Making Disciples - Pastor Jake Dyck

We gather around the clear commission of Jesus in Matthew 28 and commit ourselves to make disciples of all nations. We take his authority seriously and act on his command to go, baptize, and teach. We recognize that disciple making moves through public proclamation and ordinary conversation. We preach and teach so people can hear, believe, and call on Christ, and we also pursue everyday relationships where faith becomes visible in real life.

We refuse to confine the church to a building. The church consists of people who meet in many contexts, from air conditioned rooms to tents and outdoor gatherings. We adapt our methods without changing the message. We attend to local needs and also cross cultural boundaries because the gospel reaches beyond neighborhood lines.

We embrace personal story telling as a primary means of witness. We ask others for their stories and offer honest accounts of grace and failure so people can see God at work. We rely on the Spirit to transform lives from glory to glory and expect growth to be gradual and costly. We keep short accounts with God and others, practice forgiveness, and allow failures to point to Christ as redeemer.

We honor generational discipleship. We steward faith within families and within community across ages, following the model of older teaching younger. We see spiritual formation as a daily rhythm of living the commandments, talking about them at home, and modeling integrity and sound speech. We expect the older to pour into the younger, and we pursue both learning from elders and investing in those who are younger.

We value intercession and mutual care. We pray for one another, bring burdens before God, and enlist others to join in persistent prayer. We celebrate the steady ministry of intercession mothers often provide and call the congregation to uphold each family in prayer. We receive the assurance that Christ remains with us to the end of the age and therefore carry on the work of making disciples with courage, humility, and steadfast love.