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Redwood
Christian
Center
Mission
Statement
Reach
the lost
and
hurting
in our
area,
with the
ultimate
goal of
making
them
mature
disciples
of the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
This
combines
the
heart
for
evangelism,
along
with the
long
range
goals of
discipleship,
according
to the
Great
Commission
of
Matthew
28:18-20.
To
accomplish
this, we
will put
an
emphasis
on each
individual
in the
church
reaching
his or
her
highest
potential,
so each
will be
able to
“teach
others
also.”
(II Tim.
2:2). We
will
endeavor
to
balance
the
“spirit
and
truth”
by which
Jesus
characterized
true
worshippers
(John
4:23),
and to
fulfill
all this
through
our
words
and by
our
lives,
so that
people
will see
we are
truly
the
disciples
of Jesus
(i.e.,
by our
love,
John
13:35; I
John
3:18,
23). Our
passion
for the
lost and
hurting
will
begin at
home,
but
extend
to the
“uttermost
parts of
the
world,”
as we
support
others
who can
reach
people
we
cannot.
Conquer
the
ungodly
forces
of the
world,
the
flesh,
and the
devil,
through
the
power of
the Holy
Spirit,
and in
keeping
with
Jesus’
promise,
“as
the
Father
has sent
Me, so
send I
you.”
(John
20:21)
Create
an
environment
in
which,
by
teaching
and
practice,
the
fullness
of the
power of
God can
be the
normative
experience
of those
in our
body of
believers,
according
to the
Great
Commission
of Mark
15:9-20
and Acts
1:8).
This
includes
encouragement
of the
biblical
and
appropriate
motivational
(Rom.
12),
ministry
(Eph.
4), and
manifestation
(I Cor.
12)
gifts of
the Holy
Spirit –
all
functioning
in love
(I Cor.
13), and
unto
edification
(I Cor.
14). We
will
encourage
in all
ways
possible
and
appropriate
that we
be
people
with
“understanding
of the
times”
(I
Chron.
12:32),
to give
us
wisdom
on how
we might
act and
communicate
to
others.
Cooperate
with
other
local
churches,
ministries,
and
worthy
community
organizations
to meet
the
needs of
the
people
of our
community.
The
front-line
of this
would be
Christian
works,
such as
Healing
Rooms,
Teen
Challenge,
Pregnancy
Resource
Center,
Love
INC,
Bethany
University,
etc.;
but this
also
involves
partnering
in good
works
with
such
agencies
as
Valley
Churches
United,
Mountain
Community
Resources,
and
others.
This
also
includes
fellowship
and
cooperative
efforts
with
other
believers
through
such
means as
the
Evangelical
Ministers’
Fellowship,
combined
Good
Friday
or other
holiday
services,
ShareFest,
and
other
means
the Lord
might
make
possible.
This
certainly
includes
realizing
and
appreciating
the
Lord's
placement
of our
church
in the
oversight
and
fellowship
of the
Assemblies
of God,
the
Northern
California
& Nevada
District,
and the
Coast
Counties
Section.
In all
things,
we
acknowledge
the
pre-eminence
of and
humble
dependence
upon
prayer
as
essential
in the
achievement
of
anything
in the
Kingdom
of God.
We will
foster
and
demonstrate
an
acknowledgement
that the
promises
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
are
still in
effect
today.
This
will
manifest
in true
love for
Israel
and the
Jewish
people
and the
desire
to bless
Israel
in
whatever
ways
possible.
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