We have decided that teaching the Gospel without demonstrating the Gospel is NOT ENOUGH
Good preaching , good doctrine, being good people is NOT ENOUGH
A good church club is not enough, good fellowship —its NOT ENOUGH
Just being a member of that club is NOT ENOUGH
Bible studies is good, but not good enough,
That just making it to heaven is not our goal
Knowing about God without truly knowing Him and experiencing God is meaningless
Good programs is not enough, change without transformation is intolerable, staying the same is not an option
Gifting w/o character is futile, singing songs without worshipping is hollow, meetings without God showing up is pointless, faith w/o works is not enough, having works w/o love is not acceptable, our function comes out of our relationship first , with our Father and second with each other.
Confident faith is good, bold faith is better…
Holy Spirit filled, Holy Spirit led and Holy Spirit empowered, Anything less doesn’t work for us
We’re a battleship, not a cruise ship
An army, not an audience
Special forces, not spectators
Missionaries, not club members
We value both pioneers and settlers, pioneers to expand our territory and settlers to build on those territories
BUT we are not squatters – people who take up space others have fought for without improving it
To be infectious instead of innocuous
Contagious instead of quarantined,
Deadly instead of benign
To be radical lovers and outrageous givers,
We are a mission station NOT a museum
Therefore we honor the past, but we don’t live it
We live in the present with our eyes on the future
….. by Graham Cooke
