Jerry on Our Vision

Pastor Jerry Mitchell has a brief, basic, overview of our vision and strategy which he’s posted on our church home page:

We believe that the church is the pillar and ground of truth for this age. It exists for the glory of God to fulfill Jesus Christ’s great commission to make disciples throughout the world. The Elders and Pastors of Crossroads Bible Church have adopted “Building a Community to Change the World,” as our simple vision statement to capture our distinctive strategy to achieve our part in the great commission.

We will focus our energy in four areas of the Christian life to achieve mature discipleship in the lives of believers who fellowship with Crossroads Bible Church. We will Connect every member in vital community as we assemble together in large and small group settings. We will Equip every member through the preaching and teaching of sound doctrine which leads to an ever-maturing obedience. We will train every member to Serve one another in ways appropriate to their own spiritual maturity. Finally, we expect every member to engage in some way in the Mission of the gospel both locally and globally.

These concepts are vital to our strategy and philosophy of ministry which I’ve begun (slowly) unpacking on this blog. One of our highest priorities for the next few years is to revitalize ministry programs so that every member of CBC will be encouraged, and have opportunity for, connecting, equipping, serving, and doing the mission as an outworking of our worship.

I’m excited about what is coming together. It means a bit more re-structuring for our staff (we’ve already done some to accomodate growth), adding some additional staff, and a lot of communication to come.