First and foremost we are about His presence. Pursuing His transformational presence, allowing His presence to lead us as kingdom bringers transforming our region.

To live counter cultural lives, His people have to have a place where heaven's culture is hosted, where we are continually rescued, redeemed and recharged to live on mission.

As His presence changes us, we bring Kingdom rule into the earth by loving and serving our neighbor as well as by standing and speaking against injustice and unrighteousness in civilian and in governmental arenas.

We build interdenominationally with other churches to reach our region. Our model is agile and adaptive so the New Wine of the Spirit creates our structure, not the other way around. We embrace and activate the five-fold ministry of - Apostles, Prophets, Pastors, Teachers and Evangelists.

We aren't church program driven or seeker sensitive. We pursue the presence of God and His blessing on the House. What pleases His heart is what fuels our passion to protect the glory of His Bride ready for His return. We move when and where His fire by night and His cloud by day would dictate our plans and progress.

We prioritize relationship over ministry. People aren't a means to an end, they are the goal of ministry.

Rather than build multiple ministries in the church, we find ministry where it meets community and support ministry that can be independent, agile and organic flowing out of the center of our mission in a collaborative way that doesn't build unhealthy vision drain in-house church silos.

We celebrate the calendar of the kingdom, Jewish culture, living as one new man yet standing with Israel and fostering healthy Jewish - Christian understanding and cooperation.

We endorse and promote women in ministry. We empower women to fulfill the Biblical call of God on their lives.

We believe in an unmuzzled pulpit to the end of lovingly yet directly and confrontationally addressing cultural, political, and societal issues with the truth of God's Word. Love rejoices when truth is spoken towards the highest good of both the individual and the culture at large.

We believe we are living in a greater outpouring of the restoration of the tabernacle of David (Amos 9:11) than has ever been experienced since the book of Acts and then again in the Charismatic renewal in the 70's. Yet ongoing worship at the altar without obedience to the Word of God symbolized by the Ark of His Presence is out of balance. We need both - Obedience and Worship. This is the first meaning of the word ark. But there is a second meaning . . .

Jesus said in the end it would be as in the days of Noah. We are in those days. We want to build a community that acts as a modern day ark, a place of refuge in challenging times. To come alive to the times we are in and make ready for the return of the Lord, inviting all those who will receive the free gift of salvation in Jesus Christ to be built together as trees of righteousness, living on mission for Him. Our region, Berkeley Township as early as the late 1800's has been known as "where the ocean meets the pines." Or you could say where wood meets water. As the glory of the Lord covers the earth like water, our ark of wood will rise to carry redemptive purpose in our region.