God's Word Transforms Us
We believe you were born to know God and impact the world with His love. This is why it was extremely important to establish a foundation for our culture in our days as a young church body. We became passionate about gathering around Jesus and not just agreement.
As our foundation began to form, questions came up like:
Who Are We?
What Defines Us?
What are the non-negotiables?
Building a healthy church culture remained at the core of these questions. We didn’t want our core values to box us in but to do the opposite. We wanted our core values to extend our culture beyond the four church walls. Over time our core values began to answer those questions and became the foundation of our culture. They remained the underlying principles that guide our priorities, decisions, and efforts as a community.
The core values have helped our community represent who Jesus is in the world.
Defining Core Values
Before sharing our first core value, we want to help you understand how we define core values.
Our core values serve as a “voice” in our community and function as the language for communicating how we operate. One of our core values is God's Word Transforms. We can show you why it is a pillar in our community.
God’s Word Transforms Us
We devote ourselves to God’s Word because it is the fountain of all truth. The goal of Scripture is to bring us into a relationship with the Author of creation: God Himself. Studying God’s Word transforms and empowers us to believe in who He is, who we are, and how He wants us to live. God’s Word transforms us into His likeness and empowers us to live and act according to our original design and His purpose.
2 Timothy 3:15-17 shows us that very thing.
15 You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, giving you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
As believers, Jesus commissions us to make disciples of all nations. A key way we interpret the Bible is the person, life, and redemptive work of Jesus because He is the complete revelation of who God is and what God cares about. This simple truth has led to a profound conviction in our church body, and we know that declaring this truth will always lead to transformation.
It Matters
One more time for those in the back: Jesus commissions us to make disciples of all nations as believers.
Jesus modeled to us repeatedly how He cared for the hurting by always bringing transformation to them. But for us, fragile humans that we are, learning to prioritize the pain of others can be a struggle. Yet, if we can remain connected to the ultimate source, the word of God, we can bring transformation to others.
As a community, we believe that God’s Word transforms and His presence empowers us, so reading Scripture daily is part of that. We also seek to cultivate a hunger for God’s manifest presence and walk with an openness to experiencing the Holy Spirit so that we might carry and manifest His presence in our daily lives. Some ways that we practice the presence of God in our community include reading, believing, and declaring God’s promises, practicing waiting on the Lord, and hearing God’s voice.
How It Looks In Our Community
The word of God is continually transforming our community from the inside out. Take this powerful testimony by Naomi Tovar as an example:
“God's word can reach out and touch the hearts and souls of anyone, regardless of background. As a Christian from birth, I believed I had everything I needed to know about God. But I needed a reminder that I didn't have to rely on my understanding of this world.
Matthew 18:3 says, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven." Having childlike dependence on God, like how a child depends on his parents to provide shelter and food daily, is difficult to attain.
When I went through the most difficult years of my life (during middle school), I struggled with great feelings of inadequacy, insecurity, and despair. But I know that without God being a constant in my life, it would have been much more difficult to get where I am today. I might not have even been here to write this testimony.
I had to learn to depend more and more on God when in need, and it's something I'm still learning today. My troubled past was an opportunity to mold me into a much more mature person spiritually and emotionally. Connecting with God through his word has given me strength that not every non-Christian person can have. But I pray that in the church, we can raise a community of believers who have become stronger people by His word."
This testimony exemplifies how our community represents who Jesus is in the world.
Connect With Us
When Jesus said he would build his church, he used the word Ekklesia, which literally means a “called out” group of people commissioned to influence and impact society with the culture of the Kingdom. At Mosaic, this is our core purpose. We exist to equip people to advance the Kingdom in every sphere of life as we pursue God together – from our cities to the nations.
Core Values like
“God’s Word Transforms” are the empowering ingredients that form the foundation of our culture. The underlying principles guide our priorities, decisions, and efforts as a community.
If you would like to join the Mosaic Ekklesia community and would like more information about joining our Mosaic Team, sign up here. We would love to hear from you.
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