| Who We Are
New Covenant is a Purpose-Driven® church. This means we work
to seek Christ's purpose and vision in everything we do and offer.
What is our purpose?
Our Purpose is:
" To journey together as
a covenant family bringing people into a deepening relationship
with Jesus
Christ, teaching all to grow in Christ-like
maturity, and preparing all for service and evangelism in the world
in order to glorify God."
Purpose Driven is a church health model that providesl
a unique, biblically-based approach to establishing,
transforming, and maintaining a balanced, growing congregation
that seeks to fulfill the God-given purposes of:
- worship
- fellowship
- discipleship
- ministry
- missions
The simple approach of the Purpose Driven Model helps lead our
congregation toward a common focus that includes a foundational
understanding of the Bible and a clear
method for measuring their own spiritual growth and the church's
overall growth.
The easiest way to explain the Purpose-Driven® church is through
the image of a baseball diamond.
What is the baseball diamond? It’s a way to visualize the
various steps of our discipleship growth process. We seek to grow
by understanding the steps of a discipleship process—to know,
to grow, to serve, to share.
What does each base represent? Each base represents a step along
our journey. At first base, we discover to real meaning of membership
and authentic fellowship. In authentic fellowship, we discover
through Life Groups, the elements of practicing prayer, fellowship,
and study together. Find out more about these things in our Discovery
Class.
At second base, through the Habits Class, we discover the characteristics
of Spiritual Maturity and how we can practice these characteristics.
We also
uncover the ways we can learn more about these characteristics
through 17 week studies called Core Discipleship Classes that meet
on Sundays and Wednesdays.
As we sense a deeper understanding of our faith journey, we are
given the opportunity to sense the special ways God has called
us to ministry. We discover this through third base in our SHAPE
Class; which focuses on ways God is calling us to serve through
ministry. We
become
familiar
with our own unique SHAPE (Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality,
and Experiences for ministry.
Finally, at home plate, we are called to sense that God has called
us to serve as a lay minister. Through the Mission and Evangelism
Class we are introduced to the various ways to make this happen!
To learn more about being a Purpose-Driven® church and having
a Purpose-Driven® life, visit the Purpose-Driven® web
site and learn more about Rick Warren and the
Purpose-Driven® model.
New Covenant Presbyterian is a PCUSA church. If you are interested
in finding out more about the PCUSA denomination, please visit:
www.pcusa.org
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