthew 18:14.
Core Value 5
The church should grow together in harmony, sharing with one another serving with our spiritual gifts. This translates into unity, servanthood, spiritual gifts, and ministry callings as found in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14; Romans 12; Ephesians 4; Psalm 133:1.
Core Value 4
Every believer should be a follower of Christ as a disciple in both word and deed. This translates into personal authenticity, character, and wholeness as a witness to the world as found in John 15:8-10; Ephesians 4:25–26, 32; Hebrews 12:1; and Philippians 1:6.
Core Value 7
The church should be led by men and women with God-given leadership gifts. This translates into empowering servant leaders with strategic focus and intentionality as found in Nehemiah 1–2; Romans 12:8; Acts 6:2–5.
Core Value 8
The pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His cause is a natural progression and expectation for every believer. This translates into stewardship, servanthood, and the pursuit of kingdom goals as found in 1 Kings 11:4; Philippians 2:1–11; 2 Corinthians 8:7.