The purpose of every activity of our church must be to produce and further develop disciples. We will evaluate every activity by its effectiveness in producing disciples, and will modify or discontinue activities that ineffectively do this.
- We will intentionally and primarily make disciples through congregations and small groups, mot as a random process between individuals. Our primary methods of disciple making are apprenticeship and modeling.
- Small groups will be developed to provide relevant Bible study, caring relationship, and outreach that leads to personal accountability and develops sequential growth for disciples.
- The primary purpose of every small group in our church is to encourage, coach and equip individuals to develop behavioral ( habits, character, virtues, ministry skills) elements of the image of Christ and to grow to the next level of spiritual maturity as directed by our recipe for disciple making. Groups not doing this will be allowed to continue only on exceptional basis as approved by our ministry community leaders.
- Every ABF in our church will adopt and strive to accomplish the purposes of stimulating fellowship, assimilating newcomers, reaching out to and winning the unsaved and teaching the entire bible to the entire congregation.
- While making all our ministries warm and accepting of newcomers, the primary function of our worship services will be true worship and proclaiming the word.
- The primary purpose of our church council will be to set broad policies, macro manage the church and keep all ministries in line with the doctrinal statement, constitution, and philosophy of ministry and to oversee church discipline. They will not micro manage the staff and other lay leaders.
- The micro management of all ministries will be delegated to leaders of those ministries, and accountability will be maintained through our Ministry Community and normal disciple making channel.
- The purpose of our ministry community will be vision casting, leaders training, discipling our disciple makers and establishing planning, training and accountability for every ministry in our church