Mission and Purpose
The church teaches that it should be a place to:
- "establish, develop and nurture a relationship with Jesus Christ, the Son of God"
- "grow in grace through song, worship, testimony, fasting and prayer"
- "enjoy the love of God and fellowship by ‘working’ with others of the same desire"
- "understand and learn the Holy Scriptures through adult class study"
- "teach and nurture children according to God's Word through Sunday School Youth Groups"
- "strengthen marriages and families"
- "better understand what they believe to be the Lord’s will in our lives"
The church believes that serving God and following Jesus is a "365 day per year activity", not just a Sunday activity. Chapels of the church contain neither altars nor crosses nor even pictures, as they believe scripture forbids any type of "graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth" (Exodus 20:4-7).
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