Vision: We believe that God has brought us together as this specific church in Los Angeles, with the purpose of sharing with the world who He is and living out our lives in intimate relationship with Him. Scripture serves as our authority and foundation, and inspires our vision for where we believe Jesus calls us. Our church is to be a place where people are growing in knowing God’s truth (as revealed in scripture), where healing takes place, and where people are transformed by God’s love and His power as demonstrated by the Holy Spirit. Our goal in all things is for the presence of God to be experienced in our midst! We are called to love boldly, to forgive abundantly, and to live out God’s word as He calls us to. We are to know who we are in Jesus and what we’ve been equipped to do in prayer, worship, and reaching out to all people in love! We bear witness that God’s miracles and God moving in resurrection power are happening today!
Our church is called to be a place where people become healthy in their faith. We are learning what it means to be a son or daughter of the Most High God through relationship with Jesus Christ! Most importantly, we are seeing our lives defined by God’s love, truth, and power! Our lives should be marked by “miraculous ambition.” If we embrace the identities God is calling us to and live our lives in the light of His love and power, we will experience an ambition that moves beyond ourselves and embraces the fullness of a relationship with God. As our own lives are restored by God’s love and power, we will impact the lives of our families, friends, and the communities we live in.
The value of prayer and intercession We believe that our lives, our families, our communities, our cities, our nation, and our world will be changed through prayer and intercession. One of our most important roles as followers of Christ is to be in constant communication with God, through prayer and worship. “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18). A step further into living a life of prayer and worship is intercession. Intercessors remind God of promises not yet fulfilled, take up the cause of justice before God on behalf of another, build up spiritual walls of protection against the enemy, and stand in the gap between God’s righteous judgments and the people’s need for mercy.
We are to be a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation 1 Peter 2:9 tells us: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.” The God of the Universe desires relationship with each of us. If we walk in relationship with God, through Jesus, our identity is renewed, and we become the people God has called us to be: As followers of Christ, we are adopted as sons and daughters of the living God:
We are God’s special possession Jesus gave His life to guarantee our future with God the Father.
We have been called out of the darkness We are no longer citizens of this world, living in darkness:
We are to live lives that walk in the light Our lives have been restored, and we walk in fellowship with Jesus:
We are to walk with the Holy Spirit
It is a joy to bring glory to God!
We are a church that is passionately pursuing the presence of God and revival for our city! We want to see all people come to a radical encounter of the power, truth, and love of God! We know that, “with God all things are possible!” (Matthew 19:26)
--Written at Sherman Oaks Presbyterian Church by Reverend Zachary Kintner.
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