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Vision
Our Mission...
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Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me. Therefore go 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
I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the
very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)
Our mission statement is simple, direct,
and biblical: The Creekside
church exists to make disciples of Jesus.
This is the mission given us by Jesus. We are to make disciples
of Jesus by baptizing and teaching. This is the only reason we
should exist as a church. Thus, this is the only reason we will
exist as a church. In obedience to Jesus, the elders have set
our direction: Everything Creekside does will be to serve
one purpose: to make disciples of Jesus.
We are not there yet, but we can and will get there with God's
help!
The leadership has also defined a seven-part vision for
Creekside that further defines how we will fulfill our mission.
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Our Vision...
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A church
successfully reaching lost people with the gospel of Jesus |
We want to grow as the first church grew in
Jerusalem, and we want to do so by reaching lost
people with the gospel (Acts 2:41; 4:4; 6:7).
Some of the
ministries we are using and will use to
accomplish this are:
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A church
affecting the continued spiritual growth of its members |
When Jesus commanded us to make disciples, he told
us to baptize and teach. Successfully reaching
lost people with the gospel fulfills the command
to baptize. Affecting the continued spiritual
growth of our members fulfills the command to
teach.
There are four primary ways we encourage our
members to grow spiritually:
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The preaching
ministry
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The teaching
ministry of our Bible classes
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The teaching and
fellowship ministry of our Life Groups
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The involvement of
our members in areas of service
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A church
healing the hurts of our community |
The best way to heal the hurts of people is to
bring them to Jesus in the context of a loving and
forgiving community of faith. In this way, we want
to make hope and healing available to all.
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A church bound
by God's word and God's word only in all it does |
This means we take the Bible as our authority for
all we do, both in what we teach and in what we
practice.
This also means that we take only the Bible
as our authority. We will not be bound by
tradition in our efforts to make disciples of
Jesus.
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A church
magnifying God with dynamic and expressive worship |
Creekside will be a church where people are free
to give God the worship of their hearts. Whether
expressing praise with clapping and uplifted
hands, or with joyful hearts alone, we want all to
be comfortable. With that freedom and comfort, our
assemblies will be dynamic expressions of praise
to God.
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A church
filled with a diverse membership loving one another and serving
God with many different gifts |
In Jesus Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek,
slave nor free, male nor female (Galatians 3:28).
Also in Jesus, we have different gifts, according
to the grace given us (Romans 12:6).
At Creekside we will accept all people,
regardless of their income, education, ethnicity,
or gender. We will also allow all people to use
their gifts in service to God.
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A church ever
growing in numbers and maturing to the glory of God |
Only when this church is growing and maturing
continually will we be fully obedient to our
mission to make disciples of Jesus!
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