Mission Statement: Hope

Our mission statement for the church is the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.

Mathew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me…
Lordship of Jesus: Commitment

…therefore go and make disciples…
Discipleship of Jesus: Purpose

… of all nations…
Fellowship of Jesus, The Church: Diversity

… baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit… Cross of Jesus: Salvation, Mercy

… teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you… Authority of God’s Word

… and I am with you always … The Holy Spirit: Power

… to the end of the age.” Kingdom of God: Reign of God

Vision Statement: Love

A vision statement must encompass the basic will of God for our lives. The following scriptures illustrate how this vision statement fulfills God’s intentions for his people.

Love As He Loved

John 13: 34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Matthew 22: 37-39 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Romans 13: 8-10 Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

1 Peter 4:8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 John 4:7-16 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. 13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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Acts 2: 42-47

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”

1. Passionate Spirituality: “They devoted themselves to the apostles” teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” vs. 42 Passionate spirituality is the degree to which we are living out our faith with power and contagious enthusiasm.

1. Empowering Leadership: “Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles.” vs. 43 Empowering leadership is committed heart and soul to the church vision, and fulfills the role of equipping the church to fulfill God’s mission.

1. Loving Relationships: “All the believers were together and had everything in common.” vs. 44 Loving relationships describes Christ’s love permeating and uniting individual differences.

1. Gift-Based Ministry: “Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone who had need.” vs. 45 Gift-based ministry focuses on every Christian using his or her gifts to edify the church.

1. Functional Structures: “Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts.” vs. 46a The church structures and programs are evaluated on the basis of how they serve the overall health and growth of the church.

1. Holistic Small Groups: “They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts” vs. 46b Holistic small groups provide the loving and healing power of Christian fellowship in multifunctional, reproducing small groups.

1. Inspiring Worship Services: “praising God and enjoying the favor of all people.” vs. 47a Inspiring worship services allow the church to experience God in communal prayer, praise, preaching, communion and fellowship.

1. Need-based Evangelism: “And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” vs. 47 Need-based evangelism begins with the felt needs of people to fulfill the Great Commission and participate in the mission of God

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