Mandarin Baptist Church

The gospel cannot be fully lived out or experienced alone or by observation alone. Living out the gospel requires active participation and partnership. Life transformation can be catalyzed by the seeds of the pastor's platform ministry, but it is cultivated and sustained by the soil of biblical community. When the whole body plays their part the church grows in the most important way -- in love.

Lasting spiritual transformation happens when we plant the seed of God's Word in the rich soil of biblical community. Four key nutrients that make up Biblical community are Joy, Hesed, Group Identity, Healthy Correction. Not only should we look inward to see how rich our soil is, but we should be asking if we are helping make other peoples soil as rich.

In a world where the Word of the Lord is so rare, we should be making it more common. We cannot remember what we have never known. My practice is to know and to walk in the ways of your truth for all of my days.

God's faithful love engenders faithfulness. Faithfulness is what we repeatedly do. What will you repeatedly do in response to God's love?

When we gather in Jesus’ name, we bear witness before the powers that be that you cannot be bought. Your heart is steadfast, your resistance potent and your vision glorious.  Repentance and worship become a rhythm, and idols are resisted and laid down.

Our identity is not our own to form. The character of Christ is ever becoming our character as we are transformed into His image and conformed to His likeness. As we practice the rhythms of knowing Jesus; becoming as Jesus; and living as He lived, we are transforming into image bearers.