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About Us
We are...
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Small-church minded
There is so much value in families meeting together as
families, participating in real fellowship, and caring for one
another in a biblical way. When a church grows too large, true
fellowship is difficult, logistically, and a church body must make a
choice: continue to grow and give up the confidence and
understanding that thrives in a smaller gathering, or divide into
smaller "bodies", and continue to enjoy and benefit from the
closeness and effectiveness of a small church congregation.
"I feel like I'm truly 'family'
with my church." ~Keenan, age 15
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Family
Integrated
We not only have a responsibility to teach and train our children,
but we enjoy our families, and we act like it! We worship together
as families during the entire church service, and we've been known to play
Four-Square, a board game, or shoot hoops with the kids afterwards! Every father is a youth
pastor, and every gray-headed saint is a fount of wisdom.
Everyone that the Lord plants in the church family is needed and
valuable.
The Christian household is the primary embassy of
the kingdom of God and the primary training ground for local church
leadership. It is also the social and economic vehicle God has
chosen to plant new local churches at home and abroad. As such, it
becomes strong by exerting itself in a life-style of ministry.
Unfortunately, for most families in the developed nations, the
home has become a place to go when nothing else is open.
Responsibilities that God intended to be fulfilled by each
household, such as child-training, education and hospitality, have
been transferred out of the home into churches, schools and
businesses. In the churches Sunday schools, youth groups, and other
age-segregated programs attempt to do for families what God intended
each household to do for its own members. This further weakens
families by allowing them to avoid the very activities that would
make them strong and effective for God. Families are restored by
returning obediently to their responsibilities.
"It's really cool having a turn
leading worship." ~Kaeleb, age 14
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Worshipers, Prayers, Servants, Prophesiers, Leaders, and
Evangelists.
We
all carry the work assigned to the biblical church, and we all have a
heart not only for those a part of the Body of Christ, but for those
who do not know our Lord yet! We all work together to a common
goal, praying for each other and encouraging one another towards
their call in Christ. No solitary person must carry it all.
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Led by
co-equal elders
The elders are men who share preaching, worship, and Lord's Table
responsibilities, as well as being humbly yielded to one another
and to the local fellowship. We are all submitted to the Great
Shepherd - Jesus Christ.
“Be examples to the flock...” (1 Peter 5:3) The
most important ministry of Elders is to be examples of sound
doctrine in action. This is why the qualifications for church Elders
(1 Tim. 3:1-15) are based on a man’s ability to manage his own
household well. In the context of that life example, through
ministry hospitality, each Elder is best able to teach sound Bible
doctrine.
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