Vision
*Renewed; to make like new, to bring back to life, to bring back to a former condition, complete change for the better.
Our Vision as a Church is to experience Renewed Life as Jesus renews our affections, giving us renewed purpose, fulfilled alongside renewed relationships.
Although we believe that Jesus set the mission for every Christian Church throughout history, when He commissioned His very first followers to make disciples.
We believe that each individual church will have its own unique vision for how they will make disciples in their unique setting in history.
As Jesus builds His church at Renewed Life, we are aiming at these three targets:
Affection • Mission • Community
We gather as a community of people to experience renewed life in Jesus.
We are committed to studying the words of Jesus, walking in the ways of Jesus, and partnering in the mission of Jesus.
We must be disciples (apprentices) of Jesus who are determined to make more disciples. That is the single most important mandate Jesus gave the church.
All of us are being formed by the world, culture, and people around us. To be a disciple of Jesus, is to have our malformed lives re-formed into the image & likeness of Jesus.
We believe that we accomplish that goal by having our Affections reformed in our weekend gathering, by embracing the Mission that Jesus has entrusted to us, and by carrying out that mission together as a Community.
We define a disciple of Jesus as someone whose head, heart, & hands are changed by the gospel. That we grow in our understanding of the gospel (head). That we are confident in our identity in Christ (heart). And that we are active in lovingly serving others around us (hands).
We gather to encounter God and to connect people to a renewed perspective about God, themselves, and the world around them.
We are a Non-Denominational, Jesus-Loving Bible Church.
The Bible teaches us two realities about every human being—we are made in the image of God and therefore have intrinsic value, and yet we are simultaneously broken and have a sinful nature that is in rebellion against God. Like a car that is out of alignment, we naturally pull towards destruction. Because of this, our goal is to gather on Sundays to encounter God together as we worship, pray, and open scripture so that we would be transformed by the Holy Spirit into the people He desires us to be.
We believe that we are what we love, so our desire is not just that our minds are changed but that our hearts are transformed.
We gather to equip and commission the people of God in the Mission of God.
We are an others-centered, generous church.
We believe that having a right perspective about God, ourselves, and the world around us - will lead us to jump headlong into the mission of God both locally and globally.
We believe that the success of our church is not based upon what is said, sung, or done in our Sunday gathering. Our success as a church is based upon what we do when we leave our gathering and engage with the world. Gathering on Sunday is not our end goal; we gather so we can be better equipped to effectively scatter into our surrounding community.
As a church, we are committed to setting aside a baseline of ten percent of our resources to support local mission & justice work, as well as those who are heralding Jesus’ message abroad.
We gather to learn to follow Jesus and to commit to carry out His mission together.
We are a multi-generational church of Home Groups, not merely a church with home groups.
The mission God has entrusted us with, is not meant to be done alone. He’s instructed that we fulfill it together. Mission and community go hand-in-hand.
When we turn from our sin and to Jesus, we are saved from our sin and saved into a family. Scripture calls this family the body of Christ. As a part of a body, each person has been entrusted with a gift & part to play in the continued work of God here on the earth.
Our Core Value of Community is realized through our Home Groups.
Home Groups are not just an activity of our church, but a key aspect of how we believe Gods is re-forming our malformed lives. A home group is where someone can experience the gift of being known and loved in our church.