Our Mission: To Make More and Better Disciples
The Call of Jesus is a Call to
The Call of Jesus is a Call to
Disciples
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. —Luke 9:23 (ESV)
Disciples
“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer
To Take Up Our Cross Means:
1. To Lay Down Our
2. To Give Our Lives to
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God–this is your spiritual act of worship. —Romans 12:1 (NIV)
“If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him”. - CT Studd
3. To
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. —Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
Taking up your cross means: saying
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.” —Jim Elliot
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. —Luke 9:24 (ESV)