Jesus spent much of His time pursuing those who had not embraced Him—encouraging them in love and truth. So that’s what we’ll do as well.
Love the marginalized:
We think of ‘marginalized’ as a verb—an action happening to a group of people. It’s an action that the world is performing, not God. Or in other words, the marginalized are people who Jesus invites, but the world doesn’t. So we want to invite and love them as well.
Live as God’s kids:
We believe that God created every single one of us and has given us the opportunity to live as His kids. We want to live lives that honor our Father and reflect His heart. We not only want to embrace and accept Jesus into our hearts, but also want to pattern our lives as His disciples.
Values:
Relationships:
The people in your life shape your life (Proverbs 13:20)
Relevance:
We want to be culturally and biblically relevant. If we are merely culturally relevant, it's meaningless (2 Timothy 3:16).
Replication:
We want to be the church, not just do church. So we take the words of Jesus seriously when He said, "go make disciples" (Matthew 28:19).
Restoration:
You can't read the bible without learning about the restoring heart of God. He wants to restore you, your family, our community and the world. (Joel 2:25)
