Church Vision

The Church In Action: Eight E’s to Remember

1. EXALTING Christ In Worship: Personal & Corporate
• Worshiping in spirit: Exalting Christ
• Worship in truth involves biblical worship (preaching, prayers, singing)
• Ordinances: Baptism, Communion
2. EDIFYING The Body
• Edification by teaching the Bible and Expository Preaching
• Exhortation, Admonition
• Discipline, Accountability
• Discipleship
3. ENCOURAGING The Individual Believer By The Body
• Caring for and meeting physical and spiritual needs.
• Showing real love in practical ways to folks in the fellowship.
• Body life expanded by spending time together and the use of our spiritual gifts.
• Personal prayer with and for other members of the body.
4. ENGAGING With Other Believers
• Fellowship involves sharing what we have learned from the Bible.
• Fellowship is also sharing what we possess with those in need.
• Fellowship also involves sharing ourselves (lives, stories, time).
• Fellowship includes ministering side-by-side to the lost and other believers.
• Fellowship is practicing the 56 “one another” commands in the assembly.
• Fellowship includes singing biblical truths – used to teach, exhort, and encourage.
• Fellowship includes eating together.
5. EQUIPPING And Training Christians For Ministry
• Each pastor’s main job description: “Equip the saints for the work of ministry”.
• An important task of the gathered church (to be “outfitted” for service).
• Significant time will be invested in special training of potential leaders.
6. ESTABLISHING Families And The Church In Faith
• Setting up the N.T. house-order of Christ in the family.
• Setting up the N.T. house-order of Christ in the church.
• This “strengthening” includes planned discipleship and training.
7. EXPANDING The Church
• Starting daughter churches nearby to help reach our area for Christ.
• Starting churches overseas that can reach their own people with the gospel.
• Churches that will not plant churches are often allowed by God to split into two churches as He intended.
8. EVANGELIZING The Lost
• Foreign Missions: To unreached people groups (go, or give, pray, and send).
• Local Outreach: Make disciples, baptize and teach them.
• Planned outreach and evangelism as part of every program in the church.
• Meeting physical needs in order to share the gospel (Baptist Men).
• Beginning with the gospel in biblical counseling opportunities.
• Planned training and harvesting events.
• A team effort involving a care or support group that will also train and model evangelism for its members.
• Prayer walking and prayer surveys.
• GPS Bible and tract distribution.
• Intentional evangelism.