The Vision for Faith Community Church is a Church reaching out to the un- churched. for those who felt uncomfortable in a formal traditional church, and a church filled with the people that Jesus would have reached when He walked on this earth. Faith Community Church is a church that would touch the hurting and helpless people of our community - and this world.

Faith Community Church has become that kind of church through God's grace; and it is through prayer and perseverance that the vision continues. It is our heart's desire that those who come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior through this ministry will become genuine Christians; that when they go out into the world, they will have been equipped to stand strong in the faith and lead others to Christ. It is our prayer that Christ would be the driving force in their lives.

It is also our desire to see these Christians disciple others in the church and to counsel and encourage others in the pews. We believe God wants Faith Community Church to become the kind of church where the people hearing the sermons are as active in reaching others as the person speaking the sermon. We don't envision a comfortable church but a challenging church, where everyone is active in the ministry of the church and in serving one another; a church where the Spirit of God has a powerful hold on everyone's heart.

To fulfill this vision, the inerrant Word of God must serve as the basis for our lives. The Bible is the true compass of our faith, a reliance on which is paramount in all of our lives.

This vision seems a tall order in this day and age; but with God's leading, it is not only possible, it is certain.

Pastor Chuck Edwards and the
Faith Community Church Board of Deacons
1999