Values

Our Values

• We value the pursuit of God. We are hungry to know God’s presence, hear His voice and

follow after Him. (Psalms 63:1-3)

• We value Christ-likeness. We desire that through the power of the Holy Spirit who reveals to

us the Spirit of Truth, Jesus’ love, mercy, grace, truth, purity, power, and integrity would

shine through all that we are and do. (Ephesians 5:1,2)

• We value being Spirit-led. We honor Jesus as our Head and the Holy Spirit as our Counselor.

We seek to be responsive to the Holy Spirit in life and ministry. (Ephesians 5:25)

• We value Prayer. We believe that prayer is essential because it is our primary means of

communion with God and because it is God’s primary means of accomplishing His purposes

in the world.

• We value discipleship. We aim first to grow as disciples of Christ ourselves and then to make

disciples of others. (Matthew 28: 18-20)

• We value the mercy and grace of God. We believe that mercy and grace are fundamental

to all that God does in salvation. We therefore aim to extend mercy and grace to one another

and to all we may minister to. (Colossians 3:12-13)

• We value integrity. It is important to us to speak the truth, deal honestly, and live uprightly.

(Ephesians 4:15)

• We value servant leadership. We believe that Christ has put significant leadership authority

in the hands of the pastors. We aim to exercise that authority with humility, selflessness,

grace, care for the sheep, and sincere desire to build up the Body of Christ. (Galatians 5:13)

• We value the individual. We strongly feel that every individual is personally known and loved

by God, and is, therefore, worthy of our love, respect and attention. We believe that each

person is uniquely created and gifted by God, and placed by Him in the Body of Christ where

their capabilities can be of maximum benefit to themselves and to the whole Church.

• We value unity. We are convinced that all who belong to Christ are one in His Body, the Holy

Spirit, and the church. We aim to maintain unity by honoring all who call on Jesus’ name and

by seeking reconciliation with all parts of the church. (John 17: 21-23; Acts 4:12)

• We value relationships. We are honored by every person that God adds to Calvary Chapel

Manhattan. We aim to work together to build the church through maintaining mutual respect,

open communication, determined cooperation, and believing and speaking the best about

each other. (I Corinthians 13: 4-7)

• We value reality. We aim to walk in the Spirit and see real supernatural works of God. We

aim also to function on the natural plane based on God’s leading in conjunction with excellent

rational thinking. (James 1:5)

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