Mattsam Gospel Ministries United States

Mattsam Gospel Ministries United States MATTSAM WORLD MISSION PLEDGE
We believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. As disciples, we commit to lives of service, peace and love. No exceptions.

,That the Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed in word and deed the presence of the Kingdom of God through mission to the world—a calling of people to repentance and Human Services Networks and personal Competence, Participation, Free Bible Distribution. As His followers we are called to live our lives as disciples and to make disciples. We believe that Jesus is the revelation of God’s love to the world.

He is Lord over all creation and the Savior who rescued us from sin, evil and death. He is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity (we believe in God as the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit), who came to rescue humankind and restore us to our destiny in accordance with the plan of God that existed before time. We commit to Jesus as both Lord and Savior. We commit to a way of life that seeks to understand all things through the lens of His life, crucifixion and resurrection. We believe that after his resurrection, He ascended into heaven, and that one day He will return to take his Church as his Bride, make all things new, and bring ‘Heaven into the Real World.’ Those who have accepted His invitation to life will live and reign with him forever. Until that day comes, we believe that we have been called to live as disciples of Jesus. As disciples, we commit to lives of complete obedience to His commandments and way of life. Not one of His teachings can be rationalized away. Every word He spoke and every action He took represents an aspect of how we are to live. Every passage of the Bible must be read through the lens of Jesus’ life, crucifixion and resurrection. While recognizing that we are graciously transformed by Jesus and the Spirit from the inside out, we commit to do our part within the framework of grace to follow Jesus as our moral model and to strive to be like Him in all ways. We will live as He lived, and seek to live out His central command concerning the life of discipleship: ‘love one another, just as I have loved you. The world will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another’ (John 13:34-35). As disciples of Jesus, we pledge to carry out the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Toward that end, we pledge to be a community of disciples who make disciples. We will go into our community, nation and world and invite persons into relationship with Christ, baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey all that Jesus commanded. Through the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God has broken into the world. As Jesus’ disciples, we are citizens of His Kingdom and are presently empowered to live out the values of His Kingdom. As followers of Jesus, we commit to lives of service, peace and love. We commit to allowing Jesus to make all things new within us and between us. We share the love of God with everyone, touching lives in our community, nation and world. We are committed to reaching others as Jesus did, meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of all people. As followers of Jesus Christ, we obey the call to go into the whole world to make disciples. We commit to being a church that seeks to reach others so they can know the joy of living with Jesus now and forever. As persons saved by love and grace, we vow to be agents of love and grace to others. We understand that nothing is beyond Him and no one is beyond His reach. We will reach out to others as Jesus did, by entering into the worlds of those around us and walking beside them, wherever they are and whatever they are going through. We will reach out in a manner that sees every person the way Jesus wished us to see them: as if the person before us was in fact Jesus himself (Matthew 25). We therefore acknowledge and affirm the dignity and worth of every person as a person made in the image of God, and agree to strive to make a difference in this world one life at a time, by offering grace, love, forgiveness, and restoration. We understand that this requires us to walk with patience, hope and love, and may require us to be in the company of people with whom we would not ordinarily associate and to go to places outside our comfort zones. As Jesus went to Samaria, so shall we. We will reach out to others just as Jesus did, meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of all people. We will work for the healing of persons, families, relationships and the world. We recognize that our work for the Kingdom requires that we engage in both evangelism and social action. We are to make disciples. Toward that end, we will follow up our evangelistic endeavors with spiritual life development and discipleship education. We will reach out to our community, nation and world. We will support efforts to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ, care for the sick, provide homes, food, clothing and medicine to the needy, and work for justice throughout the world. As citizens of the Kingdom, we commit to our brothers and sisters in Christ, wherever they may be. We build community through Bible study, fellowship, communion, prayer, service, worship, and small group ministry and are there for one another in both good times and bad. We are a community where people with diverse talents and gifts come together to make a difference for our world. We are dedicated to creating a sense of belonging. As we are all one in Christ Jesus, we support the uniqueness, worth and preciousness of each individual in the church community. We recognize that we are the Body of Christ, whose life we must embody in the world. Life as a disciple of Jesus means life in community. Jesus called to Himself a community of disciples who shared with one another, were available to one another and helped one another maintain their walk. His cry at the threshold of his arrest and crucifixion was that his followers be one (John 17). After Jesus ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost and gave birth to the Community of the Spirit. The early followers of Jesus lived in spirit-centered community that demonstrated the power of the Spirit to make straight all the crooked relationships of our lives. This spirit-centered community, or koinonia (koy –no-nee-ah), remains our goal for life together. We shall strive together to make it a reality in our midst. We covenant with one another to build community together through Bible study, fellowship, communion, prayer, service, worship, and small group ministry (Acts 2:42-47). We covenant with one another to live in unity and peace. We will strive to avoid disruption and disunity in the Body of Christ. We will endeavor to avoid discords and disputes over non-essential and secondary issues that often tear churches apart. If any one of us has a serious disagreement or problem with another one of us, we will work together toward reconciliation in the spirit of Christian love in a manner that preserves the unity of the church. We covenant with one another to respect the leaders of the church and the governing structure of our church, and to abide by the decisions made by those in leadership in accordance with that structure. We give permission to the pastor(s) and the officers of the church to hold us accountable to the provisions of this statement. We recognize that we are mutually available and accountable to one another. We agree that we will follow the Biblical model of watching over one another in love. We seek to discern God’ will together. As we do so, we affirm both the Old and New Testament scriptures as the inspired, authoritative word of God. We live as an expectant community. We expect that God will do and is doing great things in our midst. We live in hopeful expectation of the day of Christ’s return, and life in a heaven infused world. We accept and celebrate the diversity of people and spiritual gifts within our community. We acknowledge that these gifts have been given for the benefit of the community as a whole. We will encourage one another in the exercise of those gifts, and support one another in our ministry endeavors. We commit to creating a sense of belonging. We vow to be a people who care deeply for one another, in both good times and bad. We vow to be a community where no one gets left behind. If one of us stumbles and falls, the rest of us will strive to restore that person. If one of us is ever on the outside looking in, the rest of us will reach out to them and make sure they are included. We are a family, and every person who is willing to have a life-changing encounter with Christ is welcome to become a member of our family. We are all one in Christ Jesus and we vow to support the uniqueness, worth and preciousness of each individual in the Body of Christ. We believe in the equality of all members of the Body of Christ, and reject as un-biblical any effort to subordinate any class of persons in it to another (Galatians 3:28). We do not exist for our own benefit. We are to be a ‘lifehouse,’ and have been called together so that the world might see the light and life of Christ’s salvation. Consistent with our principle of reaching others with love and grace, we will turn our ears in sensitive listening to the world around us and seek to bring others into the light of Christ’s salvation. We will work on all levels of human life for reconciliation, justice, peace, and the welfare of all persons. Above all, we recognize that we are the Body of Christ, whose life we must embody in the world. Our arms must reach out to the world, our feet must travel into it, and our lips must proclaim the truth to it. As we Follow Jesus, Love others, and Build Community, it is up to us to bring hope to the world. MATTSAM SCHOOL,COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE PLEDGE
WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN HONOR CODE PLEDGE FOR ALL ENROLLED STUDENTS.

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MATTSAM WORLD MISSION PLEDGE We believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. As His followers we are called to live our lives as disciples and to make disciples. As disciples, we commit to lives of service, peace and love. We believe that Jesus is the revelation of God’s love to the world. He is Lord over all creation and the Savior who rescued us from sin, evil and death. He is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity (we believe in God as the Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit), who came to rescue humankind and restore us to our destiny in accordance with the plan of God that existed before time. We commit to Jesus as both Lord and Savior. We commit to a way of life that seeks to understand all things through the lens of His life, crucifixion and resurrection. We believe that after his resurrection, He ascended into heaven, and that one day He will return to take his Church as his Bride, make all things new, and bring ‘Heaven into the Real World.’ Those who have accepted His invitation to life will live and reign with him forever. Until that day comes, we believe that we have been called to live as disciples of Jesus. As disciples, we commit to lives of complete obedience to His commandments and way of life. Not one of His teachings can be rationalized away. Every word He spoke and every action He took represents an aspect of how we are to live. Every passage of the Bible must be read through the lens of Jesus’ life, crucifixion and resurrection. While recognizing that we are graciously transformed by Jesus and the Spirit from the inside out, we commit to do our part within the framework of grace to follow Jesus as our moral model and to strive to be like Him in all ways. We will live as He lived, and seek to live out His central command concerning the life of discipleship: ‘love one another, just as I have loved you. The world will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another’ (John 13:34-35). As disciples of Jesus, we pledge to carry out the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Toward that end, we pledge to be a community of disciples who make disciples. We will go into our community, nation and world and invite persons into relationship with Christ, baptize them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey all that Jesus commanded. Through the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God has broken into the world. As Jesus’ disciples, we are citizens of His Kingdom and are presently empowered to live out the values of His Kingdom. As followers of Jesus, we commit to lives of service, peace and love. We commit to allowing Jesus to make all things new within us and between us. We share the love of God with everyone, touching lives in our community, nation and world. We are committed to reaching others as Jesus did, meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of all people. As followers of Jesus Christ, we obey the call to go into the whole world to make disciples. We commit to being a church that seeks to reach others so they can know the joy of living with Jesus now and forever. As persons saved by love and grace, we vow to be agents of love and grace to others. We understand that nothing is beyond Him and no one is beyond His reach. We will reach out to others as Jesus did, by entering into the worlds of those around us and walking beside them, wherever they are and whatever they are going through. We will reach out in a manner that sees every person the way Jesus wished us to see them: as if the person before us was in fact Jesus himself (Matthew 25). We therefore acknowledge and affirm the dignity and worth of every person as a person made in the image of God, and agree to strive to make a difference in this world one life at a time, by offering grace, love, forgiveness, and restoration. We understand that this requires us to walk with patience, hope and love, and may require us to be in the company of people with whom we would not ordinarily associate and to go to places outside our comfort zones. As Jesus went to Samaria, so shall we. We will reach out to others just as Jesus did, meeting the spiritual, physical and emotional needs of all people. We will work for the healing of persons, families, relationships and the world. We recognize that our work for the Kingdom requires that we engage in both evangelism and social action. We are to make disciples. Toward that end, we will follow up our evangelistic endeavors with spiritual life development and discipleship education. We will reach out to our community, nation and world. We will support efforts to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ, care for the sick, provide homes, food, clothing and medicine to the needy, and work for justice throughout the world. As citizens of the Kingdom, we commit to our brothers and sisters in Christ, wherever they may be. We build community through Bible study, fellowship, communion, prayer, service, worship, and small group ministry and are there for one another in both good times and bad. We are a community where people with diverse talents and gifts come together to make a difference for our world. We are dedicated to creating a sense of belonging. As we are all one in Christ Jesus, we support the uniqueness, worth and preciousness of each individual in the church community. We recognize that we are the Body of Christ, whose life we must embody in the world. Life as a disciple of Jesus means life in community. Jesus called to Himself a community of disciples who shared with one another, were available to one another and helped one another maintain their walk. His cry at the threshold of his arrest and crucifixion was that his followers be one (John 17). After Jesus ascended into heaven, the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost and gave birth to the Community of the Spirit. The early followers of Jesus lived in spirit-centered community that demonstrated the power of the Spirit to make straight all the crooked relationships of our lives. This spirit-centered community, or koinonia (koy –no-nee-ah), remains our goal for life together. We shall strive together to make it a reality in our midst. We covenant with one another to build community together through Bible study, fellowship, communion, prayer, service, worship, and small group ministry (Acts 2:42-47). We covenant with one another to live in unity and peace. We will strive to avoid disruption and disunity in the Body of Christ. We will endeavor to avoid discords and disputes over non-essential and secondary issues that often tear churches apart. If any one of us has a serious disagreement or problem with another one of us, we will work together toward reconciliation in the spirit of Christian love in a manner that preserves the unity of the church. We covenant with one another to respect the leaders of the church and the governing structure of our church, and to abide by the decisions made by those in leadership in accordance with that structure. We give permission to the pastor(s) and the officers of the church to hold us accountable to the provisions of this statement. We recognize that we are mutually available and accountable to one another. We agree that we will follow the Biblical model of watching over one another in love. We seek to discern God’ will together. As we do so, we affirm both the Old and New Testament scriptures as the inspired, authoritative word of God. We live as an expectant community. We expect that God will do and is doing great things in our midst. We live in hopeful expectation of the day of Christ’s return, and life in a heaven infused world. We accept and celebrate the diversity of people and spiritual gifts within our community. We acknowledge that these gifts have been given for the benefit of the community as a whole. We will encourage one another in the exercise of those gifts, and support one another in our ministry endeavors. We commit to creating a sense of belonging. We vow to be a people who care deeply for one another, in both good times and bad. We vow to be a community where no one gets left behind. If one of us stumbles and falls, the rest of us will strive to restore that person. If one of us is ever on the outside looking in, the rest of us will reach out to them and make sure they are included. We are a family, and every person who is willing to have a life-changing encounter with Christ is welcome to become a member of our family. No exceptions. We are all one in Christ Jesus and we vow to support the uniqueness, worth and preciousness of each individual in the Body of Christ. We believe in the equality of all members of the Body of Christ, and reject as un-biblical any effort to subordinate any class of persons in it to another (Galatians 3:28). We do not exist for our own benefit. We are to be a ‘lifehouse,’ and have been called together so that the world might see the light and life of Christ’s salvation. Consistent with our principle of reaching others with love and grace, we will turn our ears in sensitive listening to the world around us and seek to bring others into the light of Christ’s salvation. We will work on all levels of human life for reconciliation, justice, peace, and the welfare of all persons. Above all, we recognize that we are the Body of Christ, whose life we must embody in the world. Our arms must reach out to the world, our feet must travel into it, and our lips must proclaim the truth to it. As we Follow Jesus, Love others, and Build Community, it is up to us to bring hope to the world. MATTSAM SCHOOL,COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE PLEDGE WE HAVE DEVELOPED AN HONOR CODE PLEDGE FOR ALL ENROLLED STUDENTS.