Who We Are & What We Believe…
Missional Mandate
“To make new disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.”
Everything we do as a church shall flow from, relate to, and further this mission.
Vision Statement
Colonial Park United Methodist Church seeks to be a congregation that will
“Go beyond to lead people of a hurting world into new life through Jesus Christ.”
Missional Motives
as demonstrated by…
Welcoming the Stranger
Christ-like Love
Continual Spiritual Growth
Christ-Centered
Hands on Mission
Welcoming the Stranger
- Seeing each new face as a long-lost friend
- Intentionally pursuing the stranger with warmth and love
- Always being “Guest Ready” in our ministries and relationships
Christ-like Love
- Embracing with loving purpose people who think, look, and believe different than me
- Speaking the truth in love with grace and refusing to pass judgment on one another
- Expressing forgiveness to those who have wronged me, and seeking forgiveness from those I have wronged
Continual Spiritual Growth
- An intentional focus on fostering growth in all our ministry environments
- Perfecting the ways of Jesus in each of our lives
- Employing our spiritual gifts to build up the church
Christ-Centered
- Having Christ and his life at the core of all that we do
- Earnestly yielding to Christ’s leadership in our lives
- Holding up Christ as our exemplar and the lens by which we view our lives and the world around us
Hands on Mission
- Holding to the belief that life change is experiential
- Being sent out to get our hands dirty for Christ’s sake
- Being personally engaged with Jesus where he is at work in our world.
