1. Committed to being transformed by God’s Word – “growing in wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him” (1:17)
- Our community that teaches Biblical Truth transparently for real Transformation
- Our community understands and trusts in God’s grace revealed in His Word
- Expositional Preaching and Teaching
- Our community is not ashamed of the Gospel and will stand on Truth regardless of the culture
- Our community is passionately pursuing the unchurched with a Christlike heart to share and show His love to expand God’s Kingdom in the world.
2. Committed to passionately pray and praise God (1:1-23, 3:14-21 and 6:18-20)
- We are a people that have a heart to seek the presence of God through individual and corporate prayer
- We are a community who praises our loving God continually
- We are a community that lives out real worship
3. Committed to living and growing spiritually – “walk in a manner worthy of the calling” (4:1)
We are committed to this by three main avenues:
- Spiritual Growth
- Discipleship
- Accountability
4. Committed to serving in a multi-cultural community – “there is one body” (4:1-16)
- We are committed to a diverse Christlike community that reflects God’s people
- We are committed to multi-Cultural community fellowship and service not confined to a building
- We are committed to function in oneness out of love to serve our community
- We are committed to be actively engaged in racial reconciliation
5. Committed to healthy family relationships – focus on our first ministries (5:22 – 6:4)
- We are committed to see broken relationships restored by love and hope in Christ
- We are committed to raising up godly men who are leading their families spiritually
- We are committed to see healthy marriages centered on Christ and united in His love
- We are committed to see healthy singles striving to live for God’s glory
- We are committed to see youth growing spiritually and actively learning how to creatively serve Christ
- We are committed to see kids honoring their fathers and mothers