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S E C T I O N 1

I Believe

Our Relationship with Christ

For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-5
THE GOSPEL
The basic belief of the church is referred to as “the gospel.” The gospel is God’s good news for us in Jesus. Our common belief in the gospel is what knits us together as people who have committed our lives to Jesus as Savior and King. But what exactly is this good news?
A WORLD BROKEN, A KINGDOM LOST
God created the world and within it, Eden, which was the perfect expression of his kingdom on earth. In Eden, Adam and Eve, humanity’s representatives, had full fellowship with God and were to co-rule over creation as those made in his image (Genesis 1:26). It was heaven on earth with God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule.

Unfortunately, our first parents rebelled against God and consequently brought upon themselves and the world a separation from the Creator and his kingdom (Genesis 1-3). In their disobedience the entire human race was stained by sin. We see evidence of this in our lives every day. Sin has not only alienated us from God, but because we’re sinners by nature and by choice, we deserve sin’s penalty – spiritual death or eternal separation from God’s kingdom.

THE PROMISED KINGDOM COMES
However, instead of leaving us in our eternally perilous condition, God determined to re-establish his kingdom in the world. Initially through a man named Abraham, God promised to bless the world through his family. Over time that family became the nation of Israel and through that nation God sent the Messiah to bless the world by restoring the kingdom of God.

Jesus was this promised King, pronouncing at the start of his ministry,

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 1:15
Jesus said he comes to bring the kingdom of God – which is the goodness of God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule. We become part of his kingdom by trusting “in the gospel.”
WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?
The gospel or good news is that God sent his Son in the power of his Spirit to redeem a people back to himself so they might experience life in his kingdom – a life of hope, forgiveness, and love. Jesus perfectly lived the life we were commanded to live. He obeyed where we disobeyed, he achieved where we failed, he conquered where we were defeated. And yet, Jesus went to the cross to take upon himself the just penalty from God the Father for our sins. He substituted himself in our place when he died on the cross. Three days later Christ was resurrected, demonstrating his victory over sin and death. He also promised that at his second coming, he would bring the kingdom in its fullness to the entirety of creation. Because of the work of Jesus, one day the entire cosmos will find God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule (Revelation 21-22).
ENTERING GOD’S KINGDOM
Until then, those who “repent and believe” by forsaking their sinful ways and trust in Jesus as Savior and King, enter into “the kingdom of God” as faithful citizens and beloved sons and daughters. The “gospel” or good news of this message is that the salvation God offers in Jesus is available only by grace. In other words, we cannot earn our salvation by our goodness. We will never be good enough. The good news is that Jesus has been good enough for us! He has become our perfect righteousness, sacrifice, and obedience unto God. The gospel of Jesus is the end of trying to merit forgiveness by measuring up. Jesus has procured forgiveness for us by measuring up even when we couldn’t.

The gospel helps us understand that neither irreligion nor religion are helpful. That’s why religious people can be just as far from God as someone who has never darkened the doors of a church. Religion incorrectly teaches that morality and goodness gain favor with God and merit salvation, while irreligion preaches a “salvation” through autonomy and personal fulfillment. In the end, both are attempts to control God. Christianity, however, says salvation isn’t based on our morality or achievement but upon God’s grace in Jesus Christ. Ephesians 2:8-9 reads,

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
EPHESIANS 2:8-9
This entire rescue operation was an act of God’s love for us. John 3:16 says,
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
JOHN 3:16
Because of God’s love for sinful humanity, he offers the good news of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. The call of the gospel is to stop trusting in our performance to make us right with God. Instead we start trusting in Jesus as our righteousness, forgiveness, and life.

Often that begins with a prayer similar to the following:

Dear Father God, I am a sinner. Apart from you I have no hope. I repent of my sinful ways and turn to your gift of Jesus. I believe in who he is and what he has done – that Christ is God in the flesh who lived a perfect life that I couldn’t and died in my place as a substitute for my sins. I also believe he rose from the grave to demonstrate his victory over sin and death and the authenticating of his kingdom. I am placing my faith alone in Christ alone for my salvation. Thank you for the good news of your gospel. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior, I pray. Amen.
While a person’s specific words certainly may be different, the heart’s confession of repentance and belief remains the same. We receive the good news of the gospel by grace through faith in Christ and as his church become God’s people in God’s place under God’s rule. We are completely loved, forever forgiven, and dwell eternally with God in his kingdom. We are also indwelt and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live out God’s mission as we share the good news of God’s kingdom to the world.

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A Devoted Life

Reflection

Will you commit to join the community of people at CCCC who say, “I Believe”?

I BELIEVE | Our Relationship with Christ

  • I have placed my faith in Christ alone for my salvation
  • I have been baptized after receiving Jesus as my Lord and Savior
  • I commit to grow in my devotion to Jesus

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S E C T I O N 2

I Belong

Our Relationship with Community

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
EPHESIANS 4:4-6
God is about community. He always has been. Think about how he exists as the Trinity, the reality that God is three-persons-in-one. While certainly a mystery, it also reveals that God enjoys perfect, eternal fellowship as Father, Son, and Spirit. Therefore, community is not just a value God holds, it is who he is.

Since God is about community, our lives as believers are to be about community as well. The Bible reveals that Jesus did not die merely to redeem individuals but a people to God (cf., Ex. 6:7, Ezek. 37:27, Rev. 21:3). Christ’s work at the cross and empty tomb created a new community composed of those throughout history who have given their allegiance to Christ and his kingdom. This new, gospel-centered community is known as the church.

THE MODEL OF COMMUNITY
Jesus said this new community is to model for the world what life is like under the rule and reign of God. This communion of saints is to be fueled by a love for God and each other. Jesus told his followers in John 13:34-35,
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
JOHN 13:34-35
This love can only be exhibited in community! Look at how the early church existed as this type of God-redeemed, loving community:
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
ACTS 2:42-45
From the very beginning of the church, God’s heart for our spiritual growth includes people. There are no spiritual “lone rangers” following Jesus in relative isolation from others. Our King calls us to live as followers of Jesus in the community of the church. We must belong. At Clear Creek, we demonstrate belonging through our commitment to small group, service, and giving.

Belonging Through Small Group

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BELONGING THROUGH SERVING
Another way the church demonstrates its commitment of belonging is by service. Jesus said in Mark 10:42-45,
You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
MARK 10:42-45
Serving each other is a hallmark of missional community. Through service we model the heart of Jesus to each other and the world which he came to save. The church functions based on mutual service. 1 Corinthians 12:4-7, 12 reads:
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good…For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:4-7, 12
Each follower of Jesus is graced by the Holy Spirit with spiritual gifts along with God-given passions, talents, and skills to serve the local church. Notice how the church is referred to as the Body of Christ. We believe service also extends beyond the church campus into the world around us. Galatians 6:10 reminds us,
“So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.”
GALATIANS 6:10
The hope is our good deeds might open doors for sharing the good news (Matthew 5:16). This is why members of CCCC commit to service.

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BELONGING THROUGH GIVING
A fully devoted follower of Christ recognizes that all of one’s possessions come from God and belong to God (Psalm 24:1, 1 Chronicles 29:11-12). One manages resources faithfully according to the teachings of the Bible and the leadership of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 4:2). God uses material resources and one’s faithfulness to manage resources to develop character (Luke 16:10-11). Giving is a heart issue. We give, not because God needs the money, but because God directs the heart to give (Matthew 6:21). Giving is just one aspect of responsible management of material resources.

The local church is God’s redemptive agent in the world (Matthew 16:18) and should be the primary recipient of a Christian’s giving (2 Corinthians 9:11-12). Christians are responsible to give to the poor (James 2:14-16, Matthew 25:34-35), to provide for aging parents (Exodus 20:12, Mark 7:10-13), to assist other Christians as needs arise (Acts 2:44-45, 1 John 3:17), and to support Christian causes as the giver feels led by the Holy Spirit (2 Corinthians 9:7).

While the Bible is primarily descriptive, rather than prescriptive, in how a follower of Jesus is to give, the Bible teaches a follower of Jesus to give systematically (1 Corinthians 16:2, Proverbs 3:9-10), proportionately (1 Corinthians 16:2), generously (2 Corinthians 9:6), sacrificially (Mark 12:41-44, 2 Corinthians 8:2-3) and faithfully (1 Corinthians 4:2) to the church for the work of God in the world.

How much is a Christian to give to the church? The only amount indicated in the Bible for regular giving is a tithe, or one tenth of one’s income. Therefore, the historical starting point for faithful giving to the local church is the tithe (Leviticus 27:30-33, Deuteronomy 12:6-7, Deuteronomy 26:12, Malachi 3:10). This is why members of CCCC commit to give faithfully.

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EXPERIENCING COMMUNITY THROUGH CORPORATE WORSHIP
One of the church’s primary activities is to gather for the purpose of corporately worshipping God. Colossians 3:16 reads,
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”
COLOSSIANS 3:16
In corporate worship we praise God through song, seek him in prayer, and hear him through the teaching of his Word.

Corporate worship is also a time where we can reengage with those we don’t see throughout the week. It is a time to both minister and be ministered to. That’s likely the reason Hebrews exhorts believers to faithfully fellowship with the church, “not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some” (Hebrews 10:25). This is why, in addition to small group, members regularly assemble for corporate worship with other followers of Jesus.

EXPERIENCING COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LORD’S SUPPER
Included in corporate worship is the Lord’s Supper (also known as Communion or Eucharist). The Supper has been a regular part of the Christian community throughout the last two millennia. We see its observance at the church’s very beginning. Acts 2:42 records,
“And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”
ACTS 2:42
The “breaking of bread” is likely shorthand for the Lord’s Supper in which Jesus broke bread (1 Corinthians 11:24) before he distributed it to his disciples.

Communion is a special time for baptized believers of CCCC. It’s an ordinance given to us by Jesus whereby we proclaim our continual trust in Jesus for our salvation and identity. Through the Supper we are reminded of Christ’s work at the cross. 1 Corinthians 11:25 says,

“In the same way also [Jesus] took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’”
1 CORINTHIANS 11:25
Yet Scripture teaches the Supper is more than a mere memorial. It is a means of grace where Jesus is spiritually present with his people in a real, significant way (cf., 1 Corinthians 10:16-17). When we take the Lord’s Supper, we join the church throughout history in declaring our hope in the gospel, our allegiance to God’s kingdom, and our belonging to his church.

The meaning of the Lord’s Supper is bound up in a person’s personal faith in and submission to Jesus. That is why throughout the history of the church, only baptized believers were allowed to participate in the Lord’s Supper. When we observe the Lord’s Supper at CCCC, you will hear us invite baptized believers to participate because we want to honor the significance of both ordinances.

Christ gave his life to create a new community of people who have given their allegiance to Jesus. His gospel work not only makes them blessed citizens of a new kingdom, but beloved brothers and sisters in a new family called to love and serve one another. At CCCC, belonging through small group, giving and serving is how members proclaim to the church family, “I belong!”

Reflection

Will you commit to join the community of people at CCCC who say, “I Belong”?

I BELONG | Our Relationship with Community

  • I commit to participate in a CCCC small group
  • I commit to give faithfully to CCCC
  • I commit to serve at CCCC

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S E C T I O N 3

I Support

Our Relationship with Leadership

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.
HEBREWS 13:17
God is a God of order and purpose. He sets aside people to lead the church. The reason for leadership is simple: someone must be responsible for setting direction and aligning the church’s effort to accomplish its mission. If there is no clear direction there can be a lot of activity with little result, and that kind of chaos is contrary to God’s nature. Leadership also implies “followership”. Nothing gets accomplished personally or organizationally unless people are willing to follow sound leadership. Thus, a key relational commitment one makes in helping the local church accomplish her mission is to have a God-glorifying relationship with the leadership of the church. This commitment is expressed by affirming, “I support!”

The head of Clear Creek Community Church is Jesus Christ. We seek to reflect his priorities in all we do. No decision is ever made that would knowingly contradict biblical teaching. Additionally, through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we seek to discern God’s leading for us as a church. On a human level, we describe the structure of CCCC as operated by those who serve, Navigator-discipled, staff-led, and elder-overseen.

OPERATED BY THOSE WHO SERVE
Almost everything that happens at Clear Creek is accomplished through people investing time, resources, and energy. We want CCCC to fit the description of the church in Romans 12:5,
“…so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.”
ROMANS 12:5
To experience life in the kingdom of God means we share the burden and joy of proclaiming the gospel and ministering to a community who desperately needs Jesus. A member of the church accepts the mutual responsibility to contribute his or her time and energy to the church in a serving role that utilizes one’s spiritual gifts, talents, and resources.
NAVIGATOR-DISCIPLED
Small group leaders are known as Navigators. These leaders are the backbone of our mission of helping people become fully devoted followers of Jesus. Navigators make a significant investment in being qualified to lead a small group at CCCC. They willingly submit to a structure of accountability and bear a great responsibility for providing the opportunity for the people of CCCC to experience biblical community.
STAFF-LED
The staff at CCCC leads by equipping, empowering, and encouraging those who serve.
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ELDER-OVERSEEN
The New Testament repeatedly affirms the office and role of elders:
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
1 PETER 5:1-3
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers [e.g., elders], to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
ACTS 20:28
And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
ACTS 14:23

The elders oversee the church (cf., Acts 14:23, Hebrews 13:17, Titus 1:5) and are ultimately responsible for doctrine, direction, and discipline. Scripture teaches that both men and women are created equally. They also have complementary differences expressed in the design of marriage and church. As to the church, while there are New Testament examples of women serving in various capacities (e.g., Romans 16:1), there are no female elders.[1] This holds true for almost the entirety of church history. The list of biblical qualifications for an elder assumes only qualified men will serve in the office. (Titus 1:7-9; 1 Timothy 2:11-15, 3:1-13; 2 Timothy 2:2).

[1] CCCC understands the terms pastor and elder as synonymous.

CCCC elders are comprised of three groups, each with a specific function:

  1. Strategic elders who oversee the general direction of CCCC
  2. Teaching elders who oversee the doctrine of the church
  3. Shepherding elders who are primarily laypersons serving alongside our pastors to shepherd and oversee the discipline of the church

As an elder-overseen body, CCCC does not vote as a congregation on every church issue. Members vote annually on three subjects: the budget, affirmation of elders, and election of trustees. All other decisions dealing with the general oversight of the church fall to the elders.

For a further understanding of the role of elders and trustees, see the bylaws below.
CCCC BYLAWS
“Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.”
HEBREWS 13:17
This summarizes the biblical view of this important relationship that local church elders lead responsibly before God and the church responsibly supports their leadership. Thus, when members commit to a local church as God’s missional community, they are voluntarily submitting to the authority of the elders in that local church with respect to CCCC’s:
Direction
Members contribute to the mission, values, strategy, and culture of the congregation.
Discipline
Members invite the CCCC elders to assume spiritual responsibility for them as disciples of Jesus partnering in CCCC’s mission.
Doctrine
Members affirm CCCC’s essential beliefs set forth by the elders and seek to grow in their ability to apply the teaching to life. Members agree to not teach or promote conflicting doctrine.
VIEW OUR ESSENTIAL BELIEFS
These essential beliefs are our doctrinal common ground. They form the basis for how we interpret and apply the Bible and are non-negotiable for CCCC membership. As such, we invite questions and dialogue about the essential beliefs. They are important enough to wrestle with and to understand well.
Alongside our Essential beliefs, we have beliefs around specific cultural issues as well.
Cultural Issues
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Direction

DISCIPLINE
The obvious key to making this structure work smoothly is the relationship between the leaders and those whom they lead. In a word, there must be unity. 1 Peter 5:1-3 says that elders (and by extension, leaders) are to serve humbly and not domineer over those in their charge. Accordingly, those under leadership are to respond in a way that glorifies God, encourages leadership, and furthers the church’s mission.

Like a dance, someone leads and someone follows. Both need to do their part responsibly, faithfully, and lovingly. Often that is exactly what happens, and God is greatly glorified. However, there are times when this relationship gets tested.

One of the Scripture’s charges to the elders is to protect the church from various dangers such as false teaching or divisive people. Elders also protect the congregation by modeling, guarding, and encouraging biblical standards of godliness. At times this includes the administering of church discipline to unrepentant believers. The purpose of church discipline is to be redemptive and restorative, seeking the welfare not only of the church in general but the believer in specific.

Discipline and restoration begin in the form of small group accountability. Encouraging each other to forsake sin and follow Christ most naturally flows from our personal relationships. Groups are composed of individuals committed to love and serve each other while seeking to follow Jesus. Sometimes that means humbly and graciously confronting each other over sin. Jesus taught in Matthew 18:15,

“If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.”
MATTHEW 18:15
More times than not, the path of restoration begins and ends here, resulting in a greater love and trust among those who have walked in love and truth together.

However, sometimes the steps seeking restoration continue to the elders of the church. Jesus continues in Matthew 18:16-17,

But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
MATTHEW 18:16-17
In this situation the matter has progressed from a private, informal issue to a more formal process of discipline. If personal sin against someone cannot be resolved in private or small group, then the matter may be brought “to the church”, meaning before the elders. This is a sobering but necessary part of elder ministry. Once again, the aim of church discipline is to be restorative for the erring believer and uphold God’s honor for his missional community.
For further understanding of CCCC’s church discipline policy, see the bylaws below.
CCCC BYLAWS
SUMMARY
Those committed to Clear Creek Community Church will freely and gladly support the leadership of their church in doctrine, discipline, and direction. At the same time, we recognize there will always be differing approaches and valid alternative strategies. CCCC welcomes respectful questions and critical thinking. Ultimately however, we must be united in our direction. A member says with full confidence, “I support the elders and leadership of Clear Creek Community Church in accomplishing the mission of making fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.”

Reflection

Will you commit to join the community of people at CCCC who say, “I Support”?

I SUPPORT | Our Relationship with Leadership

  • I commit to the mission, vision, values and strategy of CCCC
  • I commit to yield to the elders in matters of doctrine, direction, and discipline

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S E C T I O N 4

I Go

Our Relationship with The Unchurched

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
ACTS 1:8
The first three committed relationships of a missional community are reciprocal relationships found within the local church; the fourth relationship is with those who are not yet part of the church. CCCC members are to be committed to the mission of leading unchurched people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.
A SENDING GOD, A SENT CHURCH
We read in Matthew 28:19 when Jesus established his church he gave it marching orders:
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.
MATTHEW 28:19
The mission of the church is to lead others to become fully devoted followers of Jesus as we are “going” into the world. We “go” in our homes, neighborhoods, work, school, and everywhere else. In other words, not only is the church a community which gathers weekly to corporately worship God, but the church is sent to help those far from God understand and receive the gospel.
The church is a sent people from a sending God. To whom are we sent? The unchurched. We use the term to describe those who have yet to embrace the gospel. They could be people exploring faith. They could be hardened to faith.

Yet, for the mission of God to be accomplished, believers must engage with unbelievers in authentic, loving ways. We must see ourselves as missionaries. A missionary is simply someone who strategically lives life in order that people far from God will have maximum exposure to the gospel. We envision CCCC to be a church full of missionaries to the surrounding world. We want students who are missionaries to their schools, neighbors who are missionaries to their subdivisions, and employees who are missionaries to their workplace. Commitment to the unchurched brings with it an awareness and intentionality to people’s lives, they live missionally. Their daily life is always attempting to answer the question: How can I bring the gospel to those around me through word and deed?

Living missionally can lead a person to:

Engage in a Mercy Ministry

God calls us to good deeds (cf., 1 Peter 2:12). Those deeds can open doors for the good news of Jesus. Additionally, sharing mercy with those in need demonstrates to the world that the church really does care and that God’s kingdom is real. One of the ways CCCC engages in mercy ministries is through developing partnerships in our area with those actively serving needs within our community. Throughout the year, groups partner with these local organizations to feed the homeless, provide clothing for the needy, and engage in all kinds of activities geared at loving our communities with the love of Christ.
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Take a Global Trip

Being on foreign soil in the name of Jesus changes our heart. Go Global trips are CCCC’s endeavor at helping people have hands-on mission experiences. We send teams that share Jesus, help plant churches, serve people, and make a long-term difference in places around the globe.
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Pray for Your Top 5

Ultimately embracing the gospel is a work God performs in the heart. This demands we intercede to God on behalf of our unchurched friends and neighbors. Top 5 is a list of the five people we most want to see receive the gospel of Jesus Christ. We ask everyone to regularly pray for them, asking God to bring them to himself, and use us as a part of the process. Having a Top 5 is a good reminder to intentionally develop authentic relationship with the unchurched.
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A CHURCH FOR THOSE EXPLORING FAITH

The mission of reaching the unchurched has always been one of the highest priorities at CCCC. For example, it influences how we conduct our worship services.  We provide services where not only believers can genuinely worship God, but unbelievers can safely investigate the gospel as well. So, we try to reduce barriers for the unchurched. We believe the gospel of grace, which says one is made right with God not by one’s merit but solely by the work of Christ, is barrier enough (cf., 1 Corinthians 1:18-31). We don’t want the culture of our church to add unnecessary obstacles for those who want to know more about Jesus and the gospel when they come to a service. Here are a few examples of how we try to remove barriers:”

First Impressions Matter
Our teams seek to create a warm and welcoming environment where all feel welcome.
Understandable Services
Every community has its own vocabulary. The church is no different, and that can be a challenge for someone who is investigating Christianity. CCCC aims at preaching which speaks plainly, where the messages are easy to understand for the person who does not have much experience with the Bible.
Gospel-Centered Worship
Through faith in the good news of God’s grace in Jesus, people are made right with God. But our need for the gospel doesn’t end when we become followers of Jesus. Our value of gospel-centrality leads us to keep Jesus and his redeeming work central in our songs, stories, sermon, and everything else. We hope that when you bring a friend to church with you, you can trust he or she will be exposed to the good news of Christ in an understandable way.

These are just a handful of ways we have tried to make CCCC a welcoming place for people who are exploring faith. We have unapologetically held the line on being a “church for the unchurched” because of our commitment to obey Jesus’ call to be his ambassadors to all people as a missional community. At CCCC, developing authentic relationships with the unchurched is how members proclaim to the church family, “I go!”

“I Go”

Reflection

Will you commit to join the community of people at CCCC who say, “I Go”?

I GO | Our Relationship with the Unchurched

  • I commit to build relationships with the unchurched (Top 5), pray for them and share the gospel of Jesus in my personal relationships
  • I commit to engage in reaching people for Jesus, locally, nationally and globally

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S E C T I O N 5

Mission & Membership

Mission and Membership

Reflection

Will you commit to join the community of people at CCCC who say:

I BELIEVE | Our Relationship with Christ

  • I have placed my faith in Christ alone for my salvation
  • I have been baptized after receiving Jesus as my Lord and Savior
  • I commit to grow in my devotion to Jesus

I BELONG | Our Relationship with Community

  • I commit to participate in a CCCC small group
  • I commit to give faithfully to CCCC
  • I commit to serve at CCCC

I SUPPORT | Our Relationship with Leadership

  • I commit to the mission, vision, values and strategy of CCCC
  • I commit to yield to the elders in matters of doctrine, direction, and discipline

I GO | Our Relationship with the Unchurched

  • I commit to build relationships with the unchurched (Top 5), pray for them and share the gospel of Jesus in my personal relationships
  • I commit to engage in reaching people for Jesus, locally, nationally and globally

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Gathering

Membership Commitment

Membership Commitment is the last step in our pathway. Once you have fulfilled the commitments above, click the button to sign up for your campus gathering.

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