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"Our mission is to serve the
small church
as
it carries out God's
mission"
Our desire is to serve the small church.
We define a church as:
A regular gathering of devoted followers of Jesus
Christ in covenant with each other to fulfill the
purposes of spiritual community
We define SMALL church as:
A regular gathering of 3 people to 300
people
...is to provide simple, practical
tools and resources for the small church
...is to encourage and strengthen
every small church
...is to connect 1000s of small
churches together with 1000s of other small
churches
...is
to empower spiritual
leaders through development, training and
support
We Believe In the
verbal inspiration of the scriptures and the
authority of both the Old and New
Testaments.
We Believe that man was
created in the image of God and through
disobedience, sinned and fell, and that the entire
human race shares in man’s lost and depraved
nature.
We Believe the Eternal Son of
God took upon Himself the form of a man by means of
the Virgin Birth. Atonement for sin was made by the
sacrificial and substitution death of Jesus Christ.
We Believe in the
resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in
His ascension into heaven and His priestly
intercession.
We Believe that the Holy
Spirit is the Promise of the Father, Our Comforter
sent to convict the world of sin, place the
believer in the Body of Christ, in-dwell the
believer and bestow spiritual gifts to the church.
We Believe the ordinances of
the church, by command of Christ, are water baptism
by immersion and the Lord’ Supper, both of which
are administered to those who are born again.
We Believe the eternal
salvation of the believers; the eternal damnation
and punishment of the unbelievers.
We Believe the consummation
of all things includes the visible, personal and
glorious return of Jesus Christ at the time He so
chooses.
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