You know, I believe that God intended for us to do more than simply sit on the sidelines and cheer. I believe that many times He wants us to run the ball! As followers of Jesus, not just simply believers in Him, we are set apart in that we choose to NOT just sit on the sidelines. We choose to be use

BIG “C” FOCUSED, MISSIONAL One of the hardest things I sometimes find to articulate is being a part of something that is “bigger than ourselves” (because GOD and His kingdom is certainly so much “bigger than ourselves”.) Church is a community of people that are ou

DISCIPLINING & CHRIST CENTERED Church is a community of people that encourage and teach each other the ways and the wisdom of Jesus, indeed…God. Not out of a “legalistic belief”….but out of the joy of obedience, truth, fulfillment and love. A community where the pastors a

ECUMENICAL –  A Community of Diverse People Church is a community of people…a community of diverse people…and this diversity is celebrated….because GOD so obviously celebrates this diversity! Look at us…we’re all different and special. (ecumenical) This is so hard

ENGAGING AND AUTHENTIC I believe that an engaging and authentic church is a community of followers and believers that looks from the outside like the people on the inside (not always like some other church or program somewhere else). This is authentic. Imagine a community of people in dialog with ea

TIDBIT: The Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes: It’s interesting that this is not the actual title of this book. The actual title is the Hebrew word, “Qoheleth” (prounounced: ko·heh·leth), and is usually translated, “one who addresses and assembly” or simply, “a preache