VCF 101:
Vision, Mission, Values, Priorities, Purpose, Practices, Motto
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1.
Our Vision:
To Win the Lost by Bringing the Love of God to Our Community
2.
Our Mission: See Home Page purple font section for a fuller explanation.
Also To Develop Our Personal Christian Integrity and Spirituality Towards Maturity
3. Our Goals:
Christlikeness; Christ in
us, producing Christlike lives. Specifically:
3.1
Becoming One in God's Family
3.2 Bringing Healing in God's Hospital
3.3 Being Victorious in God's Army
3.4 Becoming Disciples of Christ in God's School
4. Our Priorities
4.1 Evangelism: While you're out evangelizing,
make disciples, teaching them to obey everything I've commanded you...
(Mt. 28:19, 20 - The Great
Commission)
Corresponding Value: Outreach. Corresponding Practice: Explaining Gods Good
News
4.2 Discipleship: Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind ... and ... Love
your neighbor as yourself... (Includes Christian care-giving)
(Mt. 22:37-39 NIV - The Great
Commandment)
Corresponding Value: Training. Corresponding Practice: Sermons, classes,
mentoring, clinics
4.3 Worship: Offer your bodies as living
sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship.
(i.e. pure service to God)
(Ro. 12:1 NIV - The Great
Challenge)
Corresponding Value: Worship. Corresponding Practice: Sunday morning worship
service
4.4 Scripture: All Scripture is God-breathed
and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness
(2 Tim. 3:16 NIV - The Great
Classroom)
Corresponding Value: Scripture, Truth. Corresponding Practice: Bible Studies, The Story program, classes
4.5 Prayer: ...My house will be called a house
of prayer for all nations. (All are welcome)
(Isa.56:7 NIV - The Great
Connection)
Corresponding Value: Prayer. Corresponding Practice: Prayer Groups, online, in
person, in services
4.6 Fellowship: ...you also, like living
stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood,
offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
(I Pet. 2:5 NIV - The Great
Church)
Corresponding Value: Fellowship encompassing all of our values. Corresponding
Practice: Small groups
4.7 Outreach : ...accept one another... (Ro.
15:7 NIV) and spur one another on towards love & good deeds... (Includes
community service)
(Heb. 10:24 NIV - The Great
Charge)
Corresponding Value: Evangelism, Outreach, Compassion, Obedience to God. Corresponding
Practice: Any and all of our community service programs, products and services.
5. Our Purpose:
To Love God with Our All, Others as Ourselves, and to Worship and Serve Him
Above All Else
In other words, our PURPOSE is to
FULFILL OUR PRIORITIES, i.e.,
to further the Great
Commission (Mt. 28:18-20),
to meet the Great Challenge
(Ro. 12:1),
to live out the Great
Commandment (Mt. 22:37-39), etc. BY MAKING OUR PRACTICES STAY TRUE
TO OUR VALUES.
6. Our Values: (in no
particular order)
Worship, Prayer, Compassion, Scripture, Training, Ministry,
Intimacy, Holiness, Commitment, Love, Honesty, Integrity, Purity, Trust, Truth,
Obedience to God, Fellowship, Outreach, Humility, Faith, Generosity, Loving-kindness,
Mercy, Grace, and a Clean Conscience.
7. Our Practices:
To worship the triune God together as one in unity
To preach, model & teach the gospel of Jesus Christ
To repent from sin and be reconciled to God & to others
To confess Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord
To follow his teachings, & obey his commands
To develop our spiritual gifts & mature as disciples
To worship God freely with every art & music style
To join other believers in prayer, study and service
To pour our lives into helping develop Christian workers.
8. Our Motto:
Becoming One in Loving God and Each Other