Our Hopes
Perhaps the easiest summary of our hopes would be the words Jesus spoke when teaching His disciples how to pray.
Your Kingdom come; Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
That’s our highest hope! That His purposes would be accomplished in us, around us, and through us! We’re trying to see this happen by embracing the following three attitudes and practices.
Sunday is not the main event.
In other words, we don’t believe that church is ultimately about Sunday mornings. Church is about who we are becoming Monday-Saturday. Sunday is just preparation.
A thoughtful, reasoned faith.
We hope to engage our Raleigh community thoughtfully with charity and humility so that we become part of the conversation around us. “Because the Bible says so” is an inadequate answer.
Eye-popping generosity.
This is how the early church changed the world; by following Christ’s example in pouring themselves out on behalf of the world around them. This is why we give a third of our offerings away (read more).