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 without 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.

 

 
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