Deep hopes

[Our Deep Hopes articulate our collective goals, hopes and aspirations for our community.

They help answer the question, “What good do you hope the Spirit will bring to reality in the world through your community?”]

OUR DEEP HOPE IS TO CULTIVATE COMMUNITIES SHAPED BY THE GOSPEL FOR THE RENEWAL OF ALL THINGS

WITH JOY AND GENEROSITY, HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY.

COMMUNITY
•We welcome people into the family of God through catechesis and baptism (or reaffirmation of faith).
•We encourage rich networks of spiritual friendship.
•We promote an uncommonly vibrant volunteer culture to maximize health and minimize burnout.

FORMATION
•We train each other to read, learn and inwardly digest the Scriptures.
•We nurture love of God through individual and corporate prayer and worship.
•We foster “rich secret lives” overflowing into an integrated public witness in all aspects of personhood.
•We equip each other to inhabit our vocations as citizens of the Kingdom of God.
•We embrace the counterculture of following Jesus & patiently endure being misunderstood/maligned.
•We rely on the empowerment, guidance, gifts and conviction of the Holy Spirit.

RENEWAL
•We join God in the renewal of all things around Tulsa with a focus on the flourishing of vulnerable children, the
poor, the widow, the refugee, and the prisoner.
•We join God in the renewal of all things around the globe through strategic efforts and partnerships to spread
the gospel, focusing on under-evangelized nations and “fragile states.”

MULTIPLICATION
•We develop and launch new pastors, leaders, and ministry teams.
•We start new churches and help re-launch existing churches.