Mission and Vision of Eagle Heights Presbyterian Church

Who Are We? (IDENTITY)

Sinners created in the image of God and saved by grace in the gospel of Jesus Christ, who increasingly find our joy in living for the glory of God.

What Are We Trying to Accomplish? (VISION)

To bring the people in the Winchester region and the world where God leads us into a life-transforming relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, whereby they live joyfully for the praise of His glory.

How Do We Plan to Accomplish Our Vision? (MISSION)

By proclaiming the love of God in Jesus Christ for all peoples that we might make followers of Christ. We do this as we:

• Give ourselves passionately to God in prayer, worship, and study of His Word, both individually and corporately, that He would glorify Himself in and through us

• Live and teach a Biblically-based worldview

• Engage in a lifestyle of word and deed that attracts non-believers and unchurched people from across ethnic and socio-economic boundaries in our community to unite with us as members of Christ’s body, the church

• Build strategic bridges between our church and the communities in which we live, work, and play

• Plant new churches and partner with existing churches and missions in our community and around the world to enlarge our sphere of kingdom influence

• Commit ourselves to make mature and equipped followers of Christ, according to His Word

What Is Most Important to Us? (CORE VALUES)

To be a church with:

• a passion for worship

• a hunger for God’s Word

• a dependence upon prayer

• a focus on grace

• a desire for holiness

• a sense of community

• a heart for the lost

As we express these values, we will be a church that emphasizes:

Gospel Transformation

In a world of brokenness, we seek to be a place where hearts and homes are healed by the love of God

Missional Living

In a world of self-absorption, we seek to bless our world with deeds of Christ-like compassion, mercy, and grace

Authentic Community

In a world of disconnection, we seek to be a place of unusual devotion to one another and those in the community we befriend

How Do We Serve? (PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY)

By studying our surrounding culture to discover what can be done, without compromising Biblical principles, to eliminate barriers to reaching the unsaved and the unchurched:

• Every member understanding he is not a consumer but part of our essential ministry team, serving in love and truth the church and community around us with the gifts and graces God gives

• Church leaders not being the primary ministers but rather equippers of the members who do the ministry

Eagle Heights Presbyterian Church