"WE ARE A FAITH BASED CONGREGATION COMMITTED TO JESUS CHRIST, GROWING AND SHARING IN HIS LOVE THROUGH PRAYER, DISCIPLESHIP, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND OUTREACH EVERYWHERE"
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Our Mission
SITE DIRECTORY
The mission of the Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by
proclaiming the good news of God’s grace and thus seeking the fulfillment
of God’s reign and realm in the world. The fulfillment of God’s reign and
realm in the world is the vision Scripture holds before us. The United
Methodist Church affirms that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Savior
of the world, and the Lord of all. We respect persons of all religious
faiths and we defend religious freedom for all persons. Jesus’ words in
Matthew 28:19–20 provide the Church with our mission: "Go therefore and
make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
everything that I have commanded you."
This mission is our grace-filled response to the Reign of God in the world
announced by Jesus. God’s grace is active everywhere, at all times,
carrying out this purpose as revealed in the Bible. It is expressed in
God’s covenant with Abraham and Sarah, in the Exodus of Israel from Egypt,
and in the ministry of the prophets. It is fully embodied in the life,
death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is experienced in the ongoing
creation of a new people by the Holy Spirit.
John Wesley, Phillip Otterbein, Jacob Albright, and our other spiritual
forbearers understood this mission in this way. Whenever United Methodism
has had a clear sense of mission, God has used our Church to save people,
heal relationships, transform social structures, and spread scriptural
holiness, thereby changing the world. In order to be truly alive, we
embrace Jesus’ mandate to make disciples of all peoples.
Source -
http://www.umc.org/abouttheumc/mission/churches/rationale_for_our_mission.htm
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