Our Values
In order for us to reach the Upstate of SC with the Gospel we must be willing to let God transform us for the sake of other people. We long to see God transform us as we...
Passionate Pursuit of God:
- Intimacy with God is our first priority in life
- Personally relating to God because He has something to say to you
- Not allowing our relationship with God to be brokered by someone else
Live Connected:
- Living connected with others because we were not made to live alone
- Living out God's desire for community with other people for the sake of other people
- Involved in a Life Group with other people who live in your region to area to reach those who you do life with where you live, eat, work and play
Engage Our Spirit Giftedness:
- Helping our people discover how God has gifted them
- Whatever God is going to do in the world, He is going to do through Christ's people, the Church
- Leadership that sees empowering God's people as more important than using their own gifts
- Whatever God is going to do in the world distant from any local church's circle of accountability, He is going to do through the resources of churches, telescoped in joint venture with the Holy Spirit and indigenous resources.
Stewardship of Life:
- God owns everything
- All that I am and have is God's
- The gospel transforms ALL of life (relationships, time, energy, resources, body, mind)
- By God's grace I will steward (manage) all that He has entrusted to me with wisdom
- My time, energy, resources and body are His to use as He leads and directs
Share Our Grace Story:
- The gospel goes wherever God wants it to go because the gospel goes in us
- Joining with God in the unveiling of His kingdom
- Doing life and sharing our grace stories with those who don't yet know Jesus
- Our grace story is the story of our lives so far as we have met and grown in Jesus
- Inviting those who don't know Jesus into our lives