About Metrocrest Community Church
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What We Believe
Haven’t we all struggled with the “Big Questions”?! What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Is it to pursue prosperity? Perhaps it’s to rise to the heights of power and influence? Could it be we are all here simply to have a good time?
At Metrocrest Community Church we believe that God has much, much more in mind for us. We believe our lives are to be lived on purpose. Specifically, we are designed to live out God’s purposes for us. Jesus summed these purposes up in what is known as the Greatest Commandment:
Loving God
How do we love God, someone we can’t see, touch or hear? Pleasing someone is one way we show our love. God calls anything that pleases Him worship. Have you ever noticed when two people love each other for a long time they begin to finish one another’s sentences? We also love God in that same way, by beginning to think, feel and act like He does. Becoming like God is what we call discipleship. At MCC we’re committed to pursuing our love for God through worship and discipleship.
Loving Others
Loving others can be even more difficult than loving God, because we can see, touch and hear them! Let’s face it; we can all be difficult to live with! That makes loving others a high aspiration. We love one another through sharing our lives, not just our roaring successes but also our deepest sorrows. We love one another by being constantly, consistently present in one another’s lives. God calls this fellowship, and MCC is committed to cultivating a caring community of friends.
We also love others through serving them, meeting their needs and building them up. This mindset of serving others we call ministry. A final way of loving others is by sharing with them the joy that can be found in a personal pursuit of God’s purposes. When we love someone into the family of God we have contributed to God’s mission for His people. Hey! That means we’ve come full circle! Now we’re loving God by loving others into His family! MCC exists to fulfill God’s purpose of loving others through fellowship, ministry and mission.
The Vision of MCC
MCC exists to assimilate people from unchurched or nominally-churched backgrounds into church life that transforms them into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. This will be done through promoting attitudes of love, acceptance, and forgiveness that make MCC a safe place to bring and include family, friends, neighbors, and co-workers.
