Who are we? We are a family of broken people leading broken people to be transformed by the all satisfying Christ. What is the Church? The church is the family of God, redeemed by Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit to bear one another's burdens and manifest His love to the world. -D. Lewis What is the Gospel? The gospel is the good news about what Jesus Christ has done to reconcile sinners to God. Here’s the whole story: The one and only God, who is holy, made us in his image to know him (Gen. 1:26-28). But we sinned and cut ourselves off from him (Gen. 3; Rom. 3:23). In his great love, God sent his Son Jesus to come as king and rescue his people from their enemies—most significantly their own sin (Ps. 2; Luke 1:67-79). Jesus established his kingdom by acting as both a mediating priest and a priestly sacrifice—he lived a perfect life and died on the cross, thus fulfilling the law himself and taking on himself the punishment for the sins of many (Mark 10:45; John 1:14; Heb. 7:26; Rom. 3:21-26, 5:12-21); then he rose again from the dead, showing that God accepted his sacrifice and that God’s wrath against us had been exhausted (Acts 2:24, Rom. 4:25). He now calls us to repent of our sins and trust in Christ alone for our forgiveness (Acts 17:30, John 1:12). If we repent of our sins and trust in Christ, we are born again into a new life, an eternal life with God (John 3:16). - 9 Marks What is the Vision? We seek to be a learning and worshiping community of faith that confidently proclaims the truths of the gospel in word and deed. We seek to be prayerful, joyful, and generous in all aspects of life. We seek to glorify God by leading broken people to Jesus Christ and live selflessly for the purpose of furthering the Kingdom of God in Monroe. We are an OUTPOST of the Kingdom of God until his glorious return.