Core DNA
We’re all driven by something, market forces, popular opinion, personal gain. At LifeConnection we are driven by deep motivations that arise from the scriptures. Our goal as followers of Jesus is to become a missional community of truth, beauty, and generosity.
Mission - The Church exists for Mission.
The church has been thrust into the grand mission of God to transform this world into the kind of place he originally intended. And in this mission, the church is the hope for our world because she has the life giving message of Jesus which is for the reconciliation of all things.
Community - The context of life and mission is Community.
God created humanity to live in partnership with one another, life was not meant to be a solo endeavor. God is in business of creating a people for his own name’s reputation, thrusting his people into his grand mission. Life transformation and partnership for God’s grand mission happens in the context of community.
Truth - The supreme exemplar of Truth is the embodied Word of God - Jesus, our center.
The scriptures form the center of LifeConnection’s missional community. And it is in the scriptures that we encounter Jesus, the one true God, who is the hero of every story. For us Jesus is the point of life.
Beauty - The creativity of God leads us to value the arts and innovation.
No mistake about it, God is clearly a creative. This is seen from the earliest chapters of Genesis where at the mere utterance of a word the universe springs into existence. For us this is more than just prizing the arts as we do, it is about creativity and innovation too. As a church we want to take great risks for God - creating and innovating - becoming his research and development department in KC.
Generosity - The radical generosity of God moves us to serve our world.
God’s great generosity is displayed in the mere fact that we exist. God did not need to create, he wasn’t lonely, he wasn’t wanting for attention. But his greatest display of generosity is seen in the mangled crucified body of his son, Jesus. It is through his life, death, and resurrection that we can experience life. Because of God’s great generosity displayed in Jesus, we will seek to become generous with our lives, our talents, our resources, and our finances for the benefit of our world.
