The following twelve core values and not meant to be exhaustive, nor do we hold them all on the same level of importance (some we would die for and others not), but we hold that all of these express or apply the corresponding biblical truths in our culture, and are vital for Christ’s church to fully achieve its mission.

Supremacy of Jesus Christ
We hold that Jesus Christ is God the Son, through whom this world was created, and through whose sacrificial death and resurrection our sins can be forgiven. Through faith in the person of Jesus Christ and his teachings alone can humans receive eternal life (Colossians 1:15-23; John 3:16-18). Thus, Christ, his atonement for sin, and his teachings are at the core of all we believe, teach, and do. We are devoted to serve, worship, obey, and honor him above all else.

Centrality of God’s Word
We hold that all 66 books of the Bible are God’s Word--God’s revelation of his ways, laws, plans, and promises--and that the Bible is complete and without error. It alone is the standard for our belief and practice (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Timothy 3:16-17). So, we are committed to knowing God’s Word through study, memorization, and meditation on it, and to faithfully adjust our beliefs, values, words, and actions so that they are in keeping with these truths. We are also committed to teaching the truths of God’s Word in an accurate, clear, relevant, and practical way.

Gospel-Centered, Personal Evangelism
Apart from the communication of the gospel message and belief in these truths, mankind is eternally lost and stands condemned because of its sin (Romans 1-3). We believe that both exemplary lives and the gospel message are vital components of a Christian’s witness (Matthew 5:13-16; Romans 10:10-15), and that personal evangelism is more effective than corporate evangelism. So we are committed to training and sending all of our people into their homes, schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods to prayerfully lead others to know and trust Christ. We also want to proactively identify, equip, set apart, send, and support short-term and career missionaries to plant healthy, disciple-making churches in the U.S. and other lands.

Pursuit of Christlikeness
It is God’s purpose and desire for us to be fully transformed into the likeness of Christ (Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 4:11-16). Such a transformation, which is enabled by faith and submission to the Holy Spirit’s powerful work, begins and focuses on our hearts. It involves increasing in our love and devotion for God and others, as well as in our knowledge and understanding of God and his will. It is a transformation of our faith, hope, love, beliefs, values, reasoning, and decision-making, so that they come to mirror those of Christ, and shows itself in our turning from sin and "idols" and obedience to all of God’s commands and teachings. We are committed to no less, though this level of transformation seems radical and foolish to the world.

God-Focused Worship
It is our goal to be a people who worship God around the clock with our whole being (Rom. 12:1-2). When we gather to worship, we seek to engage the whole heart--thoughts, emotions, and decisions (Luke 10:27)--and inspire people to praise, adore and commit their lives to the Lord out of a deep appreciation for the cross and God’s mercy, and desire to exalt the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that worship can take many forms, but must be God-centered, not people-centered, and should involve reverence and awe God (Exodus 3:5-6) and joy and gratitude for the cross (Romans 5:1-2).

God-Centered Prayer
We believe that prayer (communicating to our God) is an absolutely vital part of a healthy relationship with God and of a healthy church. For this reason, prayer was central to the life of Christ and the early church, and is commanded of us (Mark 1:35, Luke 18:1, John 17, Acts 1:14, 2:42, 4:31, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17). So it is our goal that prayer be woven deeply into the fabric of every aspect of our lives, both privately and corporately. We also believe that our prayers should be modeled after those of Scripture (Nehemiah 1:5-11, Matthew 6:5-13, Philippians 1:3-11, Colossians 1:3-14).

Biblically Loving Community
Jesus said that it is by our love for one another that we will stand out from the world and people will know that we are his followers (John 13:35), and the greatest commands are to love God and others. So it is our unshakable goal to continually grow in love, express biblical love in all we say and do, and be known for our love, which seeks the highest good of others and sacrifices for them (Philippians 2:1-8, 1 John 3:16-18). Genuine love for others is concerned for both physical and spiritual needs, so we desire for us all to be in close-knit, loving, interdependent relationships with other Christians that provide mutual support, encouragement, and accountability to godly living (Rom. 12:3-21).

Wise and Faithful Stewardship
We recognize that God owns this world and everything in it (Psalm 50:9-12) and that what we have has been temporarily entrusted to us to manage and use for his purposes (Matthew 24:36-25:30; Luke 16:1-15), and we will be rewarded based on how wisely and faithfully we manage these. Therefore, we desire to live like the early church who did not consider anything was their own (Acts 4:32) and manage the possessions, time, abilities, minds, bodies, and gospel message entrusted to us to the best of our abilities.

Leadership Development
Godly and trained leadership is essential to a healthy church (Ephesians 4:11-16, 1 Timothy 3:1-13, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Peter 5:1-11). We hold that churches function best when leadership and ministry responsibilities are shared among numerous spiritually mature and capable individuals. So we are committed to training and developing both current and new leaders and utilizing them in ministries that maximize their spiritual gifts and abilities. We believe that such training is best accomplished through a combination of classroom instruction and personal mentoring. So, it is our goal and strong desire that each leader as an apprentice(s), whom he or she is training.

Servant Hearts
As followers of Christ, we are called to have his attitude and follow his example of servanthood. We are to humble ourselves and view ourselves as servants of one another. Even those in leadership must maintain this attitude of servant-leadership--seeking to serve, not be served by others (John 13:1-17; Matthew 20:20-28; Philippians 2:1-11).

Freedom and Flexibility
Scripture teaches that when Christians differ and disagree in areas that are "non-essential" to the Christian faith, we should grant freedom to those who differ with us and even lay aside our Christian freedom in love for their sakes (Romans 14:1-15:13, 1 Corinthians 8). So we value extending freedom and flexibility whenever it does not lead to sin or adversely affect our ministry. As long as it does not compromise the Christian message or faith, we are willing to try, and to adopt, new methods and paradigms for fulfilling our mission.

Strategic Partnerships
It is God’s desire that his people serve him in unity (John 17:20-26). So we desire to partner with other like-minded ministries--local, national, and international--as God leads to advance his kingdom. In the case of missions organizations through whom we have sent missionaries to other lands, while we wish to "partner" with them to best serve those who are "sent", we will not relinquish or abandon our duty to provide support and accountability to these missionaries.