Christ: We are purposefully God-focused/Christ-focused as opposed to man-focused in our worship. We do not sit in judgment on God, He judges us. The question is not what we think of God, but what does He think of us and the way we worship and serve Him. Lifting up Jesus is what we live for. Everything flows out of our vision of Christ. A Christ-focused ministry is powerfully man-sensitive and man-effective.

The Bible: Next to Christ, the Bible is the centerpiece of our ministry. Biblical exposition describes our pulpit presentation. This is the standard for every pastor and church leader, and every Sunday School teacher. We remain determined that all our ministries be informed by, and receive their dimensions from, God’s Word. We are committed to radically biblical theology

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Balance: There is an uncomfortable beauty to a balanced ministry, and we are committed to this discomfort. The commitment to a biblical balance between preaching, missions, worship, evangelism, discipleship and social action—to name a few of our ministry facets—means we will always be working at it, yet never quite arriving.

Character: Christian leadership is character-intensive. When there is a lowering of the quality of the Christian life, the beliefs which it argues appear rootless and arbitrary. This is why the integrity and character of our leaders is so important. Few things could damage this body more than the moral/ethical lapse of its leaders. There is a practical sense in which character is everything. We are commanded to transparent authenticity for the leadership devotionally, domestically, morally and publicly.

Equipping: We are self-consciously enabling and equipping in our approach to ministry. The Senior Pastor is not the pastor, and all the rest almost pastors. We are all equally important, not-withstanding our distinctive roles. Authentic team ministry is the operational word. And we desire this elevating mutuality for the leadership of the whole church: Elders, Deacons, Deaconesses, the Boards, the teachers, the youth workers.

Evangelism: In as much as all the Scriptures point to Christ and have their fulfillment in Christ (cf. Luke 24:25-27), all preaching must be intrinsically evangelistic; indeed all of ministry must be so. The gospel must be in everything. Paul’s passion for the gospel as revealed in Romans chapter one is our ideal. The outcome of this passion for the gospel must be a corporate, evangelistic lifestyle and a passion for missions and church-planting.

Prayer: Embracing the realization that apart from Christ we can do nothing (cf. John 15:5), we must focus our individual and corporate soul(s) on dependent prayer in obedience to the Ephesian command (6:18) for prayer. Prayer must be at the epicenter of our ministry.