OUR VISION
Our
vision is to plant and establish a network of
evangelical churches, in the Spanish provinces of south-eastern
Andalucia, which will have as its basis a full expression of Biblical
Christianity through the Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Ministry and
Mission of its members. The churches should be Christ-centered
and Christ-exalting.
OUR VALUES
Worship
Our fundamental attitude towards God is one of loving obedience and
gratitude. Behind the word 'worship' stands the idea of 'showing our
love to our God'. Our lives and our meetings should manifest this love
in true spiritual worship. We desire to be characterised as a praying
and worshipping people who spend time with their God.
Fellowship
The Church of Christ is the Body of Christ. We don't GO to church - we
ARE church. We are members one of another, we are family, we are
community bound together in love for Christ and for one another. Our
intention is that our relationships should always demonstrate love and
community.
Discipleship
Jesus called disciples - the disciple is set apart to
God and follows, learns from and copies Jesus the Teacher. We will be grounded
in His Word and, living under grace, risk all to follow where He leads,
enabled by His indwelling Spirit.
Ministry
The ministry we have from Him is His ministry, but every member shares
in it. Fellowship involves sharing together in a common
task and calling. Only the gifting of the Holy Spirit enables us to minister
effectively, so we expect to identify and exercise a whole range of New
Testament gifts and ministries in our life together as He equips, leads
and directs. In part, this will be expressed in the practice of prayer -
fully convinced that the Lord answers prayer, and that the miraculous,
while not commonplace, is not exceptional.
Mission
Jesus commissioned His followers to make disciples of all nations. Our
constant desire will be to pray for and to seek to reach people and bring them to the Lord in whom they will find
freedom and wholeness - full salvation - and
to lead them also into discipleship. |