Vision of Reseda Boulevard
We are a church of Christ fulfilling the heavenly vision of the
undivided Kingdom of God through possessing the incorruptible
faith of Christ, practicing the unconditional love of the Father,
and proclaiming the living hope of the Spirit.
We Envision:
The priesthood of all believers - all believers are
becoming equipped and challenged to be fully functional in the
works of ministry, and to be devoted followers of Christ.
A consolidated community of ethnicities and cultures
- Where diverse people, ethnicities, and cultures are connected
relationally to form a consolidated community of faith, in which
God's love is the light of life, and the light of life is light
to the lost.
A church campus of 25 acres or more - consisting of
a 5000 seat worship center, a Family Life Recreational Center,
a Shelter of Refuge And Transitional Living for the homeless,
a Child Care And Development Center, a Lifecircles Learning
Center of youth, and an Assisted Living Facility for senior
citizens.
A multiplying ministry of global evangelism - Souls
are being added to the church daily as small groups break into
pieces to make the kingdoms of this world the kingdom of our
God and His Christ.
Small Groups in Every Community - church cells existing
as microcosms of the church in every community where believers
live.
Our Mission
We are committed to connecting people relationally in small groups
of six to twelve people, for the purpose of growing in Christ-likeness,
loving one another, and fulfilling the general purpose of producing
fully function and devoted followers of Christ. Four specific
purposes guide this mission:
Gaining - To evangelize souls for membership
Grounding - To educate saints for maturity
Growing - to equip servants for ministry
Glorifying - to edify the savior through missions
Our Method
Our strategy or method of ministry is depicted by the use of
the acronym, M.E.T.A., which
stands for the following:
Multiplying small groups
Empowering members to serve
Training apprentice leaders
Adoring God in all gatherings
Our Message
We are committed to proclaiming the undenominational vision
of the kingdom of God. We proclaim and commit to its seven-fold
completeness--One body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one
faith, one baptism, and one God. We proclaim the exalted purpose
of the kingdom--the reconciliation of humanity to God and to
each other. We proclaim the blessing of discovering life in
the kingdom of God as a direct accomplishment of the redeeming
work of Christ and His Cross. As reconciled people of God, we
are privileged have dual citizenship; we live within this present
system as a colony of heaven; we are privileged through faith
to live under the economy of God's kingdom and experience now
the powers of the age to come.
Our Values
Together, we're striving to become the kind of church described
in the Bible - a church with
Transformational teaching,
True spiritual worship,
Dynamic relationships,
Constant prayer,
Compassionate care for those in need.
In short, we'd like to have the kind of contagious Christianity
that can influence and transform the entire community, one life
at a time.
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