Values

As we come to know and experience God’s love more deeply, it produces obedience to Christ (John 14:15) and leads our hearts to respond with praise and adoration for God.

In response to God’s love for us, we will passionately love others around us. We are willing to be with others who are not like us, listen, and sacrifice for others because that is what Christ first has done for us.
We will love enough be honest with others and address sin and disagreements in love (Proverbs 27:6).
We will not tear others down with our words but build them up (Ephesians 4:29).
Our love for others will result in us reaching the unsaved with the gospel of Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:14).

We believe doctrine is important and therefore seek to understand and grow in solid teaching of the Bible. We are committed to teach the entire word of God expositionally while striving for sound doctrine. Since entirety of scripture points to Jesus Christ (Luke 24:27), people will learn of Him and grow spiritually healthy.

We are united in the fight, aware that our enemy seeks to divide us. Instead of allowing conflicts within our group, we will address disagreements swiftly and unite to face the battle in front of us.

God has been gracious to each of us, more than we could ever deserve. In response to His grace, we will extend this grace to others (Ephesians 4:32). We will give others the benefit of the doubt. When others fall, we seek to come alongside them and restore them.

What we do, how we act, and what we say matters; especially when no one else is watching (Proverbs 19:1). The person we are in public should be the same as who we are in private, just as Jesus was. We will follow through with commitments and live lives above reproach.

While the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ does not change, the way in which we communicate the gospel will adapt to effectively reach others (1 Chronicles 12:32).

We believe the Lord wants us to continually walk by faith (Hebrews 11:6); therefore, we will seek to take steps of faith giving Him opportunities to work. We look for open doors through which the Lord might want us to walk through. Sometimes, we will step through those doors to find out the Lord wasn’t in it, and that is okay. Rather than trying to sustain it with our own effort or compromise, we let that ministry end. This does not discourage or deter us from stepping out in faith in the future.

We believe that serving God means servings others (Mark 10:45). Each of us has been given gifts and abilities from the Lord and we will use those gifts and abilities to serve His church. When we see a need, we will take initiative to meet it, rather than assume or wait for someone else to fulfill the need.
 Serving others extends beyond the church walls and to our community, region, and world.

Anyone is welcome at our fellowship, but we realize not everyone will agree with how we do things. We will not prioritize personal preference in our pursuit of God. While everyone is important to us, we are more concerned with reaching the lost than pacifying the critics.
“Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?” Amos 3:3