Core Values

As we seek by God's grace and power to fulfill our vision and mission, we are guided by the following core values, which are basically our guiding principles and practices.

Our Vision & Mission states why we exist and what we do, our Doctrinal Statement outlines what we believe and teach, and our core values describe how we carry out our vision and mission and the principles and practices that guide us.

Naturally we seek to be directed by Scripture in all we do. Our core values are how this actually looks in certain key areas. There are many different ways that churches function, and here are ours:

Under the headship of Christ, in reliance upon the Holy Spirit, as exemplified in Scripture, and for God's glory, we are committed to the following guiding principles and practices:

We seek to govern ourselves biblically.

• Biblically qualified leadership. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]
• Meaningful church membership. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]
• Loving, caring, and patient church discipline. [Click to hear the sermons on this core value: Part 1 - Part 2]

We seek to grow biblically.

• Expositional preaching. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]
• Intentional discipleship and equipping. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]
• Biblical counseling. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]

We seek to gather biblically.

• Age-integrated worship and discipleship. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]
• Upholding the biblical roles for men and women. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]
• Biblically directed prayer, giving, communion, and music ministry. [Click to hear a sermon on this core value]

We seek to go biblically.

• Proclamation and preservation of the biblical gospel.
• Consistent equipping for lifestyle evangelism.
• A reliance upon God's sovereignty in conversion.