Living Hope Baptist Church Mission & Vision Statement

Key Verse: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:3-5 NKJV

Mission Statement: Make disciples of Jesus Christ, through the teaching of biblical principles, who obey truth, live by grace, and impact everyone around them.

Vision Statement: To develop Christians, who are freed by grace and anchored in truth, into change agents for Jesus Christ in their families, church, community, region, nation, and world.

Core Values:
       
Grace Living
        Debt Free Living
        Sacrificial service to others
        Reconciliation (Racial & Social/Economical)
        Partner with ministries of similar vision at home and abroad

Strategy/Goals:

1. Free all Christians impacted by this ministry from legalism through grace living. 
2. Observe and teach debt free living to create a church, which has the majority of
its membership debt free. 
3. Use resources from living debt free to focus on the spiritual and material needs of
our church and community. 
4. Using the media (tape, radio, T.V., internet, and written word) spread God's
message beyond our physical boundaries.
5. Identify, train, and empower members to plant churches that will make disciples
in Jesus Christ who learn & follow biblical principles to make new disciples. 
6. Work with all races, color, and creeds to promote reconciliation and
social/economic equality.
7. Support local, state, national and international ministries that address the spiritual
& material needs of others.