The Manifesto
We are a community of liars, dreamers, and misfits
We will advocate for broken and marginalized people everywhere,
both inside and outside of the church. We will be a house of mercy
We are a people of the future
We act in fearless conviction that the rules have changed because
of the cross. We will not be reactionary to anything or anyone
and because of the resurrection, will initiate a reality based upon Eternity.
We are not a perfect people, but we will not use that as an excuse
We are an ongoing process of growth, change, and development.
We will own up to where we are, but we wont stay here.
We will build altars in the world
We will collect and tell Kingdom stories. we will remember
and honor the times God marks our lives.
We will embrace the Eucharist
We celebrate the communion as the full expression of God’s use
of flesh to accomplish His purpose. We believe life in the spirit has to be
lived out in the body. Our own bodies are now broken
with His for the sake of the world.
We are your church, your parents church, your grandparents church, and your great-grandparents church
We embrace the church’s past, present, and future. We seek intergenerational
and cultural diversity. We will harness the classic spiritual practices and
truths that transcend time and place. We are a local
representation of a timeless ministry.
We will reach out without dumbing down
We will challenge you to think hard about God, church, and the culture.
We will not treat you like a consumer, but as a co-conspirator
in the re-imaging of the world.
We will engage both intellect and emotion
We will incite worship that incorporates both knowledge and passion,
believing that the head and the heart are to be integrated and not divorced.
We are not looking to escape the world, but to engage it
We believe the Earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it.
We anticipate His Kingdom coming and His will being done on
Earth as it is in Heaven. We will not be done engaging the world
until the final restoration of creation.