Eleven Core Values

1

Authority: Jesus is our Guide to the very heart of God and the Head of the Church. We trust His words; we apply the priorities of Scripture as He explained them; we listen to the Holy Spirit; and we learn from good role models.

2

Unconditional Acceptance: Nobody’s perfect. We love everyone who comes through our doors just the way they are. When they are ready, we place their hand in Jesus’ hand.

3

Spiritual Practices: You get out of it what you put into it. We encourage: personal prayer and bible study, fellowship, worship, and service. God uses these practices to shower us with many spiritual gifts for life’s journey. 

4

Extroverted: We’re takin’ it to the streets! We believe many people are just waiting for an invitation. Marketing is not unspiritual; it makes the Church visible. 

5

Modern Language: We translate God’s Words into our sub-culture so everyone can understand it.

6

Non-discrimination: Spiritual maturity and giftedness determine where a member serves, not gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity, social status or race.  

7

Interfaith Relations: As Jesus put it, “whoever does God's will is my brother and my sister." Exploring the differences can deepen your faith. 

8

Small Group Structure: We are family.  

9

Serving People in Need: A test of a society's strength is how it treats its weakest members; strong members gladly help those who lack the resources to help themselves. We also enjoy giving generously to our community and our world.

10

Social Activism: We teach our members how to influence our government without taking any policy positions or endorsing candidates.

11

Fun: And we have all kinds of fun doing this!