The Five Priorities of FBC

While we wish to be very proactive in the realm of discipleship this year we do not wish to lose sight of the five priorities that are the means to us accomplishing our purposes as a church.

Acts 2:42, 47: “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers . . . And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

Worship

It is through our worship that we exalt the Lord Jesus Christ. We will continue to pursue the balance of the old and the new, both contemporary and the old hymns, praise teams and traditional orchestra accompaniments. Our Sunday evening prayer gatherings will provide a more reflective, intimate time of worship as we prepare our hearts to pray.

During our morning worship, once we have concluded our study in the book of Acts, we will move into a study of 1 and 2 Timothy with a concentration on discipleship.

Fellowship

While we maintain a focus on fellowship through our geographically located small groups, we will continue to encourage fellowship during that first 30 minutes of the Adult Bible Fellowship hour as well.

Teaching

We believe we are becoming far more purposeful in what we are teaching. Our focus remains the Bible. We teach from three different starting points – biblical books, biblical doctrine, and biblical living issues. We teach at three different levels: Introductory, Advanced, and Specialized.

Prayer

The renewed focus on prayer will take place Sunday evenings at 6:00 PM. These times of prayer are worship-generated, instructive, structured to communicate careful forethought. They will be to intentionally support our missionaries, and other opportunities in our community. We look forward to the answers the Lord will provide.

Outreach

Understanding the four dimensions of evangelistic outreach significantly improves the following areas:

• It allows us to keep a balanced approach to all the audiences we are attempting to reach. Our community, our culture, outside of our culture, and the end of the earth – each now has its focus.
• It allows us to give a concentrated effort to specific mission fields throughout the year. As opposed to addressing missionary service in a one week setting, we now have a full 13 week period to give renewed emphasis.
• It allows us to more purposefully invite the participation of our people into evangelistic ministry. There are now four active entry points – with the hope that we will more effectively send our own to the end of the earth with the Gospel.