"Values are our core beliefs. They are the rationale for our decisions, the passions we live for and the explanation for why we make the choices we do. While a goal is something you set out to accomplish, a value describes who you already are. Values are part of our being." - Tony Stoltzfus
Our Core Values
1. Lost people matter to God. He wants them found.
Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
2. Prayer is the primary work of the people of God.
Phil 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
3. Everything we have belongs to God. We are only stewards.
1 Chron 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You.
4. Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success.
Josh 1:8-9 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
5. Completing the Great Commission requires mobilizing every fully devoted disciple.
Matt 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
6. Without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish nothing.
1 Cor 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
7. Achieving God’s purposes involves taking faith-filled risks; this always involves change.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him
Our Mission Central Objectives are Critical to all we ARE and DO.
1. Lost people matter to God. He wants them found.
Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
2. Prayer is the primary work of the people of God.
Phil 4:6-7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
3. Everything we have belongs to God. We are only stewards.
1 Chron 29:14
But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You.
4. Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success.
Josh 1:8-9 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
5. Completing the Great Commission requires mobilizing every fully devoted disciple.
Matt 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
6. Without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish nothing.
1 Cor 2:4-5 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
7. Achieving God’s purposes involves taking faith-filled risks; this always involves change.
Heb 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him