OUR MISSION and VISION STATEMENT
WE EXIST TO LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE, AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST.
AS A CHURCH, WE ARE CALLED TO CARRY OUT THE GREAT COMMISSION AND THE GREAT COMMANDMENT, AND OUR MISSION STATEMENT WAS CREATED TO CAPTURE BOTH OF THESE CRITICAL MANDATES.
WE INVITE YOU TO PARTNER WITH US AS WE LIVE OUT THIS MISSION, WORKING TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE LOVE OF CHRIST. WHETHER THROUGH WORSHIP, SERVICE, OR DISCIPLESHIP, THERE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CHURCH FAMILY.
TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A LASTING IMPACT FOR GOD’S KINGDOM, EMBRACING THE CALL TO LOVE, SERVE, AND GROW IN FAITH. JOIN US IN THIS JOURNEY OF LIVING OUT THE GREAT COMMISSION AND GREAT COMMANDMENT, AND LET’S MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD FOR HIS GLORY.
EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE'S URBAN INITIATIVES IS THE VISION OF OUR PASTOR THAT WAS BIRTHED OUT OF HIS DEEP CONCERN ABOUT POOR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FINANCIAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, SOARING CRIME LEVELS, THE DESPERATE STATE OF THE BLACK MAN AND THE BREAKDOWN OF FAMILY THAT PLAGUES OUR COMMUNITY.
Our STATEMENT
of FAITH
We Believe
THE BIBLE TO BE THE INSPIRED AND ONLY INFALLIBLE WRITTEN WORD OF GOD.
We Believe
THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, ETERNALLY EXISTENT IN THREE PERSONS: GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
WE BELIEVE
IN THE BLESSED HOPE, WHICH IS THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, WHICH IS IN CHRIST, AT HIS RETURN.
WE BELIEVE
THAT THE ONLY MEANS OF BEING CLEANSED FROM SIN IS THROUGH REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
WE BELIEVE
THAT REGENERATION BY THE HOLY GHOST IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR PERSONAL SALVATION.
WE BELIEVE
THAT THE REDEMPTIVE WORK OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS PROVIDES HEALING FOR THE HUMAN BODY IN ANSWER TO BELIEVING PRAYER.
WE BELIEVE
THAT THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ACCORDING TO ACTS 2:4, IS GIVEN TO BELIEVERS WHO ASK FOR IT.
WE BELIEVE
IN THE SANCTIFYING POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BY WHOSE INDWELLING THE CHRISTIAN IS ENABLED TO LIVE A HOLY AND SEPARATED LIFE IN THE PRESENT WORLD.
