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Our Purpose

We believe that God has given us a specific emphasis and burden as a church. We call these our "Core Values"

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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