Vision
Growing passionate followers of Christ by teaching them to
love God and love others in our community.
Mission
The Mission of The Orchard Church is to reach out to the
unchurched in order to help them to connect with JesusŐ Church, worship and
glorify God in our lives, and build a meaningful, life-changing relationship
with Jesus Christ, in order that we may serve and bring honor to God.
Values
People – God loves and values all people. Because of that, it is essential that
we love and value the people of our community. We will be accepting of people and help them on their
spiritual journey in a relationship with Christ. Our prayer is to see people through GodŐs eyes.
Worship – God has created us to worship Him,
the only person or thing worthy of our worship. We will exalt God, lifting Him up and finding strength in
His presence. It is our desire to
attract the unchurched with the Love of God and a with a worship atmosphere
that is attractive to God and our culture. Worship is a lifestyle of following Jesus with all your life
and bringing glory to God. One of
the greatest examples of a lifestyle of worship is by deliberately becoming
selfless and others-focused and removing the idol of self from our lives.
Evangelism – We are commissioned to share Jesus
with those who are not followers of Christ. The community is seeking and starving for truth, and we hold
the truth they are seeking. We will seek to represent the attractive love of
God to our community, especially reaching out to those who have been
marginalized by the American church.
Evangelism is simply sharing the hope of Christ that we have experienced
and helping others see and desire that same relationship with God.
Service - We will be good citizens and neighbors in the
community. It is our desire to
show Christ to our community through GodŐs love and acts of kindness. Small things done with the great love
of God can change our community.
101 times in the New Testament, followers of Christ are charged with
serving and loving those inside and outside the body of Christ. We cannot call ourselves followers of
Christ if we are unwilling to be servants.
Prayer – We will seek to be in GodŐs presence
and in continual prayer for the direction of this Church, and the lost in
Chico.