mission, vision and values.

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Our mission is to help churches thrive by cultivating clarity, purpose, and hope.

Our Vision is to see Churches display the redemptive love of Jesus for the glory of God and the good of others.

VISION

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FIVE TARGETED, STRATEGIC OUTCOMES

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Gospel values embedded

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Gifted leaders empowered

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Effective governance established

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compelling mission embraced

discipleship pathways engaged

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We measure the vitality of churches against these five targeted outcomes.

Values

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  • We value Jesus Christ and the gospel, and believe that the gospel changes everything. From the start of our Christian lives to the finish, the gospel changes us from the inside out, causing us to grow in grace and reject religious moralism and all forms of idolatry.

    As part of that commitment to Christ and the gospel, we value reconciliation and the restoration of the relationship between God and humankind, and between people and other people.

    (Rom 1:16-17; Col 1:6; 2 Pet 1:9; 3:18; 1 John 5:21; Eph 2:14-22)

  • We value wholistic health and cherish being transformed into the image of Christ in all aspects of life—spiritual, emotional, intellectual, relational, and physical—that Jesus Christ may be increasingly manifest in us. We believe formation flows naturally out of a commitment to the gospel.

    (Gal 4:19; Col 1:27; 1 Thes 5:23)

  • We value joining God in his mission of making all things new, which involves a commitment to actively engage our culture with the gospel message. We believe that being a called-and-sent people flows naturally from intimacy with God, because what we cherish and value, we will joyously commend to others! We value the church as a called-out and sent, disciple-making community of faith as revealed in the Word of God.

    (Ps 67:1-3; 1 Chron 16:8)

  • We value collaborative teams, and teamwork where each team member submits to the counsel of the others. We value accountability, innovation, and working together in a community of believers who listen to one another, practice the “one another” commands of Scripture, and are committed to journeying together in our relationships with Christ.

    (Rom 16:21f; Phil 3:17)

  • We value the glory and inherent worth in other human beings created in the image of God. We look for it, call it out, and seek to highlight it for the glory of God and the good of others.

    (Psalm 8:5, Romans 12:10)

EPHESIANS 4:12-13

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to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.