To Know the Scriptures

"...Jesus said, 'If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.'"
John 8:31b-32 (NIV)

To Proclaim Salvation in Christ Alone

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast."   Eph 2:8-9 (NIV)

"Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"   John 14:6 (NIV)

To Obey Christ's Commission

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matt. 28:19-20 (NIV)

To Worship in Spirit and in Truth

"God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."   John 4:24 (NIV)

To Fellowship in Love and Unity

"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."   John 13:34 (NIV)

To Build Up the Body of Christ

"It was he [God] who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."   Eph 4:11-16 (NIV)