| Our vision is for local churches and Christian organizations to be filled with leaders who place spiritual formation and discernment above all other leadership responsibilities.
Our mission is to cultivate vibrant spirituality and attentive discernment among Christian leaders and teams.
Our Core Values
- The Trinity – who invites us to receive the extravagant love of the Father, the gracious redemption of his Son, and the empowering presence of his Holy Spirit.
- The Local Church – our communities of faith wherein we become spiritually formed as the people of God and in one accord fulfill the Great Commandment (loving God), the second Great Commandment (loving one another) and the Great Commission (sharing the love of Christ in word and deed).
- Authentic Community – since we are created to live in relational communities and function as teams, and because of our commitment to enhance the health and vitality of the body of Christ, we seek to multiply the efforts of ministry teams in addition to coming alongside individual leaders.
- Vibrant Spirituality – based on the Word of God as our incarnational text, prayer as the primary way we communicate with God, and reflective disciplines that keep us in the flow of ongoing spiritual renewal. This includes soul care designed around contemplative practices, prayerful discernment processes, and a Sabbath lifestyle of pausing, resting, embracing and celebrating our life with God.
- Attentive Discernment – while spiritual formation and discernment have more to do with our “being” (character and attitudes) than our “doing” (actions and accomplishments), we balance the development of individual spiritual lives and ministry systems (discerning attentiveness to God’s ongoing invitation, direction, and blessing) with strategic thinking/planning, continually remaining in a listening, open-handed, and spiritually responsive posture.
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