What Makes Us Tick
We believe the Gospel is the root that produces the fruit of a transformed life. Everything you see below – our purpose, our hope, and our culture – is simply our attempt to live out the radical grace we’ve received. We aren't just following a plan; we are responding to a Person.
This is the reason why we exist in the world:
Transforming people to be gospel-centered leaders for Jesus Christ.
This is the mental portrait of our preferred future:
A community of gospel-centered leaders who Individually and collectively engage with the world in the name of and for the sake of Christ.
These are the guiding principles of how we operate:
Our culture is reflected in the acronym AEIOU.
A-agility
Jesus is full of grace and truth, varying his approach to Mary & Martha, the Pharisees & disciples; so everything we do must be adaptable and innovative (not rigid and stuck in past successes).
e-excellence
Jesus didn’t just meet us, he died and was raised for us; so we give our best in everything we do to reflect that despite our flaws and within our God-given limits to show excellence (but not perfectionism).
i-intentionality
Jesus had a clear strategy, knowing when to do what when and how, training the twelve to carry on his agenda; so everything we do must be strategic, contributing to the mission and well-executed (not half-baked or ill-planned).
o-otherness
Jesus died for the ungodly and the church exists for the world, so everything we do must be filtered by other-orientation (not self-orientation).
u-unpretentious
Jesus lived and died for God’s will, sticking to it plain and simple until the end; so our programs, structure, processes must be void from any pretense to impress. In other words, they are simple (but not oversimplified), elegant (not messy), scalable (not fragile), and lean (not bureaucratic).