We are
- orthodox in belief, but unorthodox in practice.
- more afraid of missing opportunities than making mistakes. We are a lab where everything is an experiment. If the Kingdom of God had departments, we’d be R&D.
- more concerned with offending God than offending the world.
- the church. We don’t go to church. We are not building or program centric.
We value
- God’s presence over our performance.
- seeking God over impressing people.
- what God can do over what we can do.
- truth over relevance.
We believe
- that Jesus meant what he said to all his disciples (then and now).
- that if you want to reach people no one is reaching, you must do things no one is doing. A church that stays within its four walls isn’t a church at all.
- in the power of God-given dreams and that 970 Church is a dream factory and a launching platform.
- that God is still in the miracle working business and that the Holy Spirit uses us to demonstrate his power.
- the Gospel is relational and so is the church.
We want
- to be more known for what we’re for than what we’re against.
- to celebrate each person as invaluable and irreplaceable in the eyes of God.
- to love like Jesus. Loving them when they least expect it and least deserve it.
- to be great at the Great Commandment and the Great Commission.
- to make the name of Jesus famous in our generation and in our community.
We pray
- like it depends on God, and work like it depends on us.
- believing that God is able and willing to answer our prayers.
We hope
- to provide a reason for the hope within us to those that are lost and without hope in this world.
- to become a part of the personal dream God has given you, and we invite you to become a part of the corporate dream God has given us.