Our Mission & Values
The purpose of Whitton Avenue Bible Church is best expressed in our mission statement:
Sent by God, compelled by Christ’s love, empowered by the Holy Spirit,
we exist to glorify God through:
Reaching up in worship of God;
Reaching in to equip the Saints;
Reaching out with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our desire is to worship and glorify God in everything we do. Although the three-fold expression of our purpose at Whitton Avenue (worship, equipping and outreach) are all crucial and intertwined, worship stands at the top. The ultimate end for which God created humans is to see God’s glory and worship Him fully. Thus the goal of our reaching in and reaching out is to strengthen and widen the circle of those reaching up to magnify God. Our mission is further clarified by our core values:
Reaching Up
- We prayerfully seek to be awed by the glory of God and the mercy of the gospel.
- We prayerfully seek to be shaped in our priorities and affections by the Christ-centered story line of the Bible rather than the values and assumptions of this passing age.
Reaching In
- We prayerfully seek to provide a safe environment in which the vulnerable can grow in the faith and in which the hurting and abused can experience God’s love and healing.
- We prayerfully seek to foster an atmosphere of joy-filled holiness by pointing each other to the promises of God in response to the promises of the world.
Reaching Out
- We prayerfully seek to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom with creativity, urgency, personal appeal, love, and reliance on God to draw sinners to himself.
- We prayerfully seek to portray the gospel of the kingdom through acts of mercy, the pursuit of justice for the oppressed, and a church community that reflects the multi-varied nature of the kingdom of God.
- We prayerfully seek to spread this kingdom proclamation and portrayal in our immediate neighborhood and as God leads us in our city, country, and world.