Bible Text: Matt 28:19-20, Acts 1:8, Mark 12:29-31 | Preacher: Vic Stander | Series: DNA: Who We Are | At City Gates we’re all about helping people find and follow Jesus. That phrase, “Helping People Find and Follow Jesus”,  is our manifesto, our mission; it drives us forward. Far from being original, it’s simply how we’ve articulated Jesus’ great commission and great commandment.

Although we’ve repeated our manifesto often, we want to go deeper. In reflecting and re-evaluating where we are as a church, we want to uncover the values that will shape a culture that underpins our manifesto.

Values are so much more than rules to follow but have a major impact on the actions we take. The good news is that as we reflected on our top values they were already embedded into our manifesto!

So join us as we articulate who we are and the kind of community we are hoping to be as we find a common script around our values.

In part 1 we cover the values (in bold) under HELPING and PEOPLE:

HELPING: We are Holy Spirit empowered servants like Jesus.
PEOPLE: We are the hospitable family of Jesus.

In part 2 we will cover FIND and FOLLOW:

FIND: We are strategic missionaries for Jesus.
FOLLOW: We are disciples devoted to Jesus.