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First United De Queen, Our Vision: God’s people passionate about God’s
purposes sharing God’s word and showing God’s love for the
transformation of the world. Our Our Values: We believe in order for us to
accomplish our mission and embody our vision as people passionate about God’s
purposes for the transformation of the world, we have to be intentional about
these five peculiar practices: 1.
Radical
in showing hospitality to others. We believe that showing hospitality is
a biblical calling, modeled in the life of Jesus and embodied as a way of
life in the early church. As God has befriended us in Christ we should seek
to befriend strangers and others, inviting them to participate with us in
accomplishing God’s purposes for the transformation of the world. 2.
Passionate
in our worship of God. We believe that God’s people were
created to enjoy God’s presence and worship God with all that we are and all
that we have. God created us for relationship and redeemed us to be his peculiar
people in order to serve his particular purposes for the
transformation of the world. 3.
Intentional
in our growth as disciples. We believe that God’s intention for
all human beings that have fallen from grace is to be restored into God’s
loving image and healed of the sin that distorts God’s loving purposes for
the world. God desires us to be transformed people peculiar in our love for
God and neighbor so that we might fulfill God’s redemptive purposes for the
transformation of the world. Jesus has made this transformation possible
through his redemptive life, his sacrificial death and his triumphant
resurrection. 4.
Risk-taking
in mission and service in
our church, community and world. We believe that God’s redemptive
mission for the world is to reflect his realm of peace, justice, compassion,
mercy and love for all of creation and every living person. God embodied this
missional purpose passionately through the life of his Son, Jesus Christ. God
risked everything for his redemptive missional purposes for the world, even
sacrificing his most beloved treasure, Jesus Christ. As recipients of God’s
redemption and reconciliation we are invited and called to be ambassadors of
God’s missional purposes for the transformation of the world. 5.
Extravagant
in our generosity as
people who have been entrusted to manage God’s resources for God’s purposes
to transform the world. We believe that all we have and all we are is a gift
from God and that money matters to God. God desires us to share extravagantly
all of our gifts – time, talent, and treasure – for his redemptive purposes
for the transformation of the world. |
