Our Vision
Leading People Out of Egypt and into the Promised Land of Freedom
Our Mission
We exist as a missional community devoted to growing disciples of Jesus, who are confident of their true identity in Christ and are agents of Hope in Fairfield, Alabama and beyond.
Our Values
We believe in building strong families through the “Blueprint of God”
Before there was a church, a school, a business, etc., there was a relationship (between Adam and Eve) and its core display in God’s design was the family unit. In today’s urban communities like Fairfield, families are facing huge challenges such as poverty, high crime, lack of opportunity and hopelessness. We believe that the answer to many of these challenges can be found in the restoration of God’s biblical design for marriage and the family unit. We are a church for all people, but we particularly pursue young men between the ages of 18-35 because we believe young men are the most neglected demographic of urban communities like Fairfield. We believe that if these young men become disciples of Christ and servant-leaders in the covenant of marriage, then families will be restored for the good of the community and for the glory of God.
We believe in the pursuit of authentic and cross-cultural relationships through the “Manifold Wisdom of God”
We strive to be a church that reflects the manifold beauty of the kingdom of God, in all its diversity, on this side of heaven, by securely living out of our true identity in Christ and authentically building relationships across all ethnic and socioeconomic lines. A deep understanding of our vertical reconciliation with God through Christ motivates and propels us towards horizontal reconciliation with all of our fellow neighbors, despite our differences in race, class and social status.
We believe in discovering, developing and utilizing our gifts to represent the “Zoe Life”
We believe that God has given every person innate gifts, talents and abilities that are to be utilized for the building and advancing of the kingdom of God through the local church. However, in depressed urban communities like Fairfield many of these gifts are lying latent, undiscovered, undeveloped and underutilized. We believe that part of preaching the Gospel and restoring people’s dignity as image-bearers of God is helping them to discover, develop and utilize these gifts for human flourishing and the glory of God.
We believe in the pursuit of biblical Christ-centered justice by “remembering the poor”
Many people in depressed urban communities have been abandoned by those of means and mobility through flight or fright. We believe that those who have experienced the grace of God should also extend that same grace through justice and mercy to those in need. We believe God has given a responsibility to the church to remember the poor and advocate on behalf of the widow, the orphan and the immigrant.
