Southern Gables Church -- About Us
What is the heart and soul of Southern Gables Church and its people? How are we like other evangelical churches and how are we different? Hopefully, the pages of this website help communicate at least part of the answers to these questions. In our Vision and Mission statements below, we outline what we are about.
The following two-part series on the "Purpose of the Church" gives a comprehensive picture of the heart and soul of our congregation. You may listen online to each message. You may also download and read the sermon text.
The Purpose of the Church, Part I (28 minutes) Sermon text:
The Purpose of the Church, Part II (34 minutes) Sermon text:
Our Mission
"Helping people become faithful followers of Jesus Christ"
Our Vision
- To disciple the congregation
- To evangelize the community
- To reach the world
Our Values
- A dynamic Relationship with the Triune God
- The Word of God, which is the authority for what we believe and do.
- Koinonia -- Community that is the privilege of, and essential to, God's people.
- Prayer (private and corporate) in happy dependence on God.
- Participating with the Spirit in the Expansion of the unstoppable Kingdom of God.
- Intentional Worship experienced both privately and corporately.
- Compassion for broken and oppressed people.
- Sacrificial and cheerful Giving that invests in the Kingdom and rejects materialism.
- Service to others.
