Connecting to God

• Presence Church - experiencing the presence of God in every gathering
  • Having the fear of the Lord and honoring His presence
  • Being dependent on the Holy Spirit's Presence
  • Expecting the natural flow of the gifts of the Spirit

• The Word - believing in and living by the Word of God
  • Preaching the uncompromising message of the Gospel with integrity
  • Building our lives upon the infallible principles of the Word of God
  • Submitting to the Bible as the final authority to all matters of life

• Prayer - setting a foundation of prayer in everything we do
  • Being called to be a house of prayer for all nations
  • Believing that individual and corporate prayer supernaturally moves the hand of God
  • Understanding that communicating with God establishes a personal relationship and positions us to experience His presence

• Worship - responding to God as a redeemed people
  • Preparing a habitation for the presence of God
  • Focusing on the exaltation of God, not the entertainment of man
  • Engaging in Spirit [Holy Spirit enabled] and in Truth [Jesus, who is the truth, is the center of our worship]

• Prophetic Destiny - discovering God's purpose, both individually and corporately
  • Aligning our will in agreement with His plans and purposes
  • Understanding that life is not just about the destination, but the journey with God
  • Promoting the development and fulfillment of one's calling

• Local Church - realizing it is the vehicle that God is using to extend His Kingdom
  • Understanding that we are one congregation of the valley church, and the corporate church world wide
  • Being a spiritual family where homes and relationships are nurtured, and each person has a vital role
  • Recognizing spiritual authority and covering through convenental relationships

Connecting to One Another

• Generations - bridging generations together
  • Fulfilling God's purposes as generations of all ages work together
  • Understanding that our children & youth are the church and leaders of tomorrow
  • Building for future generations and focusing on long-term strategic planning

• Diversity - reflecting our local community, and affecting the nations
  • Including believers from different cultural, ethnic, social, generational, and educational backgrounds
  • Being a people of every cultural background joined together in a united sense of divine mission

• Integrity - pursuing the Lord with clean hands & a pure hearts
  • Living a genuine, holy, Christian lifestyle in a culture that is desperately looking for authenticity
  • Displaying the character of Christ not only in the church but in the world
  • Having a spirit of excellence in all we do

• Equipping - Growing up believers as "trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord"
  • Reproducing ourselves spiritually in others
  • Developing and releasing the believers for the work of the ministry
  • Training and raising leaders

Connecting to The Harvest

• Evangelism - going beyond our four walls
  • Demonstrating God's love through "lifestyle evangelism" - in the neighborhood, schools, and marketplace
  • Touching the community with tangible expressions of Christlike love

• Missions - being worldview Christians with a local church emphasis
  • Sowing prayers, people and resources to the nations
  • Establishing and strengthening local churches globally