Leadership

Regardless of the specific style of congregational governance a church may employ, Jesus Christ is the Head of the body. The congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ. Each church member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord. At the end of the day, He is in charge. May our Lord receive preeminence in all things.

 

A frequently asked question in the local church is, "Who is in charge?" People want to know what the authority structure is. This is a question that is asked by new members coming into a fellowship. It is asked by many within a local church as they try to discern what might work best for their particular fellowship and who they can approach when leadership is needed.

 

Faith Community Church is an elder-led church. Currently the elders include the pastor and four lay elders. Regarding the Biblical basis for an elder led church, First Peter 5:1-4 speaks a word of illumination. The passage is addressed to the elders. Peter identifies that he is an elder by referring to the others as "fellow elders." In this fascinating text, he gives a word of instruction about how elders or shepherds or overseers must manifest a Christ-like character which exhibits itself not only in a lack of greediness, but in an eagerness to serve and a servanthood kind of spirit that seeks to be an example rather than a dictator. While that does not deal specifically with structure, it speaks a powerful word about the need for a Christ-like servant spirit among those who are leaders.

 

The Elders of Faith Community Church are:

Pastor Dan Russell

Bob Burnett

Keith Trout

Ryan Bystrom

 

In addition to the elder board, there is a group of deacons that carry out mercy ministries and the many tasks of keeping up the maintenance of the property as well as the everday needs and supplies of the church.

Mission Statement


Edify - To encourage one another in Christian growth


Equip - To prepare the body (the Church) for ministry


Evangelize - To go out and reach our world for Christ

Doctrinal Statement

1. We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, and that they are the supreme and final authority in faith and life.

 

2. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

 

3. We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, and is true God and true man.

 

4. We believe that man was created in the image of God, but that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God.

 

5. We believe that Jesus died for our sins as a substitutionary sacrifice, and that all who believe in Him and receive Him are justified by His shed blood.

 

6. We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, His ascension into Heaven and His present life there for us, as our High Priest and Advocate.

 

7. We believe in that blessed hope, the personal, pre-millennial and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

 

8. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting bliss of the saved in Heaven and the everlasting conscious suffering of the lost in Hell.

The 2000 Baptist Faith & Message

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I. The Scriptures

II. God

III. Man

IV. Salvation

V. God's Purpose of Grace

VI. The Church

VII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper

VIII. The Lord's Day

IX. The Kingdom

X. Last Things

XI. Evangelism and Missions

XII. Education

XIII. Stewardship

XIV. Cooperation

XV. The Christian and the Social Order

XVI. Peace and War

XVII. Religious Liberty

XVIII. The Family

Our Mission Statement

Edify

To encourage one another in Christian growth.

Equip

To prepare the body (the Church) for ministry

Evangelize

To go out and reach our world for Christ

 

We believe in being the Church that Jesus intended when he said "My mother, and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it". God simplifies, man complicates. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and  the life. No one comes to the Father except through me".

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