What is the mission of the church?
We believe the deepest purpose of mankind is to glorify God who created us. We find that the mission of his church in accomplishing
this is expressed most straightforward in the directive of Jesus to make disciples. We note this through the words: Go, Gather, Grow.
GO
The call of a Christian is to "Go, therefore, and make disciples." We believe that as a church we don't exist to be a social club but a missional cooperative. We are a group of people who want to see the good news of Jesus Christ proclaimed both locally and to the ends of the earth.
We recognize the innate need of community within the human heart. The first thing in all creation that was “not good” was the loneliness of man. That need, along with the biblical command to gather together, provides the basis for the church (in which Christ is the head of the body of believers). Christians are most able to glorify God when they are consistently gathering as His church.
GATHER
GROW
Jesus completes his call to make disciples with the instruction to “teach everything I have commanded.” We express this desire as a need to grow in our faith. We desire the church to be an environment to learn more about Christ and to become more like Him. This is the never-ending process of growing in faith.
What's Next?
Because connecting at a new church can feel overwhelming, here are the basics of what it looks like to know the church and become known at FBC.