Beacon Values

Beacon has come to five guiding values which inform the way we (and the house churches we are associated with) do what we do. And we want to help you consider how these five could be implemented in your unique church:

  1. The PURPOSEFUL church

    • The biblical vision for church includes:

      • Individuals reconciled to God (salvation) and to one another (the church).

      • The church being matured into Christ's likeness. 

      • The church joining God in His mission as ambassadors proclaiming and demonstrating that the kingdom has come. 

  2. The DISCIPLING church  

    • Jesus’ Great Commission isn’t dissolved because we meet in a smaller building. Rather, it’s empowered! Discipleship is a relationship built around His methodology and message:

      • It’s action-oriented, so it can produce mature believers who walk in the things they’ve learned

      • It’s self-multiplying, so it can produce those who will also disciple others, and so on…

  3. The GATHERED church

    • The church gathered should be submitted to the purposes of the church (mentioned above) while devoting itself to four things the New Testament church devoted itself to (Acts 2:42).

      • The teachings of the apostles (scriptures) 

      • Having all things in common (fellowship)

      • Breaking of bread (Eucharist) 

      • Prayer as a lifestyle (privately and corporately)

  4. The GOING church

    • A healthy church proclaims and demonstrates God’s kingdom not through a program or an event but as a way of life! Our churches gather to be edified, unified, and equipped so they can go out into the marketplace, neighborhood, and workplace to love and serve lost friends and neighbors and battle injustice. A healthy church follows Christ, who was distinctly other, but still chose to love and serve a broken world without reservation. We should do the same.         

  5. The SUFFERING church

    • Suffering is a historic birthright of born-again, Christ-following believers. A constant theme throughout Scripture, suffering teaches patience, endurance, and maturity. We bless rather than curse. We love our enemies. We learn to thank God instead of asking why. Often it is through our suffering that the gospel is most clearly preached. We do not seek comfort, but instead strive to have joy in the midst of hardship for the name of Christ. (Matthew 16:24; Matthew 10:21; 2 Timothy 1:8, 3:12; Philippians 1:29)