Church Is Messy: Our Mission, Vision and Values
Jul 09, 2025•32 min•Ep. 110
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Episode description
Rick and Svea kick-off a five-part series on the Mission, Vision, and Values of Autumn Ridge Church.
Topics discussed in this Episode:
- 0:00 Intro
- 02:47 Why does Autumn Ridge have a mission statement? Knowing why we say "Yes" and "No" to various opportunities.
- 04:02 Most of life's hurts happen when we live in contradiction to our purpose.
- 07:10 Our vision: communicating the kind of church we desire to be.
- 09:15 Why is it important we have a vision statement?
- 12:18 Digging in: Every single word in our MVV has been labored over and is important.
- 12:23 Our Mission - Disciple vs follower of Jesus...
- 16:06 Fully devoted...
- 17:35 Three aspects: authority, identity, activity.
- 20:00 Our Vision - We want to be a church...
- 20:42 Of all cultures...
- 24:15 Where Curious people...
- 25:32 Where Skeptical people...
- 26:43 And where Hurting people...
- 29:30 Love to attend.
- 30:19 Why is it important for our congregation to know and understand our mission and vision?
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