As church elders we are committed to the fulfilling of our calling -- and to being a good stewards of God’s grace and gifts -- by leading and discipling God’s people through a God-centered, Christ-glorifying, Holy Spirit-dependent ministry. Though the pastorate entails a whole range of ministries, our priorities must be first, to our own relationship with God, second to our family responsibilities as husband and father, and third our responsibilities to others within the local church and to the world around us. (Leadership Team)

Mission Statement

We believe the church has been given the mission of glorifying God by the making and maturing of disciples who are growing in the likeness of Jesus Christ. This entails a biblical and balanced emphasis on the ministries of evangelism, worship, edification and fellowship within the context of the local church.

We believe in the necessity of expositional preaching, biblical counseling, and conservative but vibrant music in the fulfillment of biblical ministry (1 Pet 4:10; 1 Cor 4:1; Tit 1:7; Eph 3:8; 2 Cor 4:15; Php 1:9-11; 1 Cor 10:31; 2 Tim 4:2).

Every-Member Ministry

We believe that God would have every member to be ministering the grace of God to others within the local body -- in order to build up and sanctify one another (1 Thes 5:11; Heb 10:24-25). We emphasize participation in both the Sunday corporate ministries as well as the weekly small group ministries; keeping Christ the focus and foundation of the church while his Word is proclaimed, applied and lived out in the midst of Christian community.

Stewardship

We believe that God would have every believer to be a member of a NT-type local church and to exercise biblical stewardship of all their resources, including time, talents, gifts, experience, and the sacrificial contributing of material resources as God has blessed each one. The local church's first responsibility is to properly care for its pastor(s) and second, its other ministry and physical responsibilities. It also has a significant duty to be aware of and seek to minister to the physical needs of those within its own membership.

Pastoral Leadership

The pastor’s role within the overall ministry of the local church is to serve as a servant-leader for the other members of the body as Christ’s under-shepherd. As such, a pastor is an "equipper" (Eph 4:11-12) of the other "ministers" (the saints); a "player-coach" as it were. He has unique responsibilities for the training, teaching and modeling of biblical truth; and for the leadership and discipleship of others in fulfillment of the Great Commission (1 Pet 5:1-3). A pastor must serve as an example of the believers in character and conduct; therefore, it is vital he is a proper husband and father, as well as being -- and allowed to be -- a student of the Word (1 Tim 4:5-16; 2 Tim 2:15).

As the "under-shepherds", the pastors/elders not only have the responsibilities of leading and feeding, but also protecting. This entails militantly defending the truth, boldly confronting false teachers, and carefully preserving the purity of the body through the consistent use of authoritative preaching, wise counsel and as necessary, the biblical process of church discipline -- in short, guarding against dangers within and without (1 Tim 6:3-5, 12, 20-21).