To be a witness
to the reality of God and His redemptive kingdom
to our generation locally, nationally, and beyond by nurturing and
extending
a community totally devoted to God and to one another.
Explanation
To be a witness to the reality of God and His redemptive kingdom
We want to show others what God and His kingdom are like.
to our generation locally, nationally, and beyond
We want to show this to those in our immediate daily lives and area, in our nation, and in our whole world.
by nurturing
We will show this by caring for one another physically, emotionally, and spiritually (loving, caring, forgiving, accepting, other-centered, giving, serving, justice, unity),
and extending a community
and by spreading this spirit to others, drawing people into our Fellowship, and seeing new communities formed.
totally devoted to God
Our Fellowship is one in which we put God first,
and to one another.
and have relationships that are not relationships of convenience, but where we are really committed to one another as brothers and sisters in God's family.