Mission

Now we’re fully aware that it won’t be easy for everyone — there are things that hold people down — things that get in the way of them and God —
decades-long hindrances that won’t be easy to shake.

We’re fully aware that there is a ‘narrow’ road which few will find — and a ‘broad’ road that many will take.

We’re fully aware that we are called to ‘take up our cross DAILY and follow Christ’ — and that it isn’t even the ‘taking up your cross’ part that is so tough -it’s the ‘daily’ part.

But we’re also aware that Christ said you would have to ‘become like a little child in order to enter the Kingdom’.

We’re aware that Jesus Himself said that His yoke was ‘easy’ and His burden was ‘light.’

We’re aware that James told the leaders gathered in Jerusalem that “we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are coming to Christ” – that is, by adding extra rules, fences and boundaries that Jesus Himself didn’t add.(Acts 15:19)

And so, our prayer and direction and hope is that everyone who calls Journey Church ‘home’ would live in such a way that people would notice the way we live and by observing us they would find it easier to find God and experience Him, by our example.(Ephesians 4:1)

A church full of grace for those who are searching; that would go to any lengths to tell a person that God loves them.

A church rich in compassion; willing to open their personal circles to once strangers and watch what the power of love and acceptance can do.

A church that prays forcefully and worships passionately; that fully depends on the Holy Spirit.

A church that lives effortlessly in harmony and unity.

A church that understands sacrifice; that pays the necessary price to see God’s Kingdom come.

A church so big in influence that it cannot be ignored, it’s a Church that won’t be defined merely by it’s buildings.

A church that embraces the next generation; willing to pour the Living Water out of vessels they have never drank from.

A church that looks forward, not backward – not to things that are seen, but to things that are unseen.

A church that is forever and always outward-focused, with a heart for those walking toward eternities separated from Christ.

Purposes

While most churches will have the same general ‘mission’ and same general ‘purposes’, because those things are already given to us in Scripture, our church ‘values’ may be quite different from the church down the road.

Passionate Worship

Praying, fasting, giving, singing, kneeling, bowing, meditating, journaling, sacrificing, and doing all those things that ascribe worth to God. Romans 12:1-2 – “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – His good, pleasing, and perfect will. ”

Authentic Community

Becoming involved in small group life and meaningful friendships. Acts 2:42, 44 – “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” “All the believers were together and had everything in common.”

Authentic Community

Becoming involved in small group life and meaningful friendships. Acts 2:42, 44 – “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” “All the believers were together and had everything in common.”

Enthusiastic Service

Using our gifts for the church and the world. Colossians 3:23 – “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.”

Offering Hope

Praying for doors of opportunity to share the Good News of Jesus with everyone we see. Ephesians 1:17, 18 – “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,”

Offering Hope

Praying for doors of opportunity to share the Good News of Jesus with everyone we see. Ephesians 1:17, 18 – “I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,”

Values

Outward-Focused

We do not cater to personal preference because we are not here exclusively for us. We exist for the world. We will do anything short of sin to reach people who do not know Christ.

Grace-Filled

We all walk a journey that is messy. We choose to love everybody when they least expect it and least deserve it, because that is what Jesus did for us.

Creative

We are made in the image of the Ultimate Creator, so we create as He inspires. We consistently push toward excellence, turning imaginative ideas into reality.

Relevant

We will be attentive to the constantly shifting culture and needs around us. Our methods will always change; God remains the same.

Relational

We do not just shake hands, we extend a hand and invite people to share life. We accept, encourage, and love unconditionally. We are family.

We follow the 16 Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God.

16 fundamental Truths
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