All you have made will praise you, O LORD;
your saints will extol you.
They will tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might,
so that all men may know of your mighty acts
and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
Psalm 145: 10 - 12
The Purpose and Vision of Immanuel's
Church
We, Immanuel's Church, were brought
into being by God to fulfill an awesome purpose: to
know Jesus Christ and to make Him known!
The end-time promise given to us in Daniel is "The people
that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits"
(Daniel 11:32b, KJV)
1. TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST
"This is eternal life:
that they may know You, the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom You have sent" (John 17:3).
Knowing our God is Immanuel's
primary purpose; it is our contemplative side -- worshipping,
adoring, seeking, pursuing Him! This purpose is reflected
in our three primary core values: to be a radiant people
overflowing with love and passion for God; to be a revival
people experiencing the ongoing manifest presence of God;
and to be a revelation people walking in the biblical truths
of our vast riches in Christ Jesus. We are committed to
knowing our God!
2. TO MAKE HIM KNOWN; TO BE STRONG AND
DO EXPLOITS.
"We proclaim Him,
admonishing and teaching everyone... so that we might
present everyone perfect in Christ" (Colossians 1:28).
Making our Lord known
is Immanuel's apostolic side -- sent forth by the Father
to proclaim Jesus in all His awesome glory and to
present everyone perfect in Him. This purpose is
reflected in our final two core values: to be a redemptive
and a restorative people, and to be a people responsive
to the specific call of God upon our individual lives. We
are committed in serving Jesus Christ to making Him known
both in this area and to the far ends of the earth.
The Core Values
of Immanuel's Church
By God's grace we shall be a RADIANT
PEOPLE! A radiant people deeply in love with God our
Father, radiant in holiness and radiant with passion for
Jesus Christ His Son and overflowing with fervency for His
blessed Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 5:27, NIV)
By God's grace, we shall be a REVIVAL
PEOPLE! A revival people experiencing God's ongoing
manifest Presence! (II Chronicles 5:13-14)
By God's grace, we shall be a REVELATION
PEOPLE! A revelation people exploring in His word our
unfathomable riches in Christ Jesus! (Ephesians 3:8)
By God's grace, we shall be a REDEMPTIVE
PEOPLE! A redemptive, restorative, forgiving, healing
community full of the mercy and grace and love of God; sharing
God's redemptive heart for the lost, the sinful, the broken,
the fallen, the downtrodden and the needy and for His broken
body, the Church -- both here and to the far ends of the
earth. (Isaiah 61:1)
By God's grace, we shall be a RESPONSIVE
PEOPLE! A people responsive to the call of God, committed
to seeing every member of His body discover their calling
and empowered to fulfill that calling; to be apostolic,
to be prophetic, to be evangelistic, to be pastoral and
to be teaching, thus employing the gifts and the graces
of each and every member of Christ's Body! (Ephesians 4:11-16)
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL--these core values
will enable us to fulfill our ultimate goal: TO HELP BRING
BACK THE KING--to hurry along the personal return of our Lord
Jesus Christ in this generation by "hastening the coming of
the Day of the God." (II Peter 3:11,12)
