MISSION
For the church to be the kind of church Jesus promised to build, it must be committed to the Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the four biblical essentials: teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer.1 Everything we do in church or ministry should have discipleship as the ultimate core goal.
MISSION
For the church to be the kind of church Jesus promised to build, it must be committed to the Great Commandment, the Great Commission, and the four biblical essentials: teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayer.1 Everything we do in church or ministry should have discipleship as the ultimate core goal.
Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them, and teaching them to obey everything he has commanded.2
The most effective approach to train and equip people is by providing effective models and opportunities to practice the skill. Jesus used a show, tell, release, and supervise model of training. He ministered to the multitudes, the apostles, and his inner circle of three. After calling the disciples, He took them with Him, teaching and healing the sick as He went. Then, after the disciples had seen and learned for themselves, he commissioned, empowered, instructed, and sent them out to follow in his footsteps. This discipleship process should be no different today.3
VISION
By God's Grace
Empowered by the Holy Spirit
Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Making a Difference in the World
For the Glory of God
1Acts 2:42
2Matthew 28:19,20
3John Wesley, The Journal of John Wesley, entry dated Sunday March 13, 1743; vol. 1 (London: J. Kenshaw, 1827), 398.