Just a little bit about how LifePointe Christian Church – the Church community I will be joining this coming summer [see previous post]:
This community began southwest of the city of Charlotte in 2004 as a small group of families met in the home of Matt McGue. Matt McGue and his family moved from ministry in Ohio to partner with the church planting organization called Stadia. From that time on, Lifepointe has attempted to honor God and trust his guidance in every of the journey.
Here’s some of the things this faith community has been built on (their values):
Relationships: This value tapers much of what they do. Frankly its half of their missions statement, which is Love God, Love People. Very straight forward, very biblical. They believe that healthy relationships honor God and that life change happens when people build these healthy relationships with those in their lives.
Authenticity: They believe authenticity, acceptance and honesty create an atmosphere where people can be themselves and find wholeness. Being open and real about the struggles of life and never pretending to have it all figured out is so important in conveying the grace God has poured out to all of us.
Prayer: They believe that nothing of eternal value can be done apart from Christ, so in every step of their life as a Church they try to cover everything in prayer
Love: (again, major part of their overall mission as a church) “We believe the church is to be an active agent of change in society by loving, caring and serving all people, especially those who are hurting, oppressed or devalued. We believe the church should represent the ethnic diversity of its community.”
That’s about half the values they publically profess. I’ll share more in the next post (hopefully) along with some stats of the community they are a part of and fun stats about the church community itself.
So there’s about half of their professed values as a body of believers. I’ll talk about the others in the next post along with (hopefully) some stats about the community they are a part of and some fun facts about the church community itself. (If you want to jump ahead, you can always check out some of that stuff on their website)
