Missional Community: vision.mission.values

I want to remind you why we call this group of people a “Missional community.” First, we must remember that God has called many of the people in this community to a specific mission. That is to establish a Gospel Centered, Missional church in our community that will reproduce other churches. I want to take a few minutes and rehears our vision /mission/values,identities.

Our Vision “Love One. Love All” reflects our commitment to live out Jesus’ Commands. Therefore we are a community with a mission to collectively live out the vision that Jesus gave his disciples to obey the Greatest Commandments in all the scripture. (Mt 22:38, Lk 10:25-27). Love One. Love All.- Our Vision. This is first and foremost importance for Imago Dei. It’s a matter of the heart, that every believer must grow in a vital relationship with Jesus and a deep love for all the people in our city. We can’t live out the Great Commission with out first living out the Great Commandments.

Our Mission “Equip & Establish” reflects our commitment to live out Jesus’ Commission, to make disciples of every nation. We must therefore work now as a community to equip a team of like minded leaders that will work to establish a church that will in turn plant other churches in our city and other cities around the world. (Mt 28:19, Eph 4:12).

Our Values/Identities We will consistently work to explore the vision/mission and values/ identities of the imago dei. This Sunday I want to discuss how we are currently growing in our identities/values (Worship/Worshiper, Fellowship/Family, Mission/Missionary) and have a time to discuss some next steps as well.


This Sundays Discussion:
How are we growing in worship or as worshippers of Jesus?
How are we growing in mission or as a missionaries?
How are we growing in fellowship or as a family?

Lastly I want to open it up for discussion as to how we might grow in each of these areas.

Look forward to seeing you there,

Vision: Love One. Love All

Bob Marley echoes what Jesus pointed out as the most two important truths in all of scripture. I am so refreshed with Jesus teaching. In fact, I believe we we need not only look to the pastoral epistles to form our ecclesiology, but the gospels as well!

At Imago Dei Community Church our vision comes from Jesus' simple and profound statement to "Love one and to Love All." He is the Head of the Church.

LOVE ONE.When Jesus was asked to name the greatest commandment, He replied that God is one, and is to be loved with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. We believe this is the ultimate priority of every person, to discover and foster an exclusive love relationship with God. (Deut 6:5, Joshua 22.5, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27)

LOVE ALL. Jesus continued his answer by saying that the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor. We interpret this to mean everyone; that dignity and worth transcend beliefs, lifestyles and demographics. (Matthew 22:38, Luke 10:25-37)