We lean toward the lost, the poor, the outcast, and the outsider with the compassion of Jesus as sinners whose only standing before God is utterly dependent on the mercy of God.
This mercy can only be truly received inasmuch as we are willing to give it away.
We believe that ministry in Jesus’ name should be expressed in concrete ways through the local church. The poor are to be served as though serving Jesus Himself.
This is one of the distinguishing characteristics of a church expressing the love of Christ in a local community.
In all forms of ministry, compassion is a hallmark of the one who was moved with compassion Himself in the face of human need.
This being the age of grace and “the year of the Lord’s favor” (Luke 4:19), compassion should constitute the leading edge of our service to God, each other, and a broken world.
As such, we seek to avoid unauthorized judgments of others, realizing that we are all fellow sufferers and strugglers with the rest of humanity.
