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Statement of Values

As a community of followers of Jesus, we value…

Church-planting

• Equipping all believers to participate in the great commission
• Reproducing the life of the church by launching new churches locally and internationally

Community

• Building authentic and long-lasting relationships
• Loving one another, persevering through conflict
• Living life together both deliberately and spontaneously

Devotion

• Pursuing intimacy with God
• Engaging in the classic spiritual disciplines (such as fasting, meditation, prayer, and study) as a means of cultivating relationship with God

Discipleship and evangelism

• Expanding the kingdom of God via purposeful relationships
• Affecting our spheres of influence positively for the sake of the kingdom
• Sharing the gospel by all means, from confrontational to relational

Risk-taking

• Eagerly desiring and exercising spiritual gifts for one another’s benefit
• Creating a culture of vulnerability that allows people to be set free from life-dominating problems

Scripture

• Recognizing the canonized Bible as authoritative
• Utilizing Scripture as a means to knowing the triune God
• Exercising humility and love in matters that are historically divisive

Service

• Meeting the felt needs of those around us
• Practically improving the surrounding community’s quality of life
• Serving the poor by helping practically and by affirming their dignity

Simplicity

• Cheerfully giving to those who have need
• Maintaining schedules that permit Sabbath rest
• Choosing lifestyles that prevent us from being burdened by possessions

Worship

• Abiding in God’s presence in everyday settings
• Expressing our love for God genuinely and passionately
• Experiencing the manifest presence of God via music and the visual & performing arts