Hospitality
Christian hospitality refers to the active desire to invite, welcome, receive, and care for those who are strangers so that they find a spiritual home and discover for themselves the unending richness of life in Christ.
Hospitality is prayer, work, habit, practice, and initiative for the purposes of Christ.
The greatest contribution we can make to the Body of Christ is inviting someone else or helping a newcomer feel genuinely welcome so that she or he receives what we have received.
Worship
We don’t attend worship to squeeze God into our lives; we seek to meld our lives into God’s.
Passionate Worship means an extraordinary eagerness to offer the best in worship, honoring God with excellence and with an unusual clarity about the purpose of connecting people to God.
Faith Development
Vibrant, fruitful, growing congregations practice Intentional Faith Development.
Churches that practice Intentional Faith Development offer high quality learning experiences that help people understand Scripture, faith, and life in the supportive nurture of caring relationships.
Mission and Service
Mission initiatives change the lives of those who receive the help.
Hands-on mission projects change the lives of volunteers.
Risk-Taking Mission and Service is one of the fundamental activities of church life that is so critical that failure to practice it in some form results in a deterioration of the church’s vitality and ability to make disciples of Jesus Christ.
Generosity
Vibrant, fruitful, growing congregations practice Extravagant Generosity.
Scripture is replete with examples and teachings that focus on possessions, wealth, giving, gifts, generosity, offerings, charity, sacrifice, and sharing with those in need.Extravagant Generosity | Five Practices.
