We believe … that teaching the Gospel without demonstrating

the gospel is irrelevant. Good preaching, good doctrine, good

church and being good people are simply not sufficient.

 

We believe … that going to heaven when we die is not enough,

but we must have heaven operating through us while we live;

and that knowing about God without knowing and experiencing

God is meaningless.

 

We believe … that change without transformation is intolerable,

and that staying the same is not an option.

 

We believe … that gifting without character is futile.

 

We believe … that singing songs without worshiping is hollow

and having meetings without God showing up is senseless.

 

We believe … that having faith without works is empty and

having works without love is unacceptable.

 

We believe … that reading the book of Acts without living

the book of Acts is pointless.

 

We believe … that confident faith is good but bold faith is

better.

 

We believe … that hearing about the Holy Spirit without

experiencing Him is silly, that believing in His presence without

seeing It manifested in signs and wonders is hypocrisy, that

believing in healing withthout seeing people healed is illogical,

and that believing in deliverance without people being delivered

is unreasonable.

 

We believe … that we are to be Holy Spirit filled, Holy Spirit led,

and Holy Spirit empowered - anything less doesn't work for us.

 

We believe … we are to be the ones telling the stories of God's

power - not the ones only hearing about them.

 

We believe … being saved but not living a supernatural life is

like buying a new car and never driving it.

 

We believe … that we are a battle ship not a cruise ship; an army,

not an audience; special forces not spectators.

 

We believe … we are to be infectious instead of innocuous,

contagious instead of quarantined, unrelenting instead of passive.

 

We believe … we are to be radical lovers and outrageous givers.

 

We believe … in relentlessly pursuing God’s purpose for our lives;

that past failures are stepping stones not stop signs.

 

We believe … that we should learn in order to be transformed,

not learn just to know.

 

We believe … that our time is a valuable God-given asset, not to

be wasted in ineffective meetings and empty activities simply to

look busy to others.

 

We believe … we are not limited to the four walls of our buildings;

that our influence is not restricted by location.

 

We believe … we are to raise up world changers, not tour guides;

to train commandos, not assemble committees.

 

We believe … that nothing short of “His Kingdom come,

His will be done in our world as it is in Heaven” will satisfy.

 

We believe … that it will be said of us as it was said of those

before us, "Those who have turned the world upside down

have come here too."

 

We believe … we are a people of destiny, not of history.