The Four Basic Purposes

Our Constitution states, The purpose shall be to exalt the true and living God. This is to be accomplished by the regular church services, Bible teaching ministry, personal witness, appropriate youth and adult organizations, and in various missionary enterprises.

This statement can be summarized with these 4 purposes:

Exalt Christ.

He is "head of the church [ . . .] so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything." Colossians 1:18. Because of this purpose all of our music, preaching, fellowship, outreach programs, weddings, funerals, and everything we do, the Person of Jesus Christ will be central, praised, and honored. As the Apostle Paul said, "We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ." (II Corinthians 10:5) Other important scriptures on this subject include: John 14:6, I Corinthians 2:2, Philippians 4:7-11, etc.

Educate in the Word.

II Timothy 3:16-17 tells us, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." The Bible not only tells us about eternal life, it tells us where and how to walk in this life (teaching), confronts us when we are walking in a way that displeases God (reproof), tells us how to get back on the right path (correction), and teaches us how to not fall away again (training). It is the 66 books of the Bible which give us our definition and direction. AT WCC we study, practice, and proclaim the Bible - as the final authority for what we believe and how we live.

Encourage one another.

Hebrews 10:24-25 says, "Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another and all the more, as you see the day drawing near." There are dozens of "one another" commands in the New Testament. As believers, we are members of Christ's body; which the Bible presents BOTH as an invisible worldwide spiritual organism AND as visible local physical organizations. As a community of believers, our goal at WCC is to obey all the "one another" commands of scripture.

Evangelize the lost.

Jesus commanded His disciples to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15) Our Master gave us this "Great Commission", which we take seriously here at WCC. It is our job to share the "good news" (gospel) about Jesus Christ with our friends, family, neighbors, and everyone who has never heard, including other people groups around the world. The Bible divides the world into two groups: those who know Jesus Christ who will spend eternity with Him, and those who do not know Him who will be lost forever unless they place their faith in Christ. (See Missionary Outreach section)