Our Core Values

The Bible
The Bible is God’s living word, the only word powerful to birth and animate spiritual life. We should teach and be doers of the Bible as if life depended on it—and it does! (Hebrews 4:12-13; James 1:22;
1 Peter 1:23 – 2:2).

Prayer
Prayer is our lifeline to God. We pray because we desperately need God; we need His presence and transforming power in our lives. Our need to pray is shown by this—Jesus prayed (Luke 11:1-13; John 17).

Evangelism
Jesus gave everything—position, treasure, reputation, even His life—to fulfill His mission to seek and save lost people; He commissioned us to do the same thing (Luke 19:10; Matt. 18:11-14; 28:18-20).

Family
The family is God’s foundational institution, and by His design it is one of the best environments to communicate the gospel message to future generations. We should use every God-given resource available to make our families strong (1 Timothy 3:4-6, 12; 2 Timothy 1:5; 3:14-15).

Church planting
Growing multitudes of people outside of our community do not know Jesus, and we’re in a race to reach as many as we can. The best way for us to win this race is to plant new churches that have evangelism and church planting in their “DNA” (Acts 1:8; Romans 10:13-17).

Unity
Unity is the spiritual life-bond that enables the church to grow up as the body of Christ. When we are unified, love abounds, the weak become strong, the deceived become wise, members work in harmony, and lost people can see Jesus in us. Jesus gave Himself for unity, and we should give ourselves to keep it (Ephesians 2:14-16; 4:1-3, 13-16; Colossians 3:14; John 17:20-23; Acts 2:44-47).

Hospitality
Hospitality can be any practical expression of love; it can be as simple as sharing a meal or as extreme as Jesus dying for our sins. Hospitality in Jesus’ name becomes an expression of God’s unconditional love for people (1 Peter 4: 9; Luke 10:30-37; John 3:16-18).