We are committed to developing disciples who are growing in fellowship and service to their Christian brothers and sisters.

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LIFE groups are a good place in church life where the “one another” passages of the bible can get carried out. In a sense, this makes LIFE groups, or community groups, a “contrived necessity.” Contrived in the sense that genuine community is organic and flows out of an individual's understanding and application of the gospel. Real relationships aren't organized or programmed and LIFE groups will never replace genuine, godly relationships.

But, by God's grace they will provide the context for those relationships to begin to develop around the gospel. So, they are also a necessity in the sense that in our day and age, we live in a increasingly fractured world where most people have little experience with “whole” relationships. Divorced homes, commercialism, the automobile, and modernism have all contributed to a culture where we are less dependent on each other and more individually oriented. We need to be put in a context where our lives mesh together.

LIFE groups can become the primary place where lives are known and shared, where wounds are exposed and healed, where burdens are revealed and carried. When a member of the LIFE group is in the hospital, the LIFE group rallies around that individual and their family. When someone’s life is falling apart, the members of the LIFE group should become aware of it long before anyone else does and should begin to apply God's word in a way that encourages, teaches, rebukes, and trains for righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16-17). When a family has a death, the LIFE group is able to plan to help with the extra expenses of a trip home and the emotional care of losing someone close. The end result is that God's people are learning that the truths of his Word and the promises of the gospel are genuine and real. These truths apply to the reality of their lives and they begin to see them fleshed out in a way that promotes genuine gospel living. 

We desire for our LIFE groups to be a place where we can LEARN together by studying the scriptures and inquiring how the gospel applies to our daily lives. Since prayer is what unites us around God's throne, LIFE groups provide a place where we can INTERCEDE through prayer for one another. They also provide opportunities for FELLOWSHIP with others by sharing time, our needs, bearing one another's burdens, and encouraging one another.  Lastly, LIFE groups provide us opportunity to live in an EXTERNAL manner by investing in the lives of those in our community (neighbors, co-workers, and friends) through sharing the love of Christ and extending mercy to those in need.