Vision and Values

Values

Values provide the foundation of our corporate life together. In a real sense they become the adhesive to our church life and point us towards being a dynamic and creative community.

It is quite clear that God has always had this sense of common values with his community. In the Old Testament the mobile nation of Israel was given the ten commandments for its set of values. In the New Testament the Sermon on the Mount offers vivid practical examples of life together and life with God. The book of Acts shows the early Christian communities have this sense of shared values. Finally, the Epistles give a wealth of instruction of our corporate responsibility and direction.

Values are worthy of being the subject of instruction and mentoring and provide a vital blueprint for radical living .

The Values at DCC are:

        Worship and appreciation of God

          Reliance on God’s Word in teaching & living

            Willingness to learn and develop

              Exercising Spiritual gifts and ministry

                Genuine love & care for others 

                  An inclusive community encouraging participation by all

                    Practical Christian living with integrity

                      Commitment to excellence

Vision

Vision provides the broad long term direction of what we believe we are building with God. They are intended to be a “holistic” view of what we believe we are to do as a church together. Both the nation of Israel and the early church had a clear broad view of what they were goring into or what they were becoming. For Israel it was the inheritance of the promised land of Canaan. For the early church the broad vision was to make Christ known as a community through numerous dimensions of individual and corporate life.

Vision is essential – when Israel lost its initial vision the nation resorted to wandering in the desert. Church History also teaches that when a church loses its sense of purpose the dynamic element is lost as the people resort to repeating old habits.

        Worship

          Fellowship

            Service

              Discipleship

                Witness

Mission

Mission is targeted with the aim of hitting a specific goal. Our Mission has a specific purpose. Our Mission allows us to say “yes” to the crucial activities and “no” to that which is unnecessary, unhelpful of non-creative. We look at our mission statement regularly and ask ourselves– "Are the plans we have for today, tomorrow and the near future consistent with the Mission – if not we have to ask whether they really need doing. We a finite being and as a fellowship we could serve many needs – but to be effective in our community the focus needs precision. The Mission provides the basis of that precision

“To live as Disciples of Jesus, serving Him in our local community and in the wider world”