Our vision at New Life Church is that we are a community living in covenant love with each other. A covenant is distinct from a contract in that each side agrees to uphold their side of the agreement whether or not the other is faithful. We have to fight to stay in relationship with each other and we can only do that from the model and power of Christ’s love. We want to live on fire in our faith, but without committed Christ centered relationships the fire will always go cold.
“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.”
John 15:9-12 (NIV)
“God brings people together from many different backgrounds and renames them ‘the people of God.’ He then gives them a shared purpose in the world to build His Kingdom.”
Jon Tyson | Kingdom Values