GOSPEL
The Scripture reveals to us that God created the human race (us) to know Him deeply and to reflect His wonder through our story. In the very beginning of our story God’s enemy convinced us that pursuing our own divinity and writing our own story was a better life than living under God’s story for us. In that choice we did not find divinity, but death. We were lost to life and light and freedom. Since then our human nature propels us to chase after anything and everything that might fill the emptiness in our souls and give us security and control. We want to be the ruler of our own destiny, the sole author of our story. Despite our tendency towards rebellion, God has pursued humanity with intense love. Jesus, the Son of God, is the full expression of God’s rescue and restoration, as He became one of us. In His death and resurrection, Jesus rescued our souls and restored our purpose and offered us the freedom that we were created to enjoy under God’s divine authority and protection. Jesus is our rescue.
MISSION As we find our RESCUE in Jesus, and discover our IDENTITY with Jesus and His church, our mission on planet earth grows out of our God given purpose as image bearers and reflections of God’s character, beauty and wonder. Our relationships become an opportunity to image God and demonstrate the freedom we have discovered in Jesus. Every circumstance becomes an opportunity to demonstrate the rescue we have found in Jesus. Every circumstance becomes an opportunity to demonstrate the Gospel (good news) of Jesus’ redemption and His love for us. Our whole life, every relationship, resource and circumstance becomes a part of our life on mission for God and His kingdom, demonstrating and declaring the Gospel, our great freedom in Jesus Christ.