FLC Vision Statement
The vision of First Love Church is to be a Bible-based, Christ-centered church family where love comes first; which advances the Kingdom of God in the power of the Holy Spirit by saving the lost, maturing and equipping believers and releasing people to repeat this process until the glory of God covers the earth as the waters cover the sea.
The vision of First Love Church is to be a...
• Bible-based
+ The Bible as the ultimate revelation of God's will & ways
+ Full-Bible theology, not personal preferences
+ Individual & corporate submission to God's Word
• Christ-centered
+ Jesus as the Head of the church & the Chief Cornerstone on which we build
+ The church is built on Jesus as the center, not man
+ People & leaders may come and go, but Jesus remains the foundation
• Church family where love comes first
+ A safe place where people can be accepted and loved
+ Love comes first - the Greatest Commandment!
+ Loving God & loving people
• Which advances the Kingdom of God
+ Summary of the mission of the church on earth
+ The rule & reign of God
+ Revival
• In the power of the Holy Spirit
+ The only way that Jesus intended it
+ The value of the anointing
+ Teaching people to be ministers of the New Covenant
• By saving the lost,
+ By all means possible (1 Corinthians 9:22)
+ By "the lost" we mean the unsaved, the prodigals and the scattered sheep
+ We include in this signs, wonders, miracles & the supernatural
• Maturing and equipping believers,
+ Ephesians 4/11-16
+ Maturing every believer into the image of Christ
+ Equipping every believer for their God-given destiny
• And releasing people
+ Jesus' model of multiplication through discipleship
+ Releasing people in their areas of gifting, calling & ministry
+ Priesthood of All Believers - all believers are ministers
• To repeat this process
+ Multi-generational continuity
+ From Jesus to the year 2008 & beyond
+ Exponential effect of perpetual multiplication
• Until the Glory of God covers the earth as the waters cover the sea
+ God's vision for Planet Earth
+ God wants His Glory accessible & present all over the earth
+ God's Glory is in the church, and He wants it released through the church
