WHAT MAKES US DISTINCTIVE...

The Family
Is the building block of the church and society. The family is where Christianity begins. If our Christianity doesn't work here, it doesn't work at all. Our highest goal in life is to live before God, starting in our homes. If we can live the Christian life at home we can certainly live it in the world.

The Local Church
Just as a plant needs to remain in one place long enough to get its roots down before it will bear fruit, so must the Christian do likewise. Membership in a local church is absolutely necessary for accountability, growth, and promotion in the things of God. The times we live in dictate more than ever that we get our roots down into the Lord and in accountable relationships to prepare for the storms ahead of us.

Christ-likeness
The test of all ministry, all programs, all preaching, and all prophecy is: does it produce a desire and a hunger to become more like Jesus? God has predestined us to be conformed into the image of His Son. We must beware of the human inclination to just be informed and not transformed into His image. We should remind ourselves that it is easy to fake Christianity.

Pentecostal ~ Charismatic
We embrace the fullness of the Holy Spirit and believe every believer can experience the living dynamic presence of God's Spirit every day. Pentecostal denotes the belief in that which was poured out on the church in Acts 2 is still available for every Christian today. Charismatic denotes the openness to the "charisma" gift of the Holy Spirit to operate freely among us.

Lifestyle Evangelism
Statistics show that over 90 percent of all Christians were led to the Lord through a friend or relative. We do believe in and practice special evangelistic outreaches, but the heart of evangelism is individual Christians "going and telling" the people in their world about the saving knowledge of Jesus.

Liberty
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Some Christians have a human tendency to be religious. They try to make themselves acceptable to God through a set of rituals, laws, and church traditions. This is what makes them cold, stuffy, and artificial and results in their children wanting nothing to do with God. Mature Christians who are walking in the Holy Spirit are the most real people in the world. These Christians possess the fruit of the Kingdom of God which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.