VALUES

After reading, please take the poll at left in relationship to today's blog. Thank you.

We gathered some folks in the lobby of KFA tonight to talk together about what our church VALUES should be. I don't know if you've ever thought about that or not --- but let's.

Church MISSION differs from church PURPOSES differs from church VALUES.

We don't get to choose our church MISSION. God already told us what that was. We get to choose how we WORD it, but not what it is. Jesus' mission is our mission. That's it. And Jesus' mission was 'to seek and save what was lost.' So ... that's our mission, too.

The way we say that at KFA is: "MAKING IT EASY TO FIND AND EXPERIENCE GOD."

We don't get to choose our church PURPOSES. God already told us what those were. We get to choose how we WORD them, but not what they actually are. All New Testament churches have essentially the same purposes. Here are ours at KFA:

AUTHENTIC COMMUNITY

ENTHUSIASTIC SERVICE

PASSIONATE WORSHIP

PERSONAL GROWTH

OFFERING HOPE

We GET to choose our church VALUES. The Bible lists all kinds of values, but never specifically says what each church's should be. Church VALUES are what make our church different from the church down the street. They are what draw some people to KFA and they are what repel some people from KFA.

Values are separate from mission or purposes. As important as both mission and purposes are, they are not repeated within the values.

Core values are the things you want the person who doesn't come to KFA to say about KFA when you ask them about KFA ... the things we want to be known for in our community. Values are not FUNCTIONS or PROGRAMS. They are ATTITUDES and MOTIVATIONS. They are the how and why 0f what we do.

So at our meeting this evening, certain values rose to the top. They are listed in the poll at left. Vote on the THREE you think are most important?

And be blessed.