ABOUT US
Learn about our values, culture, beliefs and partnerships at Image Church
CORE VALUES
Here's What We Value as a Church
The core values of any organization reflects who it is and what it believes.
Worship
We believe that everything points back to the glory of God through the finished work of Jesus in his life, death, and resurrection. That is the foundation of who we are as believers and who we are as a church. We are gospel-centered because the gospel stands at the center of God’s redemptive plan, and in it, we see Him most clearly for who He is and what He has done. Everything we do is built on and flows out of the grace and mercy that’s been extended to us through the finished work of Jesus.
FAMILY
The Bible holds up the church as a family, and that family is a beautiful mosaic of multi-ethnic and multi-generational believers that are unified through Jesus Christ. The New Testament shows us that the church is to gather corporately and live together communally throughout the week. This means that the weekday is just as important as the weekend.
Stewardship
We believe that everything that’s been given to us is a gift from God and that it is our responsibility to steward our gifts for the glory of God. We want to be a church that leverages our time, talent, and treasure through love, service, hospitality, and generosity for the sake of our church family and for our neighbors.
Missional Living
The Church is a movement that was established by Jesus, it’s the vehicle He’s given his message to. As those who have been restored through the finished work of Jesus, we have been charged to be ambassadors of restoration to a lost and broken world. Missional living isn’t an initiative, a program, or an event, it is a lifestyle. It’s not just adding things to your life, it's intersecting what you already do with gospel intentionality. In everything, we’re looking for ways to show and share the good news of Jesus.
CHARACTERISTICS
Our Church Culture
Though every church shares the essentials of the Christian faith in common, each local church has distinct characteristics, a culture.
God
We believe that God is the Creator of everything and that he exists eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Gospel
We believe that the gospel is the central truth of the Bible, the foundation of our faith, and the fuel for the Christian life. The gospel is the good news that while we were dead in our sin, God sent his son Jesus to live a perfect life on our behalf, die a substitutionary death to pay the penalty for our sin, and rise again from the grave to offer us new life in his Spirit.
Scripture
We believe the Bible to be God’s Word, a true and fully accurate account of God’s love for us. Its purpose is to teach us how to have a relationship with him, worship him, and bring him glory.
Deacons and Elders
We believe that Jesus ordained two distinct offices within the local church: (1) Deacons are a group of qualified men and women who serve the church in practical ways, often by caring for church members with physical needs; (2) Elders—also called “pastors” or “overseers”—are a group of qualified men who bear a special responsibility to preach the Word and protect the church from false teaching.
Baptism
We believe that baptism by immersion is a church ordinance that represents a person’s first public act of confession, repentance, and faith in Jesus Christ as Lord
Church
We believe that the church is the body of Christ on earth and a movement of disciple-making disciples. As such, every believer should be identified with a local church for the purpose of mutual encouragement, spiritual growth, and accountability.
