OAK AVENUE CHURCH

VISION STATEMENT

CHANGING OUR WORLD ONE HEART AT A TIME

John 3:16 

MISSION STATEMENT 

TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE.
    GO INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND SHARE THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS CHRIST.
[Luke 10: 1-20] 

EMPOWERMENT STATEMENT 

BY THE GRACE OF GOD
AND IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT 
THE MEMBERS OF THE OAK A VENUE FREE METHODIST 
CHURCH WILL 

"Win people to Christ, establish them in their faith, and train them for ministry to the world, and leadership in the church, that we may present everyone complete in Christ.
(Colossians 1:28). 

MINISTRY GOALS

·        The Oak A venue Church is to be the body of Christ in action, meeting together to encourage one another "toward love and good deeds." [Hebrews 1 0:24-25]  

·        The Oak Avenue Church is to be a Christ centered, Bible believing, Evangelical, Family church

·        The Oak Avenue Church's goal is to establish people in their faith 
  and to challenge them to "walk as Jesus walked." [I John 2:6] 

·        The Oak A venue Church will provide opportunities for people to touch others in need.

·        The Oak Avenue Church will equip people for leadership in ministry.

·        The Oak Avenue Church's goal is the sanctified life a person completes in Christ and living daily in His presence . . . . . .

 
CORE VALUES 

·        To receive all people in love. The Oak Avenue Church is to be a safe place to seek the Lord.
To be a Christian you must have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. The Bible is the center of all
preaching and teaching in the church.

·        A cross-generational Church. It is important to worship and grow together. [Psalm 145:4]
Worship services will be seeker sensitive, but will not compromise the Christian tradition of worship. 

·        The church incorporates traditional and contemporary styles of 
worship. 

·        The Holy Spirit, and not the law, changes people lives. 

Prayer and a personal walk in the presence of Christ are
central to our lives as believers.