The following describes the vision and calling that the Mansfield Gospel Assembly Church is built on, and which motivates and informs the teaching and culture of our church, its order, and the actions that calling compels
OUR VISION and CALLING
We are Preparing a Garner and Building an Ark
- By building a tower; a city set on a hill with an unobstructed view of God’s word and God’s work
- By building a haven of rest and rescue for the souls of men
- By reaching those captive in sin and those imprisoned by religion, whether pseudo-Christian or pagan
- By building a place of training and development for the preparation of the Bride of Christ
We are Seeking the Truth rather than Settling on Tradition
- By uncovering the primitive and perfect truth of the word of God
- By being anchored to and established on unmovable foundational truth
- By building on a spiritual threshing floor of doctrinal discussion rather than a man-made tower of tradition
- By developing a taste for the truth in those without the church
- By developing a hunger for more of the truth among those within
- By prioritizing a teaching ministry and producing teaching materials
We are Seeking to Walk in the Path of Righteousness
- By holding a standard of righteousness unbent and unbowed to the pressure and preference of the times
- By maintaining external standards that express our internal standards
- By practicing and propagating holiness without and within
- By presenting an immovable example of spiritual integrity in a day of moral inconstancy
We are Seeking to Develop the Spirit of Christ
- By living out the principles of the personality of Christ
- By striving for a will surrendered to God and a spirit of self-sacrificial love
- By fully producing the fruits of the Spirit
We are Seeking to Restore the Church and Complete the Bride Company
- By holding fast to an unwavering and unfailing vision
- By maintaining a spiritually awakened awareness to the conditions and climate of the church and world
- By preemptive spiritual and natural preparation
- By developing a strong sensitivity and responsiveness to the Spirit
- By sustaining a Spirit driven motivation for more of God in truth, in deed, and in power
- By inspiring and exhorting the Body towards the final production of the Bride company
We are Striving to Present the Full and Entire Gospel Message
- To call the lost out of the world of sin
- To call the children of God out of Babylon
- To call the Body of Christ to produce the Bride