Connections Organic Church Network

Living Simply So Others May Simply Live

Connecting a passionate love for God with a practical love for others

Mission/Vision/Values/Beliefs

It is our mission to develop Christ followers who are marked by a passionate love for God and a practical love for others with a DNA to reproduce this in others around them.  This will be accomplished through Organic Gatherings where Christ followers share life together around the Word of God, learning, growing, and serving together.

Vision:

It is our vision to have a gathering of these Christ followers within walking distance of everyone in the world.

Values:

Our Core values are those non-negotiables that define who we are and what we do.  In essence it is our DNA.  In its most simple form our DNA is as follows:

• Divine Truth - We believe that the Christ and His Word should be at the center of our lives every day.
• Nurturing Relationships - We believe that we need each other to be the Christ Follower that Christ calls us to be.
• Apostolic Mission - We believe that we are all apart of the reproductive mission of Christ and His Kingdom.

Beliefs:

How important are your beliefs? Where you go there you are and who you are and what you do are an outcome of what you believe.  Therefore your beliefs are of great value.  Our beliefs are here described as "articles of faith".

Articles of Faith are the most succinct expression of the beliefs that form the life of the church. They provide the essential “glue” that binds the church into a unified and cohesive whole.  The articles of faith were never intended to be simply theoretical ideas. They are instead, intensely practical. They describe beliefs that define practices. They help us to understand our relationship with God, with one another, and with the world around us. The articles of faith are therefore more than mere academic beliefs but these beliefs actually determine how we will live and relate to one another and to the world around us.

Because the heart of our DNA is Divine Truth, these articles of faith are grounded in the Word of God and the Word of God is the final voice of authority on how we live our lives.