Ministry Vision & Values
Vision & Values
At Trinity Community Church, our vision is to glorify God by building up and equipping His people to live out the Gospel in every area of life. God displays His glory through the Church, those redeemed by Christ. One of the primary ways a church glorifies Him is by helping believers grow as fully devoted followers of Jesus.
To ensure unity across all ministries, we encourage every ministry leader to develop Gospel-centered strategies that reflect our church’s Vision and Values. Following Paul’s instruction in Ephesians, we pursue Gospel-centered Ministry Values that guide us in fulfilling our purpose as a joyful, faithful community living out the Gospel together.
Through intentional communication and alignment among our leaders, we are committed to applying these values consistently throughout the life and ministry of our church. (Ephesians 3:20-21 & 4:11-15)
Gospel-Centered
Preaching & Teaching
God’s Word is the foundation and authority for everything we do at Trinity. For that reason, we are committed to faithfully preach and teach biblical truth to all ages, trusting God by the power of the Holy Spirit to equip and build up every person for the display of His glory and love. On Sunday mornings and at our mid-week Bible studies, we preach and teach expositionally through different passages and books of the Bible. Specifically, we examine the original meaning of the text, how it points to and reveals Christ, and how it speaks and applies to our lives today. (Ephesians 4:11)
Corporate Worship
We affirm from Scripture that true worship in the life of the believer means living every day for the praise and glory of God, and that the highest form of individual worship is obedience to Him and His Word. When we come together for corporate worship, we love singing “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” that are full of theological truth, exalt Jesus Christ, and focus our hearts and minds on the glory and majesty of God. Our music is a blend of old and new, and we use a variety of musical instruments to aid us in worship. We also intentionally include times of both corporate and personal prayer during our Sunday morning worship celebrations, Saturday evening prayer meetings, Sunday evening Praise and Prayer gatherings, and various other mid-week ministries and meetings. (Ephesians 3:21; 5:19)
Servant Leadership
We affirm from Scripture that each member of our church is graced by God with spiritual gifts which should be used to serve our Lord Jesus Christ and one another. Some among us are called to serve as “shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the Body of Christ.” Jesus lived among us as a humble servant leader, and we are called to emulate His attitude of humility in the way we serve Him and those around us. (Ephesians 4:7-11)
Discipleship
Jesus said, “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…and teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” We affirm from Scripture that growth to maturity in Christ is a process that comes not only through Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and worship, but also through intentional one-on-one disciplining relationships. We strive to be a church that is known for being a disciple-making and disciple-sending church. (Ephesians 4:12-13)
Fellowship
We love to come together as a church family for the purpose of experiencing Gospel-centered fellowship with one other. We do this not only on Sunday mornings as part of our corporate worship and Sunday School classes, but also through our mid-week Bible studies, discipleship meetings, and other ministry gatherings, all of which encourage and nurture spiritual growth and biblical fellowship with other Trinity members and attenders. We also encourage members and attenders to meet together in homes once or twice a month to share a meal, pray together, and talk with one another about the Sunday morning sermon, focusing on ways they can apply and live out what they’ve learned and received from God’s Word. (Ephesians 4:14-16)
Living
The apostle Paul wrote, “I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness and patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one Body and one Spirit.” We understand from Scripture that we are not only called to know God’s Word, but also to apply and live it out in every relationship and aspect of our lives. For that reason, we are committed to disciplining and growing every child, student, and adult in our Trinity family to maturity in Christ, such that they daily exhibit the fruit of the Spirit to believers and non-believers alike. (Ephesians 4:1-6:9)
Evangelism & Missions
We wholeheartedly embrace our Lord’s Great Commission to “make disciples of all nations,” thereby advancing the Gospel to the ends of the earth. This includes joining Him in “bringing Good News to the poor, proclaiming captives will be released, recovery of sight to the blind, and that the oppressed will be set free.” To that end, we are committed to being a “sending church” that trains and equips all its members in sharing the Gospel with others. We are also committed to increasing our involvement in financially supporting, serving alongside, and partnering with a variety of local and international Gospel-centered ministries and mission agencies, to the praise and glory of God. (Ephesians 3:20; 6:19-20)
