
BEFORE:
GATEWAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Gateway to New Life
A God Given Mission
Trustworthy and Authentic Leadership
Excellence and Commitment to Quality
Worship: Transforming and Encouraging
Authority of Scripture
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OUR VALUES
Every organization and every church has a culture.
Here are the six values we want to describe and prescribe the culture we create at New Vintage, along with a set of questions we ask to ensure we’re personally embracing the values.
Biblical Authority
Are your priorities consistent with scripture?
Intimacy with God
Is your relationship with God growing?
Relevant Environments
Are your environments appealing, engaging, and helpful?
Relational Evangelism
In whom are you investing?
Authentic Community
Are you in a community group?
Strategic Service
Where are you serving?
OUR CORE BELIEFS:
Matthew 1:22, 23
Isaiah 9:6
John 1:1-5
Hebrews 4:14-15
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Romans 1:3-4
Acts 1:9-11
Colossians 2:9-10
1 Timothy 6:14-15
Holy Spirit:
The Holy Spirit lives in each Christian from salvation. The Holy Spirit is coequal with the Father and the Son of God. He is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ. He provides Christians with power for living, understanding of spiritual truth, and guidance in doing what is right. He gives every believer spiritual gifts when they are saved. As Christians, we seek to live under His control daily.
Acts 1:8
John 14:16-17, 16:7-13
Galatians 5:25
1 Corinthians 2:12, 3:16
Ephesians 1:13
2 Corinthians 13:14
1 Peter 1:2
Salvation
Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it.
We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith we are saved. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith.
Christian Life
Once we receive new life in Christ, we seek to demonstrate our love for God by obeying Him and following Him with all our heart, soul and mind. We constantly strive to grow in Christ empowered by the Holy Spirit and loving people as Jesus loved them.
The Church
The Bible speaks of the church as Christ’s body in which Jesus is the head and all of Christ’s followers are members. To remain healthy, the body’s members must work together, with each part contributing to each other’s growth and maturity. Since the Church represents Jesus Christ to a needy world, God works through the Church to reconcile a lost world to Himself and be His arm of righteousness in an unrighteous world.
Baptism and Communion
Baptism is symbolic of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
Eternity
The Lord Jesus Christ will personally and visibly return to earth and establish His kingdom. Because people are created to live forever, there will be a resurrection of our bodies. People will either exist eternally separated from God in Hell by their sin and unbelief or in union with God in Heaven, through forgiveness and salvation that comes through faith in Christ. Heaven and hell are real places of eternal existence.