Mission:

A Mission is a more tangible and measurable task. Soldiers in a war might, for example, be given the mission to take a certain hill or to defend a certain city. In the Christian church, we are to understand mission in the same way. Similarly, the scriptures give to us a Mission statement: we are to make disciples of all the nations (Matthew 28:18) and we are to destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, taking every thought captive to obey Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5).

Certainly, there are sub-missions contained within this mission of the church. Our Worship, Evangelism, Missions, Mercy Ministries, Bible Studies, Teaching, Apologetic Work, etc…in the community and throughout the world are all designed to feed toward this mission that Christ has given us in his Word.

Vision:

The vision of the church reflects the leadership’s looking forward and backwards and asking how we see ourselves fulfilling this Purpose and Mission in ways that are specific to our heritage, our personality as a congregation, and our community. Vision statements function much like a series of instruments by which the Church Council can view and evaluate the direction that the church is taking so that we can remain faithful to our Biblical Mission and Purpose.