Sugar Grove Community Church Mission Statement
The Sugar Grove Community Church is a Christian fellowship who purpose is the leading of all people to salvation and preparing them to be complete in Christ. We accomplish this through:
Leading them into the body of Christ.
Therefore:
We participate in outreach to our community and world through congregation and individual relationships. We pray for God to open opportunities for the good news of salvation to be expressed in a Biblical, loving, responsible manner.
Matthew 28:19–20 (NKJV) — 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Ephesians 4:15 (NKJV) — 15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
Acts 1:8 (NKJV) — 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
(John 1:11-13; 3:3-5, 16; Romans 10:9)
Building them toward spiritual maturity in Christ
Therefore:
We participate in the practice of discipleship/educating believers in the Christian essentials of worship, prayer, personal Bible reading and devotions; utilizing Bible study, Christian Education, fellowship experiences and training activities as the need arises.
Titus 2:15 (NKJV) — 15 Speak these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Colossians 2:6–7 (NKJV) — 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.
(Matthew 28:19-20; Eph. 4:17-24; I Tim. 4:11-16)
Equipping them for Christian service.
Therefore:
Our goal is to provide adequate training for serving Christ and His Kingdom both on the job and in educational opportunities to better prepare workers in their service.
Ephesians 4:11–12 (NKJV) — 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,
2 Timothy 3:16–17 (NKJV) — 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
(Matthew 10:1; Romans 12:3-8; I Cor. 12; Hebrews 13:20-21; I Peter 3:15)
Sending them into our community and the world.
Therefore:
We encourage personal witness, service, and participation in mission endeavors as the need arises.
Matthew 9:35–38 (NKJV) — 35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
(Matthew 5:13-16; John 13:1-17; Acts 13:1-5; Romans 12:1-2; Philippians 2:3-8)
All verses quoted from the New King James Version published by Thomas Nelson Publishers as of 1985.