The Vision of Tri-City Baptist Church

To glorify God by building a New Testament Church that assists its members and other fundamental churches in the West and around the world in fulfilling the Great Commission.

Our vision is to glorify God... God created us to glorify Him. The definition of glory is the manifestation of one’s essence. In other words, we are created to reflect His essence to others. This is man’s highest goal. Men reject this goal and attempt to "show off" their own accomplishments. However, bringing glory to self only leaves a hollow vacuum in the soul. We want to reveal God in His full essence to a world occupied with proclaiming their own worth.

...by building a New Testament Church... We believe that God’s primary vehicle in this Dispensation, for His glory, is the local church. It is in the local assembly that His love, mercy, forgiveness, help, strength, conviction, etc., is most easily seen. As people are equipped, in the local assembly, they go into a dark and violent world to show the essence of God to those who don’t know Him.

...in order to assist its members... The primary purpose of the Church in bringing glory to God is to equip it members to serve one another in the body as well as those outside the body. It is not the job of the vocational pastors and leaders to do all the work. Rather, the vocational ministers equip the non-vocational ministers (that’s everyone else) for their work of ministry.

...and other fundamental churches... Our service to the Body of Christ is not just confined to our campus. Our Pre-school, Academy, College, and Mission Board are all designed to serve others of a similar faith background. We are a fundamental church. The word has been abused and misused in a great way by both its friends and enemies. We hold strongly to the core doctrines of the Christian faith and are willing to struggle to maintain their purity. However, as God gives us grace, we will attempt to emulate the spirit of our Master, as we struggle to maintain purity, who when He was reviled did not revile in return.

...in the West... We are a uniquely western ministry. We know that 80% of men minister within 500 miles of the last school they attended. This is the reason for our College. Very few mission boards are located west of the Mississippi. For western young people, who desire to go to the mission field, it is difficult to go to the East to find a mission board or college. Our vision is to serve these young people and their churches across the West by returning western young people to ministries in a culture they naturally understand.

...and around the world... Our missions giving is in excess of 25% of our total budget every year. When one adds the specific designations every year to individual mission projects or missionaries this percentage grows to over 40%. We want the Kingdom of Jesus Christ to grow in every culture and language around the world.

...in fulfilling the Great Commission. The Great Commission in its fullest understanding is God’s command to His Church to reproduce itself in every generation. This involves winning, teaching, mentoring, encouraging, rebuking, and loving every member to the point where they reproduce themselves in the life of another.

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