Our Unique Identity
Every church has a unique identity, a DNA if you will, which is formed by the interaction of theology, philosophy and practice. It starts with theology from a church's understanding of God and His Scriptures. This theology affects the philosophy of ministry which each church operates by and within. Finally, this philosophy, affects the practical outworking of a local body. We believe in an incarnational, missional, sacrificial model which seeks depth over width. We pray, and work, so that our practices will line up with these beliefs.
We do not have singles, men's, women's, or college ministries as formal ministries. That doesn't mean we don't minister to these demographics, only that we don't feel as if we must gear an entire ministry toward a particular group to reach that group.
This philosophy, along with a driving passion that believes church consists not of a building and not merely of preaching and singing, but in being the body of Christ and sharing life together, has driven us to funnel all our adult ministry in and through our Connection Groups Ministry. Connection Groups serve as a panacea in which men and women, single or married, young adults and those not so young, gather together in recognition of our inability to do life alone. Our hope is to create unity in diversity as people interact with those who are perhaps a little unlike themselves. This, we feel, is the Scriptural model for fellowship and growth as found in the New Testament and Old.
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Our Unique Identity
Every church has a unique identity, a DNA if you will, which is formed by the interaction of theology, philosophy and practice. It starts with theology from a church's understanding of God and His Scriptures. This theology affects the philosophy of ministry which each church operates by and within. Finally, this philosophy, affects the practical outworking of a local body. We believe in an incarnational, missional, sacrificial model which seeks depth over width. We pray, and work, so that our practices will line up with these beliefs.
We do not have singles, men's, women's, or college ministries as formal ministries. That doesn't mean we don't minister to these demographics, only that we don't feel as if we must gear an entire ministry toward a particular group to reach that group.
This philosophy, along with a driving passion that believes church consists not of a building and not merely of preaching and singing, but in being the body of Christ and sharing life together, has driven us to funnel all our adult ministry in and through our Connection Groups Ministry. Connection Groups serve as a panacea in which men and women, single or married, young adults and those not so young, gather together in recognition of our inability to do life alone. Our hope is to create unity in diversity as people interact with those who are perhaps a little unlike themselves. This, we feel, is the Scriptural model for fellowship and growth as found in the New Testament and Old.
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Our Philosophy of Ministry