Commitments

COMMITMENTS

We are committed to CHILDREN. We realize that all children are uniquely created, so children need an education designed for them. Jesus welcomed all children and told us all to do the same.

We are committed to SCHOOL CHOICE. We believe that parents should be able to choose the best school for their child, and that choice shouldn’t be limited based on their zip code, family income, property taxes, race, ethnicity, or religion. We believe that this is a civil right, and will work to see our society embrace this value.

We are committed to REFUGEES and other marginalized people. We see that God favors the alien and the orphan and encourages us to welcome them.

We are committed to PARISH MINISTRY.  We recognize that God has placed us in Logan to be His salt and light in this community.  Therefore we view our immediate neighborhood as our parish, and our ministries are primarily focused on this neighborhood.

We are committed to INCARNATIONAL ministry.  By this we mean that we want to work, serve, and share our lives in the community in which we live.  We don't separate our life into sacred and secular components, nor do we separate our life in the school from our life in the community.

We are committed to MULTI-ETHNIC ministry.  We celebrate the different racial/ethnic backgrounds and experiences which God has given us.  No racial/ethnic group is looked down upon or in any way excluded from the life of the ministry; on the contrary, each culture contributes to the beautiful variety of expressions in our worship, service, and outreach.

We are committed to the DEVELOPMENT OF INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP.  We are training people from this community to take the leadership positions in the school and other ministries.

We are committed to MINISTER AMONG THE POOR.  We find that Scripture clearly places God on the side of the poor and oppressed.  We never want to lose the "Galilean" direction of Christ, who spent much of His time ministering among the poor, the hopeless, the outcasts, and those rejected by society.

We are committed to HOLISTIC ministry.  Our ministries are designed to meet the needs of the whole person.  We attempt to address, in addition to the spiritual needs, the physical, educational, emotional, social, employment, legal, housing, and health needs of people.

We are committed to RECONCILIATION and to the tearing down of the walls between people and God and between racial and ethnic groups, economic classes, and men and women.

We are committed to JUSTICE, both personal and structural.  We advocate on behalf of those who have been sinned against and harmed by injustices and who often have little or no other recourse.