Our Purpose and Participation Guidelines

• Matthew 28:19 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
  

• 2 Corinthians 13:14 – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”

• John 1:1,14 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
  

• Isaiah 7:14 – “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and she will name Him Immanuel.”
  

• Hebrews 4:15 – “For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things just as we are, yet without sin.”
  

• John 2:11 – “This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.”
  

• Romans 5:8–9 – “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.”
  

• 1 Corinthians 15:3–4 – “For I handed down to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”
  

• Acts 1:9–11 – “And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were watching, and a cloud took Him up out of their sight. And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, then behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them, and they said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven.’”

• 2 Timothy 3:16–17 – “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.”
  

• 2 Peter 1:20–21 – “But know this, first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture becomes a matter of someone’s own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.”
  

• Psalm 119:160 – “The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting.”

• John 14:26 – “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.”
  

• Romans 8:9–11 – “However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you… But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”

• John 14:6 – “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.’”
  

• Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”
  

• Romans 10:9 – “That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

• John 5:28–29 – “Do not be amazed at this; for a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come out: those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the bad deeds to a resurrection of judgment.”
  

• Daniel 12:2 – “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.”

• John 3:5–7 – “Jesus answered, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I said to you, “You must be born again.”’”
  

• Titus 3:5 – “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we did in righteousness, but in accordance with His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.”
  

• Ezekiel 36:26–27 – “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you, and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My Spirit within you and bring it about that you walk in My statutes, and are careful and follow My ordinances.”

Marriage is a covenant designed by God to reflect Christ’s relationship with the Church — sacrificial, faithful, and loving. A husband is commanded to love his wife just as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself up for her (Ephesians 5:25). We affirm the sanctity of lifelong covenant marriage, and we also acknowledge the devastating reality of abuse, abandonment, and unrepentant sin. These are grievous violations of God's design and may require separation or protection. We do not condone, support, or imply that anyone should remain in an abusive or dangerous situation.

• Genesis 2:24 (NASB)
  “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.”

• Matthew 19:4–6 (NASB)
  “And He answered and said, ‘Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, “For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh”? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no person is to separate.’”

• Ephesians 5:25–33 (NASB)
  “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word… Nevertheless, as for you individually, each husband is to love his own wife the same as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.”

• Psalm 139:13–14 – “For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.”
  

• Genesis 1:27 – “So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”

• Jeremiah 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

• Ephesians 4:3–6 – “Being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you also were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all, and through all, and in all.”

• John 17:20–23 – “I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, that they may all be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. The glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one.”

• 1 Corinthians 12:12–13 – “For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.”