So, what are the Scriptural Values of the Church Without Walls?

Again, an excellent question!

To summarize, we believe that God is looking for "new" wineskins to fill afresh with His Spirit in these last days.  And one of the major obstacles between where His church is now and where we believe His Spirit is moving are the walls we erect between each other and between our obedience and the moving of the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, we strive to remove any walls that stand between what we are and what He wants us to be.

Hence, The Church Without Walls.

OUR FOCUS AND TEN SPIRITUAL VALUES

One,
Our focus is on preparing for the Harvest!

We believe that God is ready to pour out a blessing on His church, the likes of which are beyond our wildest expectations!  Therefore, we are committed to being prepared for whatever harvest of souls our Lord provides.

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few." |
Matthew 9:37

"Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields,
that they are white for harvest."
John 4:35b

And we believe that time is running out!

Two,
Our focus is on Jesus and teaching others to know Him!

We believe that, as bowls of fragrant incense, prayer is a priority in our corporate and individual worship of the Lord.

"Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest."
Matthew 9:38

"And this is eternal life, that they may know Thee, the only true God,
and Jesus Christ whom Thou hast sent."  
John 17:3

Three,
Our focus is on reaching the lost with the
eternal Gospel of Jesus Christ!

We believe that evangelism takes place best through relationships in a small group setting (cell-groups).  Thus, we believe it glorifies Christ to experience church growth primarily through new converts.

And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men."
Mark 1:17

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist,
fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 4:5

"It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.
I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Mark 2:17

Four,
Our focus is on the Great Commission (discipleship)!

To make disciples during every phase of our life!

We believe the heartbeat of the Great Commission of our Lord is to "make disciples" and not just converts!  Therefore, we value evangelism, then discipleship--  which then leads to more evangelism and discipleship.  This is the Biblical model of the New Testament church multiplication.

"Go therefore and make disciples (not converts) of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."  
 Matthew 28:19-20

Five,
Our focus is on spiritual adoption and mentoring.

We believe that in order to "make disciples" each member should be in a mentoring relationship.  Why?  Because being a disciple of Jesus Christ is best modeled and learned within personal relationships of accountability.

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. I exhort you therefore, be imitators of me. For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church.
1 Corinthians 4:15-17

Six,
Our focus is on people and not the church as a building.

We believe it is Christ's desire to use the church to build people, and not use people to build the church.  Why?  Because He alone said that He would build His church!

"And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades shall not overpower it."
Matthew 16:18

"How I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable,
and teaching you publicly and from house to house."
Acts 20:20

Seven,
Our focus is on people doing the work of ministry
and not just the leaders.

We believe that it is the responsibility and profound privilege of every Believer in Christ to be involved in Spirit-led ministry.  In essence, the Church Without Walls is a place where everyone is a minister "for the building up of the body of Christ."  We believe that God has gifted the church with spiritual leaders whose primary task is not to simply "do" ministry, but to "equip" and "prepare" the saints (His church) for ministry.

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, (why) for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.
Ephesians 4:11-12

Eight,
Our focus is on trust and relationships,
and not on endless meetings and programs.

We believe the gospel is about people and their relationships with our Lord and each other.  Therefore, our focus is on building these trust relationships.  And, we believe the best way to build trust relationships is in small groups (cells or ICUs) and by working together in ministry.

You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:5

From whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by that which every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part,
causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.
Ephesians 4:16

Nine,
Our focus is on expecting spiritual multiplication!

We believe that a healthy church will, by its very nature, grow.  After all, Jesus said that it was His responsibility to build His church (Matt. 16:18), and our responsibility to invest our lives in others.  Therefore, our focus is on what we clearly see as the norm in the New Testament--  spiritual multiplication!  And we believe that a healthy church will be one that  our Lord uses to multiply the kingdom of God beyond what we can even imagine today! 

And God blessed them, and God said to them,
"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it."
Genesis 1:28a

Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number...
Acts 6:1a

And the word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples
continued to increase greatly…  
Acts 6:7a

So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and, going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit,
it continued to grow.
Acts 9:31

Ten,
Our focus is on our liberty in Christ!

Absolutely!  It is our belief that the church is like a  mighty river--  flowing wherever the Lord desires. Therefore, our focus is to enter into His river, the flowing of His Spirit, and allow Him to take us and use us as He see fit.  Why?  Because the Scriptures clearly state that "we are not our own, but have been bought with a price.  Therefore we are to glorify God in our bodies (in everything that we do)!"

Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:17-18

At The Church Without Walls we passionately cling to these ten core Biblical values.  
We consider them non-negotiable--  they are a fundamental part of who we are.

Are you committed to these ten core Biblical values?

If so, we would love for you to become a part of what God is doing at The Church Without Walls.

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