SHARED LAWNMOWER
We believe that God’s work is never confined to one church or organization. “Sharing the lawn mower” means intentionally partnering across the body of Christ — sharing resources, prayer, and people wherever God is already at work.
We practice this by:
- Regularly connecting with leaders across churches to discern where God is moving and how we can join Him.
- Encouraging Formation members to serve and participate in the ministries of other churches.
- Collaborating on programs, conferences, and workshops that build up the wider body of Christ.
We listen first, share freely, and partner generously — because the Kingdom grows when the Church moves together.
RAISING IDENTITY & CALLING
To “raise” someone means to lift them into who God designed them to be. We believe every person has a divine purpose — a calling to walk fully in God’s design and share it with the world.
Two areas we emphasize are Career and Love:
Career
Discovering calling through four questions of formation:
- What are you good at? (the gifts of God)
- What are you passionate about? (the heart of God)
- What does the world need? (the service of God)
- What can you be compensated to do? (the provision of God)
Love
Healthy relationships begin long before marriage. We teach restoration and alignment with God’s design early — reconnecting people, especially young women and future parents, to their identity in Christ.
We emphasize:
- Fathers teaching daughters their worth in Christ.
- Women defining what godly partnership looks like before dating or marriage.
- Men honoring and supporting women in their spiritual journey.
Scriptural foundations:
- Galatians 3:28 — “There is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.”
- Romans 16:7 — Junia, a female apostle.
- John 11:25–27 — Martha, the first to hear Jesus declare He is the resurrection and the life.
- John 4:10 — The Samaritan woman, the first to hear Jesus reveal Himself as living water.
- Acts 2:17–18 — Daughters and sons prophesy together in the early Church.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2–5 — Mutual honor, equality, and consent in marriage.
We raise identity and calling because God calls every person — male and female — to reflect His image and bring His love to the world.
LOVE FIRST
We believe that truth is best received when it begins with love. The Church’s voice should reflect the heart of Christ — not fear, defensiveness, or judgment, but compassion, courage, and grace.
To love first means:
- Leading with empathy, not argument.
- Listening before responding.
- Seeking to understand the heart behind opposing views.
- Testing every belief or desire against the question:
“Does this fulfill God’s best for your life?”
Even when we disagree, we choose to love. We intercede for others, lay their stories before Jesus, and seek restoration and redemption rather than division.
We also believe in the power of story — because stories open hearts where arguments cannot.
“God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them… There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear.”— 1 John 4:16–21