Our Values @ New Covenant Lutheran Church

1. Gospel-Centered Evangelism and Discipleship
2. Love and Respect
3. Transforming
4. Everyone Serves
5. We do everything as a Team!

• The Gospel of Jesus Christ is what we trust in and the only real and lasting hope for our community, our world and our own personal lives.


• There are many individuals who have never heard the Gospel of forgiveness and salvation through Jesus Christ.


• For this reason, we reach out to those who have not heard this promise by sharing our faith with those who are not connected to a living relationship with Jesus Christ that they might discover the love, healing and hope of God in Jesus Christ ( Matthew 28: 16-20 ).


• We do not apologize for the Gospel or for proclaiming and teaching it as the foundation of our community life ( Romans 1:16 ).


• As the community of Christ, the law provides us with a guide for our daily living.


• The law also, ultimately, puts us to death spiritually, so that Christ alone can raise us up again to New Life ( Romans 6: 4-8 ).


• Baptism is the beginning of this death/life experience.


• This journey includes our faith-filled response to the call of Jesus, following him above all else, when there is so much in this world that competes for our time, energy and attention.

• We are the church, individually, differently gifted and yet called by God to be one community in Christ, through our common vision, mission and ministry.


• As members of the body of Christ, we are more effective when we work in harmony as a unified whole to represent Jesus Christ ( John 17: 20-23 ).


• We value the truth ( John 8: 31-32 ) and we value love ( John 13: 34-35 ). When we speak the truth, we must speak it in love, or else we should not say anything.


• Among us, Christian love is the norm and we encourage conflicts to be resolved according to the teachings of Jesus ( Luke 17: 3 ).


• We are called to encourage one another ( I Thessalonians 5: 11 ) and to remember that together, we are the body of Christ ( I Corinthians 12: 27-31 ).

• Whether we have been Christians all of our lives or are new to the Christian faith, it is a transforming experience to be encountered by Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit ( Acts 9: 1-31 ).


• Jesus Christ died for our sin and three days later was raised again to bring us forgiveness, salvation and new life.


• Jesus doesn�t come to you just once, but again and again, every day in our confession and God�s forgiveness.


• God lifts the curse of sin from our lives ( Romans 12:2 ) and brings us new life in Christ.


• This transformation experience happens in worship and discipleship, through the power of the Holy Spirit.


• We can grow in our understanding of this transformation through our involvement in small groups, study and prayer ( Acts 2:42-47 ).

• If we have been in the church for a long time, or if we are new to the church, it is essential that we all know about these important marks of discipleship.


• We want all to know the importance of weekly worship and daily Scripture reading and prayer.


• We also want all to experience the richness of God�s love through serving in the church and the community, by growing our giving to a tithe (10%).


• This means everyone serves!


• We also give financially to support the ministry of the church.


• We are called to serve in the church as well as outside of the church. Everyone serves!

• God has designed us to work together for a purpose.


• God has designed each church with a special purpose and His plan is to develop and the carrying out of that ministry with joy! ( John 17:21 ).


• Each of us has been given spiritual gifts, talents, resources time and a place or a role to fill ( John 15:16 ).


• God calls us and places us in a community of faith with a purpose ( Acts 17:26 ).


• No one person is meant to carry out this assignment alone; it wasn�t designed that way ( Exodus 18: 13-23 ).


• We were created to do church as a team!