What’s the Big Deal About A Trinitarian Mission?

Embracing a Trinitarian mission is a sacred invitation from God who reveals Himself In stereo: God the Father is the person of grace and compassion; God the Son is the person of personal encounter that is source of salvation and transformation; God the Holy Spirit (not it), which is the person who fills each believer with the power to be a witness and to live out the mission of the King! Three distinct persons who are ONE invites New Hope Fellowship to participate in God’s redemption both locally (in our Parish Community), and internationally through the shed blood and glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Our church has been invited to spread the whole Gospel and to be disciples who intentionally in a relational context make other disciples This means that every person in New Hope Fellowship is on the journey of recovery (sanctification) ,and is called to support and participate in the community life of the church beginning in their Jerusalem (Households), being the hands and feet of Christ “right here” in El Dorado has we unleash compassion and Radical Hospitality. We are committed to extend the Life, Love, and Power of Jesus Christ to our neighbors.

New Hope Fellowship Exists to be

· Engaged by grace from the Father in offering Radical Hospitality

· Equipping intentionally & relationally as modeled by the Son of God for others to be Full -Fledged followers who are making other followers

· Empowered by the Holy Spirit to unleash compassion both locally and internationally

CORE VALUES

We are a community of imperfect people who are in process of discovering walking in our Purpose in Christ and becoming obedient followers in Christ who are making a difference in El Dorado County … One Life at a Time!

We believe that they are the future of the church today. It is our commitment to make this our highest value in our church understanding that every child and young adult have a God-Given destiny that we must intentionally cultivate and nurture for the expansion of the kingdom of God.

In all of our preaching and teaching of God’s Word it is our desire to always finish with the thought: “In light of God’s Word how shall we live?”

Our vision is to make disciples, and this is the determining factor in everything we do. Most churches make it one of many emphases, hoping disciple making will take place by osmosis. At New Hope, however, if an activity does not contribute to making disciples, it takes a backseat

Every meeting and every time we gather we take time to speak life to other people. This shapes our culture as being one of always building other people up because they are God’s Masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10).

New Hope makes disciples in a relational context. That means making disciples in small groups or in any context in which transactional relationship takes place. We will equip through classes which is the giving of information for equipping, but discipleship takes place in the transaction of people doing life together.

Our Unity is everything and we are committed to contending for this unity as we agree to live with our Covenant and our stated rules of engagement that creates a culture of Honor in which every person is treated with dignity and respect. Our consistently practicing communion is a form of Celebration and spiritual warfare that allows every person at the table to be free from bitterness, offense, and unforgiveness.

We are committed to prayer as a community. Prayer is the declaration of our dependency of the power of Christ. Prayer will be the hallmark of what we do along with our worship. We embrace that worship is a lifestyle that is evidenced by our obedience to Christ.

We are committed to ministry being that of every person using their spiritual gifts to minister to others. Spiritual gifts build up others and offer the Holy Spirit to work in and through people to see them more fully equipped to be more obedient followers of Jesus Christ who are fully empowered to be witnesses for Christ.

We are committed to have fun with people on our journey together because this is healthy. Laughter is important to how we do life together understanding that it is always to benefit and build others up.

We believe that all of us are on the journey of recovery in which we are being set free from those Hurts, habits, and hang-ups that keep us from being emotionally and spiritually healthy as well being a fully obedient follower of Christ for the sake of others. We do not simply have a ministry of recovery but instead we have a Culture of Recovery that gives no permission for an “Us” versus “Them” perspective to take root. There is just “Us” together getting free by the grace and truth of Jesus Christ!

We embrace a parish model of ministry in which we serve the people in our surrounding community. Our passionate heart is for the Lord to give us one more. It is from our ministering to a parish that we are able to unleash compassion in the name of Christ for them to experience the life, love, and power of Christ.

We are passionate about helping people discovering their place on the team. All ministry that is birthed and nurtured is in the context of a team. We have one goal at New Hope … winning. Winning is defined as making disciples who are like Christ. Every person is important and has value because they are essential with their gifts and passion to seeing us together live out the Mission of Christ.

We understand that excellence is not the pursuit of perfection but instead we desire to represent the King to His glory by having a standard that honors God and honors people

In today’s rapidly changing world, forms and methods must be continually evaluated, and if necessary, altered to fit new life situations. While proven techniques should not be discarded impulsively, we encourage creativity and innovation, flexibility and adaptability. We are more concerned with effectiveness in impacting people’s lives for the mission of Christ rather than adherence to tradition.