Missional

Third, we are Missional:

We believe that we know God by understanding how he acts toward his people both in the past and present, as depicted in Scripture and in life experience.

As we have grasped God’s redemptive mission toward humanity, we have come to know him and as we know him, we are increasingly giving ourselves toward his mission.

• We believe that the local church could do a much better job at both: being faithful to the content of unchanging Biblical doctrine (Jude 3), and being faithful to contextualize the truth within the culture(s) in which we live (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).
• We believe that the redemptive mission of God is primarily about salvation of the lost, but not exclusively so. Thus a person living a missional life is redeeming all aspects of life, and fulfills the call of God even in aspects that don’t relate directly to salvation (1 Corinthians 10:31).
• We believe that the kingdom of God, and the influence thereof, will become enormous (Matthew 13:31-33). We also believe that the power of the Holy Spirit is given to his church to build his kingdom, and that redemption of the world and the salvation of the elect is not only presently visible but is an absolute future reality (Romans 8:18-22).

Being missional is not the same as evangelizing. Evangelizing is an aspect of the missional life where the emphasis is on the salvation of others.

Being missional is not optional. We believe if one is a true follower of Jesus, then they will believe the Gospel and follow him in his mission. We believe Christians will be a part of personal, corporate (serving in a local church), or global mission initiatives depending on how God has uniquely gifted them.

As a missional church, our emphasis is on being a repository and not a bunker. We seek to intelligently equip people to send them out to live their lives on mission, rather than highjack their lives in service to the local church.

Being missional means doing all things with excellence. Every vocation and activity is done to glorify God (1 Corinthians 10:31), therefore it is the missional Christian who should be the world’s best employee, employer, inventor, innovator, artist, and creator of culture.

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