Our Vision

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“Learning to follow Jesus, become like Him, and live out His love in the world."

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LEARNING TO

We are a community of people in process. None of us have arrived—we are all still learning what it means to follow Jesus well. So we choose to embrace the mess, love and accept people who are imperfect (all of us), allow space for one another to try, fail, and try again, and to help each other along the way (Gal. 6:1–2). We want to be a church where each of us can come as we are, without needing to posture or pretend, and know that we belong—even as we work out what it fully means to believe and follow Jesus.

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FOLLOW JESUS 

Jesus calls us to be his disciples—that is, his students or apprentices. We are learning from Jesus how to live our lives the way He would live them. This is not an incidental part of being a Christian, but is in fact what being a Christian means. How does one do this? First, by placing our faith in Him to lead our lives, forgive our sins, and make us new—a whole-life commitment that is expressed inwardly in faith and outwardly in baptism (Matt. 28:19). Second, in a lifelong journey of worship, service, and learning to “obey everything that he has commanded” (Matt. 28:20).

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BECOME LIKE HIM

Following Jesus does not just mean imitation, but transformation. The goal of the Christian life is to become like our rabbi: to be “conformed to the image of God’s Son” (Rom. 8:29). By this we mean that as we spend time with Jesus we are changed, such that our inner world becomes like the inner world of Jesus, and that His Spirit would cause our lives to exude the same sort of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control that we see in his life (Gal. 5:22–23).

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LIVE OUT HIS LOVE FOR THE WORLD

God’s gift of grace is not for us alone. God loves the world so much that He took on flesh, lived a human life, and died in our place. How does one respond to this sort of extravagant love? To such abundant grace? By joining God in His work. We share the good news of God’s love, in the prayerful hope that those around us might come to put their faith in Jesus too. And we minister hope, healing, compassion, and justice to those who are wounded, impoverished, marginalized, or dismissed. We are the hands and feet of Jesus, moving in His presence and power as we continue His work in the world (Matt. 28:18–20).

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Our Core Values

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• biblical (up) – God has revealed himself through the Scriptures, which are our source of authority for life and worship

• devotional (in) –  nothing is more important than a love relationship with Jesus

• missional (out) – mission is why the church exists

• connectional (together)  – authentic, loving community is the context for mission

• bravehearts – courageous faith

• contextualization – Biblical faithfulness with cultural relevance

• grace-full – we will live in the abundant grace of God, freely receiving it and freely giving it away