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FCC
Bentonville – Mission, Vision & Values
We all want FCC
Bentonville to be a great church – the church God is calling us to be.
Author & pastor Rick
Warren gives the following formula of a “great church”:
the “GREAT
COMMANDMENT” + the “GREAT COMMISSION” = a “GREAT CHURCH”
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The “Great
Commandment” is found in Mark
12:30-31, when Jesus was asked which commandment was the most important.
Jesus replied: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength… and love
your neighbor as yourself."
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The
“Great Commission” is
found in Matthew
28:19-20, and are Jesus’ last words to his disciples: “Therefore go
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age."
So
with that as our foundation, we hereby adopt the following three-fold Mission
Statement:
Opening
our hearts & minds to God.
Opening
our hearts & arms to one another.
Opening
our hearts & hands to the world.
The Vision that spins out of that Mission is:
Opening
our hearts & minds to God.
We are dedicated to worship God with all of our heart and
mind. Worship involves both the
mind and the spirit, is both intellectual and emotional. For us, that involves not only attending worship, but
listening for what God has to say to us, as individuals and as a community,
through the written and spoken Word.
Opening
our hearts & arms to one another.
As a family of faith, we are called to care for one another and be the
presence of Christ to one another. With
open arms, we embrace all those who affirm Christ as Lord as part of our family
of faith.
Opening
our hearts & hands to the world.
Christ came not to be served, but to serve.
As ambassadors for Christ, we also see ourselves as servants to all
of God’s children. In whatever
ways are called for, we strive to lend a helping hand to all those in need –
whether that need is physical, financial, or spiritual.
In addition to that, here is what we consider our Core
Values as Disciples.
FCC
Core Values (Father, we “ADORE” You… and the Ministry You call us to!) :
Authenticity – Nothing about the Christian life should be fake.
We are committed to being real at FCC, with one another and with God.
You don’t have to “dress yourself up” in any way to join us –
either in your clothing, or in having to put on a “church face” to pretend
you’re something you really are not.
Discipleship – We are committed to biblical teaching that assists in
transforming lives, helping individuals discover and understand who God has
created them to be, and what their purpose is.
Open-Mindedness
– God blessed us with wonderful minds, and we should use
them! Our church will not dictate
what you need to believe; we just want to help you along your faith journey.
We
live in a complex world that requires a thoughtful, honest approach to difficult
life-questions. We are not a place that will give you all of the answers;
but we are a place where you can ask all of the questions!
If we engage those questions with honesty and integrity, God will lead us
where we need to go.
Relationship – We are committed to nurturing a personal relationship
with God, and with one another. We
are much more interested in fostering relationships than in teaching people
rules. Because our church highly
values relationships, we also highly value families and family ministry, and
want to do all that we can to help foster Godly marriages, parenting, etc.
Equality
–
God created all of humanity equally,
regardless of gender, race, or anything else.
As such, all offices and leadership roles in our church are open to anyone
called by God to fill those positions.
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