Mission, Vision & Values
Mission…Why we exist:
“To embody Jesus’ message and mission in every sphere that God sends us.”
Vision …Our long-term goal:
“To saturate the Queen Creek/Williams Gateway community with Gospel-centered churches who work to love and transform the community.”
No one local church can single-handedly live out the Gospel mission in a particular community. Therefore, Second Mile will aggressively plant multi-site locations and other churches and will also partner with like-minded churches to saturate the entire Queen Creek and Williams Gateway communities with Bible-teaching and missional churches. We think of saturation as including two things: 1) each resident being within 15 minutes or less of a church, and 2) enough churches to accurately reflect the various cultures and people groups in the community.
Values…What drives us:
The following values are key elements in living out the above vision and mission. They flow out of two primary values: 1) Gospel-centeredness and 2) Mission.
| Gospel-centeredness The Gospel is not just the A-B-C-s, but the A-to-Z of Christianity. |
Mission "As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you." |
| Love "Love the Lord with all you are and love your neighbor as yourself." |
Sacrifice "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." |
| Authenticity Be who God has made you to be. |
City-positive Seek the common good of the whole city. |
| Joy God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. |
Multiplication Healthy churches reproduce. |
