FCC VALUES
Communicate God’s Word
The definition of evangelism is “sharing the good news”. Ephesians 3:10 “His (God’s) intent was that through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known.” In other words, the purpose of the church is to talk about God, talk about the incredible things He has done and the incredible person He is to make known His wisdom to other people. That is our purpose.
Romans 10:13-14 (Living Bible) “Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved, but who can ask Him to save them unless they believe in Him and how can they believe in Him if they have never heard about Him and how can they hear about Him unless someone tells them.” The point of the verse is that you can’t know about God unless somebody tells you. A great majority of people have somebody first tell them about Jesus Christ before they come to church. That’s one of our purposes, to tell the good news of Jesus Christ.
Demonstrate God’s Love
A definition of ministry is meeting needs with love. The reality is, everybody hurts. Everybody has a hurt. Everybody has a struggle. It doesn’t matter how nicely put together you look. It doesn’t matter whether your shoes match your purse. It doesn’t matter whether you’ve got a great house and a great car and a great job. It doesn’t really matter if all those things are in place because somewhere in your life is a hurt, a need, a struggle. Part of the reason this church exists is to help meet those needs with love. And not even just the needs of you here but the community where we know people are aching and dying.
So one of the purposes we exist is to show love, to meet needs. John 13:35 “By this shall all men know that you are My disciples that you have love for one another.” Jesus could have thought of all kinds of reasons, all kinds of hallmarks for His disciples and He had the opportunity right here to tell them, This is what I want you to be known for. He didn’t say to His disciples, “I want you to be known for your fabulous preaching. I want you to be known for the great clothes you wear. I want you to be known for the beautiful temples that you build.” He said, “I want you to have a reputation in this world as people who love.”
Celebrate God’s Presence
This is the number one priority of our church because it is the number one priority for our lives. We weren’t made or created to have great jobs or careers or grow beautiful gardens or to have fabulous hobbies. We were made to have a relationship with God. We were made to have fellowship with Him. If that’s what we were made for that should be the number one purpose for our lives. That’s the number one purpose for our church.
Worship is expressing my love to God. Matthew 4:10 says, “Worship the Lord, your God, and serve Him only.” A lot of Christians get real excited about serving God, real enthusiastic, but in the process they forget that they are supposed to worship Him first. If you’re not worshiping Him first, service gets old and wears you out. Start with worshiping because that’s why we exist. “The Father seeks worshipers and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” Have you noticed there is a lot of variety among churches?
Some church are so full of emotion, they bounce around, jump, hop, and skip over the chairs. The people love that. Other churches are very formal and they are strict in their observance. There are certain things you do and you do the same thing every week at the exact time and people love it. Is there anything wrong with either of those? Not at all. As long as they’re doing what the Bible says — worshiping in Spirit and in truth. It’s ok to have variety in worship style.
On your outline are listed seven or eight different ways you can express your worship to God no matter what style you choose to do it in: singing, commitment, praying, hearing the word, giving, baptism, meditating, Lord’s Supper. These are all ways, according to the Scripture, that you can demonstrate your love for God and celebrate His presence in your life.
Educate God’s People
The definition of that is discipleship. Discipleship means helping believers grow spiritually. Hebrews 6:1 “Let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity.” Evidential there is something more than just coming to know Jesus Christ in a personal relationship. There’s something more. The Bible says its maturity, becoming like Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 3:18 “Grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 4:11-13 “God has given some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of ministry, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all become mature like Christ.”
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FRIDAY SERVICE
Join us for 90mins of Worship & Intercession prayer every Friday at 6.30pm to 8.30pm
SUNDAY WORSHIP
Marathi Service at 7am
Hindi Service at 9am
English Service at 11am
