Our Distinctives

 


Christ Centered Focus & Commitment

  • Jesus Christ is always to be our focus, foundation and the head over each person, home & this church. (1 Cor 3:11 & Phil 2:9-10)
  • We preach and endeavor to practice wholehearted commitment to Christ in our daily walk & service, by His grace and power.
  • We desire to display the fruit and power of the Holy Spirit in our actions, speech, attitudes and service.  (Matt 22:37-40, 6:24, Rom 12:1-2, Col 3:23-24, Phil 4:3, Gal 5:13-25)

 

Biblically-based

  • Doctrine and practice solely from divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible.  (2 Tim 3:16-17)
  • We emphasize personal study and prayer time, or "Quiet Time."
  • Biblical preaching verse by verse for daily living.  (2 Tim 4:1-4)
  • Bible used with each age group for Sunday School, AWANA, Youth and Adults.

 

Prayer Oriented

  • We emphasize each believer having an active prayer life.

 

Family Togetherness, Love & Caring

  • We encourage caring through "Care Teams" by the adult Sunday School Classes, and Bible Study Groups.

 

Balanced Worship & Music

  • We have a balance contemporary worship with a variety of music styles.  We enjoy the classic hymns and today's praise songs.

 

Great Commission Vision (Matthew 28:18-20)

  • The Great Commission commands believers to make disciples of Jesus Christ. 
  • We believe that every Christian should be a reproducing disciple.   We provide training to equip them for personal evangelism and discipleship.
  • We seeing our local community as the "Jerusalem" while sending missionaries into the "Uttermost parts of the World."

 

Every Believer Ministering

  • We encourage each person to utilize their spiritual gifts within this local body of believers, by the power of the Holy Spirit and for God's glory.  
    (1 Peter 4:10-11)

 

Solution To Sin Is Forgiveness

  • The unbeliever receives forgiveness of all sin by faith in Christ as one's Savior.  (Ephesians 1:7)
  • For the believer, Biblical restoration to fellowship with God and other is be repentant confession of sin.

 

Faithful Financial Stewardship

  • We provide Biblical teaching and encourage "Grace Giving" with the Tithe being a beginning point.
  • We endeavor to provide Biblical teaching on giving, but without constant pleas for money.
  • Financial record-keeping with accountability is stressed with our budget and financial reports, which are always posted and available to the membership.

 

Biblical Roles Between Leadership and Congregation

  • The Pastoral Staff, as Spiritual Leaders, have their roles based on 
  • 1 Tim 3:1-13, 4:1-5; 1 Thes 2:2-11 and Eph 4:11-14.
  • Lay Leadership roles and responsibilities are based on 1 Tim 3:1-13; 
  • Titus 1:5-14 and 1 Pet 5:1-5.
  • The Congregation is to treat their Pastoral Staff with appreciation based on 
  • 1 Thes 5:11-12 and 1 Tim 5:17-19 and to respond to the Pastoral and Lay Leadership with obedience according to Heb 13:17.