The Four C’s

It is our purpose to CELEBRATE the work and person of Christ, to diligently COMPREHEND God’s Word, to develop rich COMMUNITY among our members, and to demonstrate practical COMPASSION to a hurting world.

Celebration:

As our purpose statement says, it is of primary importance for us as the people of God to celebrate Him. We believe that worship is the primary motivator for all of the other things that we do as a church. That is, our celebration of God leads us to better comprehension, richer community, and a well-rounded ministry of compassion.

Worship is to be God-centered! Our worship service is designed to reveal God through the ministry of the Word and the presence of the Holy Spirit. When God is revealed, we respond to Him! Our response to our great God is our worship. Worship should give the sense that God is high, holy and distant –that God is transcendent. Worship also ought to instill a sense of God’s nearness to his children – that God is imminent.

We believe that our worship should not only be God-centered, but simple and reverent. Everything that we do should point the worshipers to Christ, be God-honoring and edifying to the saints.

Worship should also be word-centered. In our service, you will hear God’s Word read and preached. We sing and pray God’s word. And we are bound to worship according to God’s Word.

We also believe that our families should worship together in their homes. We strive to provide encouragement and resources to families so that they may daily lead their families to the throne of God.

Finally, we believe that all of life is to be lived for the glory of God. All of our actions should bring praise to our Creator.

Community:

We believe that God conveys grace to us in many ways. One way is through the fellowship of the saints. And so we strive to eat together, to meet together, and to grow in the word together. Much of our fellowship takes place around the ministry of the Word. But we like to have fun as well by offering: Beach Retreats, Camping Trips, Youth Retreats, Congregational Dinners, Festivals, Lunches, Workdays, Teas, Bonfires, Luncheons, Sr. Adult Trips, and so much more.

We are a multi-generational church! We have each span of generations well represented from newborns to centenarians! We strive to minister to all age groups and have all age groups minister to one another.

Compassion:

We believe that God has called us to take the faith given to us and to carry it into the world. We also believe that God calls us to care for one another, but also for the stranger in the world.

We support one another in the church body through sickness, weakness, and needy circumstances.

We encourage each of our members to take the Gospel to their spheres of influence, acting as salt and light in the world. Every encounter with people is a potential moment for the redemptive work of God. We are the image of Christ in our schools, at work, in our neighborhoods, at the gym, etc. Personal evangelism and engagement of the world is a must for each Christian!

We support local agencies that bring the Gospel to bear in local settings. We partner with pastors who are starting new churches, with campus ministries, with crisis pregnancy centers, and with local interests who are meeting redemptive needs in our local area. We encourage our people to serve where God has called them, often in unofficial places of ministry – yet they represent Christ’s church! Our denomination has a national missions board that plants new churches and revitalizes old ones.

Finally, we actively support foreign missions around the world. Our denomination has its own foreign board of missions, which we support along with various missionaries who are sent by them into the world. We also support a number of missionaries who are not affiliated with our denomination.

Comprehension:

In addition to the Sunday Worship service where God’s Word is taught and preached, we offer various ministries to help us better understand the Word as it applies to our lives: men’s ministries, women’s Bible studies, children’s ministries. Check our calendar and schedule of events to see where you can plug in and deepen your relationship with our Lord.