What’s at our core as a church? What makes us who we are? We think those are important questions, and the answers are just as important. At Alive Community Church we have 4 core values that shape our mission and vision and guide our decision making and priorities in ministry.
1. Faithfulness and Obedience to God’s Word
At Alive Community Church we have the highest regard for God’s Word. God’s Word as revealed to us in the Old and New Testaments is our final authority in matters of faith and life. We believe that Scripture is without error and is God’s truth for all people in all times and places. We faithfully seek to interpret and apply the truth of Scripture in everything that we do as a church.
2. Prayer
Alive Community Church is a community of prayer where we seek God individually and corporately. Through prayer, we learn what it means to seek first the Kingdom of God; to seek the power of the Holy Spirit to guide us in Christ-like growth; how to understand and interpret God’s Word; how to trust God according to His promises in Scripture; and how to minister to one another as we pray together and for one another. Prayer is at the heart of who we are and what we do at Alive.
3. Koinonia – Building Community
Alive Community Church believes that people are the pinnacle of God’s creation. Each person is created male or female in His image, and has limitless worth and value in His eyes. We want Alive to be a place where people know that they are welcome to come as they are, receive and give love, and where deep relationships of encouragement and accountability are built as we seek to walk obediently together with Jesus Christ. In Christ, the community that we have with other sons and daughters of the King is a gift of the Holy Spirit that doesn’t exist apart from The Church of Jesus Christ. This community is marked by a collective pursuit of God and setting aside of our own desires and preferences for the sake of others.
4. Expectation
At Alive Community Church we expect to see the Kingdom of God grow through our efforts in mission and ministry. In all that we do, we do it with the expectation and hope of seeing lost people come to salvation and seeing those who are saved grow in Christ-likeness and the fruit of the Spirit. We expect that God will add to our numbers and that those who are part of our community will experience the promise of God to do more than we can ask or even imagine.