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OUR VISION OUR VALUES OUR MISSION
The vision of The Foursquare Church is to present Jesus Christ, God's Son, to every person in every culture and nation as The Savior, The Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, The Healer and The Soon-Coming King. Since the founding of The Foursquare Church in 1923, that vision has been realized through evangelizing the lost and establishing local congregations in the United States and abroad, through the nurturing and training of believers into leadership on all levels of church life, and in cooperation with other members of the body of Christ at large in the fellowship of the Gospel and the fulfillment of the biblical mandate to be "light" and "salt" on the earth.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.
-Hebrews 13:8
As part of the family of Foursquare churches in 140 countries worldwide, Radiant Life Church is part of a movement that spans the globe. With approximately 60,000 churches worldwide, this movement has touched multiple nations of the earth. In 2008, Foursquare Missions International reported 2.4 million decisions for Jesus Christ, over 8 million members and adherents, and 3,841 new churches.
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CORE VALUES
Values central to the life, mission and vision of The Foursquare Church.
Christ-Centered Worship
* We prioritize joyous worship, honoring the Father, Son and Holy Spirit as we extol the life and love of our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 11:36-12:1-2).
* We hold to the creeds asserting Jesus as God’s virgin-born Son--His sinless life, atoning death and literal resurrection providing salvation (Acts 4:12).
* We focus a Christ-honoring, grace-based preaching and teaching ministry rooted in the authority of God’s eternal Word, the Holy Bible (2 Timothy 3:16).
Church Health and Biblical Balance
* We prioritize a personal and church lifestyle of vital joy and hope as Christ and His kingdom are described in John 10:10, Romans 14:17 and 15:13.
* We promote creative personal and church ministry that spreads the Gospel meets human need and multiplies life-begetting ministries (Phil. 1:9-11).
* We prioritize passion with order in worship, biblical grace with obedience in lifestyle, with liberty, wisdom and charity in all things (1 Corinthians 13:13; 14:40).
* We embrace all who love Christ, pursuing our distinct sense of mission and values, while affirming the whole church beyond our ranks (Philippians 2:1-10).
Spirit-Filled Discipleship
* We prioritize the apostolic plan for discipleship as in Acts 8:14-17; 19:1-6, calling believers to decisively open to the Holy Spirit’s fullness and fruit.
* We acknowledge the distinct and ongoing gift-giving ministry of the Spirit and instruct in how to minister in His power to Christ’s glory (1 Corinthians 12-14).
* We pursue faith-filled prayer, intercession and spiritual warfare with Holy Spirit enabled power and discernment as in Ephesians 6:10-20 and 1 Timothy 2:1-6.
Global Evangelism
* We prioritize the apostolic convictions in 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15; being constrained by the love of Christ knowing eternal souls are at risk, and commissioned by the grace of God since all who believe may be saved.
* We are constant to our founding call to worldwide, interdenominational evangelism, proclaiming to all that Jesus Christ is the Savior, Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, Healer, and Soon-Coming King (Acts 20:27).
Fellowship and Ministry
* We prioritize planting and growing local churches as in Acts 9:31 and Ephesians 3:14-19, that believers may be grown, nurtured and equipped for ministry.
* We cultivate every-member ministry as in 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Christ’s will being that His church be the living evidence of His love and power to the world.
* We honor the Holy Spirit’s call to and giftings of church leaders under Christ’s commission and lordship, irrespective of age, gender or ethnicity (Acts 2:17-18).
Social Conscience
* We prioritize the Gospel of Jesus Christ as God’s power unto salvation for all, begetting works of compassion, justice and human aid (Matthew 5:13-16).
* We place high value on the sanctity of human life, of biblical marriage and morality, and we welcome ethnic diversity (Isaiah 56:7; Philippians 2:15-16).
* We accept the timeless purpose of God through his ancient people Israel, and reject anti-Semitism and all ethnic discrimination (Romans 11:11-27; Acts 17:26).
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RADIANT LIFE FOURSQUARE CHURCH MISSION
I. OUR COMMISSION, Matthew 28:18-20.
A. Overall Apostolic Ministry.
1. Apostle/Evangelist: sent—goes and makes converts/Governs/Gathers.
2. Prophet: makes Disciples/Guides.
3. Pastor: makes members, baptizes into Body/Guards.
4. Teacher: makes obedient Disciples, who make other Disciples/Grounds.
B. Local Apostolic Ministry. (Not to do all the work, but to see, set and send.)
1. Recognize (evaluate/qualify)
2. Recruit (equip)
3. Release (entrust)
II. OUR LOCAL MISSION, Ephesians 4:1-16.
A. To become a local model functioning church (w/all parts supplying),
B. Working in ministry teams,
C. Developing home growth groups here, in eastern NC, and to the ends of the earth.
III. OUR TWO-FOLD GOAL:
A. To raise up loving, leading families who will care for groups of 10’s, 50’s, 100’s and 1000’s.
B. To build a larger church building – a central house of worship in which to function.
IV. OUR WORKING PROCESS AND (*PROJECTED) SERVICES.
A. Process: Build ministry teams for every area of need, all working together for the whole.
B. Services:
1. Worship, Sunday, 10:30 AM.
2. Intercessory Prayer, Wednesday noon
3. East Carolina School of Ministry (ECSOM) class, Wednesday, 7 PM
4. Equipping (CTS), Thursday, 7 – 9:30 PM
5. *Early Worship, Sunday, 8 AM
6. ISOM classes, 9 AM to NOON
7. *Establish Home Growth Groups.
Biblical Foundation
¨ Text: (1) Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
¨ Text (2) Eph 4:1-16 I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore He says: "When He ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men." 9 (Now this, "He ascended"-- what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.) 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-- Christ--16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
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