faithful pursuit

Those who work and live in this city can be known for focusing on success, education, and career above other things. As a community, we are committed to prioritizing the deep longings of our souls, knowing there is a God who meets. We seek to orient our lives to pursue communion with a God who is available to us at all times.

embodied participation

In his book Faithful Presence, David Fitch writes “Faithful presence names the reality that God is present in the world and that he uses a people faithful to his presence to make himself concrete and real amid the world’s struggles and pain” (10).

In the Garden of Eden, presence with God was lost. In the person of Jesus, presence takes on a new significance (“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” - John 1:14 MSG).

The Church, as the body of Christ, is invited to extend that presence into the world today. We are committed to empowering and equipping people with a theological vision and and sending them out live on mission for the sake of the kingdom.

biblical relevance

2 Timothy 3:16-17 says: “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” As such, we are committed to wrestling with the scriptures and allow them to confront and challenge how we live.

radical generosity

Living in this city is not easy for everyone. As a church, we seek to be committed to foregoing personal convenience for the purpose of building the type of community found in Acts, to give freely of our resources as a response to the generosity that God has toward us, and so it could be said that there are no needy among us.