Welcome to Mountain View Wesleyan Church!
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At MVWC we feel called by God to grow the Kingdom by investing in people. We believe Jesus has called us to look at ourselves, be intentional, and let our lives influence those around us. It is our hope to provide a place where you can come and invite your family and friends as we worship the Lord and live life together.
The verse chosen as our guide for this year is Mark 12:30-31. God's greatest command is to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself." This means that as we grow our relationship with God, our relationships with one another also deepen. We all enter as we are and together seek God's direction and help one another navigate through this journey of life.
Come join us and find a place to connect as we Believe, Worship, Fellowship, and Serve together.
Our vision is simply to become a community where individuals and families can grow in their relationship with Christ and one another.
We are working to achieve the vision God has given us by making it our collective mission to invite individuals and families to respond to the Gospel and empower them to become relationally and spiritually healthy.
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Everything we do at MVWC is geared towards our vision to become a community where individuals and families can grow in their relationship with Christ and one another. We want to invite people to not only respond to the gospel but also to empower them to become relationally and spiritually healthy as we connect with Jesus and one another as a church family. We believe this happens through four aspects of discipleship: Believe, Worship, Fellowship and Serve. We believe that as these four aspects are solidified in our lives, we become the picture of what God wants us to be, always keeping the Cross of Christ at the center of what we do.
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In short we want to help people
- Get excited about Jesus.
- Get involved in His Church.
- Get made new.
Wesleyans believe in one God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and the Savior of all who put their faith in Him alone for eternal life.
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We believe that those who are made new in Christ are called to be holy in character and conduct and can only live this way by being filled with the Lord’s Spirit.
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We believe in the Bible and its sufficiency to establish our faith and conduct.
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We believe God wills for people everywhere to know him and be made new in Christ.
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We believe that the purpose of the Church is to worship God in spirit and in truth, and to reach a lost and fallen world with the gospel of Jesus Christ through its worship, witness and loving deeds.
The following are terms descriptive of who Wesleyans are and why they do what they do. They describe the "soul of the Church":
BIBLICAL AUTHORITY: The Bible is God’s holy Word. It uniquely and infallibly reveals God's plan for His people and how to live out that plan, individually and corporately. Beliefs, practices, priorities, and our mission are to be anchored in clear biblical teachings.
CHRISTLIKENESS: Jesus Christ is the defining feature of God's will and relationship with all humankind. In Christ is found both newness of life and the highest and clearest example for godliness. People made new in Christ find Him to be the source of faith, hope, and love in both the inner life and in our outward actions engaging a world desperate for hope and life.
DISCIPLE-MAKING: Making disciples is a clear mandate from Christ. This requires a strong missional focus on evangelism and training in spiritual growth and holy living. Done effectively, this will produce and promote growth and health in and among the churches.
LOCAL CHURCH CENTERED: The denomination exists to help local congregations grow and multiply, be more healthy, and more authentically reflect God’s plan. Local churches are the most fundamental and strategic points of evangelism and discipleship. The challenge of the denomination is to keep finding the best ways to serve, strengthen, and multiply congregations.
SERVANT LEADERSHIP: Wesleyans respect leadership that is placed over them, while realizing that the authority and effectiveness of spiritual leadership is not primarily bestowed, but earned, and is characterized by a loving and willing heart of obedience that serves God and mankind gladly. Wesleyans desire to be leaders in serving.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY: There is intrinsic value in every person. Biblical unity becomes all the more important and beautiful in the light of the wide-ranging differences in personalities, cultures, races, languages, talents, and perspectives. Finding unity and mutual love in Christ eliminates devaluation and deprivation of life to one another.
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For more information on other articles of religion, visit http://wesleyan.org/beliefs