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Our Mission, Vision and Purpose
Our Vision:
Joyfully serve our Lord in St Marys:
- a Church that has a love for God,
- a Church that has a love for her people,
- a Church that has a love for the lost.
Our vision for the Reformed Church of St Marys
is of a visible community of Christians where, by
God's grace:
- Above all else, we love the Lord
God with all our hearts. We believe that honoring
and glorifying God is our first purpose.
- Our love for God, our love for
each other, and our love for those who are yet to
believe in God are evident in our words and deeds.
- We celebrate God's grace to us in
Jesus, and in gratitude we worship Him together. We
honour and worship Him in our relationships, in our
daily business, our family, and in outreach and
service.
- The Word of God is taught boldly
and believers are discipled and effectively equipped
for ministry and leadership.
- We dedicate time to reading God's
Word and to prayer, to sharing and hospitality.
- We are committed to reach out,
accept and love unbelievers.
- We diligently exercise our love
for each other in fellowship and spiritual,
emotional and physical care.
- We teach, train, correct, rebuke
and encourage one another in the faith.
- We recognise we are part of God's
church which is empowered by the Holy Spirit to
fulfil God's mission.
Our Purpose:
We believe God has called us
together as a church in St Marys to be a community of
believers committed to Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord,
filled with the Holy Spirit, to:
- Faithfully preach the Word, worship God and
administer the sacraments1
- Evangelise and Disciple2
- Actively serve God3
- Faithfully teach e.g. Catechism, Sunday School,
Youth ministries4
- Nurture and promote spiritual growth5
- Promote fellowship e.g. Bible studies, groups6
- Pray7
- Administer mercy8
- Provide pastoral care9
- Train and equip leaders10
- Show Biblical leadership11
- Participate in interdenominational relations,
and relations within our denomination12
- Col 1:28; Philip 1:15-17; Eph 6:19-20; Job
37:23-24; Neh 8:1-6; Matt 26:17-30.
- Ps 9:11; Prov 11:30; Matt 4:19; Exod2l:2-6; Ps
15:1-5
- Ps 100
- 2Tim3:16-17;2Tim4:2
- Num 16:3-7; 1 Cor 1:4-9
- Rom 1:1-5; 1 Cor 12- Gal 6:1-10; Eph 5:1-21; Eph
6:10-20; Col 3:1-17; Jam 1:19-27
- Ps 5:2; Ps 34:15-17; Song of So! 2:14;
Jer33:2-3; Matt 6:6; Luke 10:2; Acts 4:31; 1 John
5:14
- Matt 25:31-46; Acts 6:1-7
- Acts 20:20; 2 Tim 4:2-5; 2 Cot 5:20; 2 Tim 2:15;
Eph 4:12; Acts 6:4; 1 Tim 2:1-4; Matt 18:18-19;
Titus 1:7; 1 Tim 3:15; Is 40:1; Rom 15:4
- 2Tim 3:16-17
- Eph 4:11-13; Matt 20:26-28; Acts 20:28; Matt
16:19
- 1 Co12:2
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