Core values are a person's fundamental beliefs. These guiding principles dictate behavior, guide decisions, and can help determine course corrections along the path of life. A person's core values create an unwavering guide through which all decisions are made.
Years ago, I invested time praying over and seeking clarity about my personal core values. Out of a time of Bible study, prayer, and writing, I penned a list of four primary values. They are Prayer, Evangelism, Discipleship, Missions.
I've brought those values with me to the churches I have pastored and the organizations I have been privileged to lead. These convictions serve as a guide for all of my actions and they serve as the motivational flame of our church!
How do these values translate to practical activity?
I have developed a strategy consisting of three pathways to accomplishing our mission at Hardy Street. We use the words - Knowing, Growing, & Going to define those pathways!
Every member is challenged to:
KNOW Christ & Make Christ Known.
GROW in Christ in loving community.
GO for Christ to our neighbors, the nations, & the next generation.
KNOWING
Knowing Christ & Making Him Known (prayer & evangelism)
KNOWING HIM
We have been called TO Christ - to know and love Him…and thereby experience eternal life! Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:3
MAKING HIM KNOWN
We have been sent BY Christ—as He himself was sent by his Father—to announce, by our life & our deeds, the Good News of the kingdom of God!
We know Christ through prayer & we make Christ known through evangelism!
Years ago, I invested time praying over and seeking clarity about my personal core values. Out of a time of Bible study, prayer, and writing, I penned a list of four primary values. They are Prayer, Evangelism, Discipleship, Missions.
I've brought those values with me to the churches I have pastored and the organizations I have been privileged to lead. These convictions serve as a guide for all of my actions and they serve as the motivational flame of our church!
How do these values translate to practical activity?
I have developed a strategy consisting of three pathways to accomplishing our mission at Hardy Street. We use the words - Knowing, Growing, & Going to define those pathways!
Every member is challenged to:
KNOW Christ & Make Christ Known.
GROW in Christ in loving community.
GO for Christ to our neighbors, the nations, & the next generation.
KNOWING
Knowing Christ & Making Him Known (prayer & evangelism)
KNOWING HIM
We have been called TO Christ - to know and love Him…and thereby experience eternal life! Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. John 17:3
MAKING HIM KNOWN
We have been sent BY Christ—as He himself was sent by his Father—to announce, by our life & our deeds, the Good News of the kingdom of God!
We know Christ through prayer & we make Christ known through evangelism!