PRIORITIES

Acts 2:42-37 (NIV)

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

If you were to boil church down to its essence, you could describe it this way. The church has four crucial priorities based on four key relationships:

• WORSHIP - Our Relationship with Jesus

  • Devote yourselves to connecting with and following after Jesus.

• DISCOVERY - Our Relationship with the Bible

  • Devote yourselves to taking in and living out God’s Word.

• COMMUNITY - Our Relationship with Each Other

  • Devote yourselves to loving one another as a family of brothers and sisters in Christ.

• MISSION - Our Relationship with Others

  • Devote yourselves to joining Jesus in discipling others toward Him by living a Prayer > Care > Share > Dare lifestyle.

Wherever you have these four priorities and relationships, you have a church. That’s because that church seeks Jesus passionately (WORSHIP), lives life biblically (DISCOVERY), loves one another sacrificially (COMMUNITY) and shares the Good News of Jesus boldly (MISSION).