More About Our Values

1. Jesus is the Head, and the Holy Spirit is the Administrator of the church.
This means that:

We are under his authority, and he is exercising his authority.

Positions are God-given, not political.

We strive to be alert, available and anointed.
“ Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, unless it is something he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. …I can do nothing on my own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.” John 5:19, 30

“ The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:18-19

Each person must grow in an intimate relationship with God: worship, prayer and obedience.
We are only a part of his whole body. But every part of his body is indispensable.


2. Relationships are primary, not instrumental.
This means that:

Being precedes doing. Doing flows out of our being.

Each person is worthy of love and respect.

Each person has gifts and unique capacities and God-given callings.

Each person must take responsibility for their own growth. We encourage and help, but will not manipulate and control.

Relationships are essential, not optional. Therefore, we have a commitment to love one another, and a commitment to small groups.


3. We must be a ministry of healing and mercy.
We believe that:

God wants people to be whole.
Healing is wholistic – it is for the whole person and the whole culture.
Healing is both an act or event, and a process.
A healing environment is engendered through mercy and grace.

4.We must embrace a proper approach to the Bible.
We believe that:

The Bible is God’s authoritative revelation by which to measure our faith and our practice.
It must be experienced and lived out, not merely analyzed and evaluated.

5.Balance and integration is what we continually work at.
This means that:

We must integrate experiential and rational.

We must be culture current, which is the essence of the Incarnation.
“ He became what we are; so we could become what he is.” – Athanasius
He became a 1st Century Jew; in us he wants to become a 21st Century housewife, computer programmer, skilled trades person, executive…

6. Be who we are and what we say and do.
This means:

No “hype” in spiritual matters.

Be “supernaturally natural”.

Be authentic

Be simple

Piety is not for show

Don’t pretend to be what we are not, or claim more than what we have experienced.

Congruence between inner and outer life.