Why We Exist

Our mission: We exist to equip people to believe in God, belong to God’s family, and bless God’s world.

Before He ascended to heaven, Jesus told His followers to make disciples: “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”                                                Matthew 28:18-20 (NASB)

That is why Jesus created His church: to transform lives in Christ. The Bible calls this “discipleship.”

A definition of discipleship:Discipleship is the process by which people become loving and faithful followers of Jesus Christ. Let’s look at this more closely:

• Discipleship is a process. “He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus” (Phil. 1:6, NASB). The process of discipleship begins when God draws us to become followers of Christ and continues as we grow in our faith.
• Discipleship increases love. “The fruit of the Spirit is love…” (Gal. 5:22, NASB). As we follow Christ, our love for both God and people grows.
• Discipleship develops faithfulness.“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 3:18, NASB).
• Discipleship means following Christ. “Immediately they left their nets and followed Him” (Matt. 4:20, NASB).

To fulfill this mission of making disciples, we believe that we must assist people to be rightly related upward toward God, inward toward God’s family (the church), and outward toward God’s world.