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Our
Vision The Promise is a worshiping, loving, learning,
serving and multiplying community that pursues intimacy with God and
personal wholeness and seeks to make a difference for Christ in the
world.
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Our Mission
We glorify God by loving God, loving
people, and loving all people to God.
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Our
Core Values
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Christ-centered,
Bible-based
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affirm Christ, and him crucified, as the Head of the Church, and
the Bible as the sole standard of our faith and life.
(Colossians 1:18; 2 Timothy 3:15-17) |
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Empowering
Prayer
We affirm the necessity of prayer in all we do as individual
believers and as a corporate body. (Romans 8:26-27; Ephesians
6:18; Hebrews 4:16; James 5:16) |
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Dynamic
Worship
We experience God through culturally relevant contemporary
worship. (Psalm 96:1-3; Matthew 22:37-38) |
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Intentional
Evangelism
We help others find new life by sharing the Good News of
Christ locally and globally. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8) |
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Decentralized
Ministry: A Church of Cells
We participate in cell groups as keys to evangelism,
discipleship, pastoral care, ministry, and fellowship. (Acts
2:42-47) |
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Gift-based
Ministry by the Power of the Holy Spirit
We welcome the work of the Holy Spirit in our midst,
practicing ministry through the exercise of our spiritual gifts.
(1 Corinthians 12) |
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Personal
Transformation to Christ-likeness
We become more like Christ by expressing the heart of
servants. (John 13:13-17) |
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Grace
Orientation
We love one another as a family in Christ, (John 15:12;
Matthew 22:39) living by the motto: “In essentials unity, in
non-essentials liberty, in all things love.” |
Our
Habits of Growing Christians Since intimacy with God,
personal wholeness, and service for Christ are important values for
us, we are committed to assist members in discipleship. To promote
spiritual growth we encourage a “handful of habits” in our
church family and practice them as members:
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regular
worship attendance |
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participation
in a cell group |
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daily
personal quiet time with God |
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tithing
or intentionally moving toward tithing |
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a
personal ministry. |
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