MBC’s Mission Statement? Growing families through faith?

MBC’s current Mission Statement: To draw people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ through a demonstration of God's love so that we might educate, equip, and encourage them to glorify God.

MBC’s revised Mission Statement: helping people know, follow and share Jesus

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus Know – Know God through his Word (Jesus & the Bible) Follow – Live like Jesus by loving and serving others and seeking God’s kingdom Share – Join God’s mission to the world by sharing the gospel

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus WHY? Simple way to communicate why we are here Helps us remember that church isn’t about me Unites all our ministries under one common mission Most importantly, God has given us a mission in his Word

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus THE BIBLICAL MISSION OF THE CHURCH Five purposes of the church Worship – magnify his glory Fellowship – member of his family Discipleship – model his character Ministry – minister his grace Evangelism – messenger of the good news

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus THE BIBLICAL MISSION OF THE CHURCH Five purposes reduced to two Love God with all your heart, soul and mind Love others as yourself

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST 1. Jesus is at the center of everything

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus Colossians 1:15-20 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For everything was created by him, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and by him all things hold together. He is also the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first place in everything. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile everything to himself, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST Jesus is at the center of everything Jesus is at the center of the story of the Bible

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus Luke 24:44-47 He told them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you—that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. He also said to them, “This is what is written: The Messiah would suffer and rise from the dead the third day, and repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST Jesus is at the center of everything Jesus is at the center of the story of the Bible Jesus is at the center of the church’s mission

Helping people know, follow and share Jesus Our mission is to help people… Know Jesus – Know God through his Word (Jesus & the Bible) Follow Jesus – Live like Jesus by loving and serving others and seeking God’s kingdom Share Jesus – Join God’s mission to the world by sharing the gospel