Vision of the Church:

The Vision is our original instructions from God.  From the Heart Church Ministries®  is called to be a Philippian church and our vision is to:

(1) Love God, which means we have a true relationship with Him through His son, Jesus Christ, and we are seeking His Will, not His benefits.  When we love God, we want to know His ways and we seek to please Him.  When we love God, we will keep His commandments (John 14:15) and the more we love Him, the more His Word means in our lives.

(2) Hate sin, which means we have a desire to root out sin in our lives and the lives of others. Sin is an act against God and His Word. When we hate sin, we do not hate the person practicing sin but instead we hate the devastation of what sin causes.  When we hate sin, we will not allow it in our lives and we seek to help others to rid it from their lives also.

(3) Love to give, which means we give of ourselves spiritually, administratively and financially to the glory and honor of God and the destruction of the works of the devil. We love to give because we know God has given each of us a share, a part that we must share with others, that is important, sufficient and necessary because it is valuable to God.  We love to give because our love for God compels us to give to others. 

Plan of the Church:

The Plan is how we plan to accomplish the vision.  The plan of From the Heart is to:

(1) Preach the Gospel, which means we have a correct interpretation of what God says.  When the Word of God is preached at our church, the teaching is extracted from the rightly divided Word of God.  The accurately preached Word of God has been a catalyst for change, growth and spiritual maturity at From the Heart and we take it very seriously. We all preach the Word through our lifestyle, by living a life that glorifies God and makes Jesus irresistible to the unsaved.

(2) Build the Infrastructure, which means all church functions help eradicate member needs so that all believers that are with one accord would not suffer lack in any area of their life. The infrastructure of From the Heart is how we care for our members administratively, spiritually and financially.

(3) Reform the Church, which means God has called this local church to be at the forefront of the reformation of the Church universal. In reforming the Church, our local church is to be an example to believers of what God originally instructed the Body of Christ to be and to do.  It is through our Excellence of Ministry® that we strive to be the best we can be and do the best we can do according to the Word of God.

Motivation of the Church:

The motivation is why we are carrying out the plan.  The general motivation of From the Heart is LOVE.  Everything we do is motivated out the fact that God has called us as Christians, to love one another.  Our motivation is to:

(1) Seek and Save the Lost, which means we preach Jesus to all who are without Him.  When we seek and save the lost, we are no respecter of persons in who and how we share the Gospel.  We know that anyone who does not know the Savior is lost and we do not hide the Gospel from the lost.

(2) Destroy the works of the devil, which means we do not participate in any unrighteousness and have made a decision to pull away from the world’s system of doing things.  We know that as Christians we are to love not the world, neither the things that are in the world including the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye and the pride of life. (I John 2:15-16)

(3) Leave a deposit for the next generation, which means we want to replenish the earth and leave a ministry that will stand the test of time and live beyond our natural lives.  We leave a deposit for the next generation when we are an example to them of how to live a faithful and committed life in Christ Jesus.