What
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Biblical Foundations
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Our Purpose Declaration
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The foundation for the Purpose Driven model is the Bible --
with an intentional emphasis on the Great Commandment
(Matthew 22:37-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).
Jesus gave the Great Commandment when he was asked to identify the most important
of God’s commands. To paraphrase his response, he said, Here is the entire
Old Testament in a nutshell. I'm going to give you a simple summary of God's
commands: ‘All the Law and all the Prophets can be condensed into two tasks:
Love God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself.’
Later, as Jesus said goodbye to his disciples, he gave them a Great Commission
that included three more tasks: go make disciples, baptize them, and teach them
to obey everything Jesus taught.
These two passages, the Great Commandment and the Great Commission, combine to
create the essential elements of a healthy, growing, biblically-based church:
worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, and missions.
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