Huron & Southeastern Baptist Associations
Friday, September 10, 2010

Vision, Mission & Core Values

VISION STATEMENT

We envision the Huron Baptist Association intentionally . . .
  • Starting new churches that are contextually relevant;
  • Linking together for cooperative evangelism and mission activity;
  • Providing training for our local churches to assist them in developing fully committed followers of Jesus Christ;
  • Working together as sister churches and in partnerships to accomplish the association’s goals and objectives;
  • Creatively designing systems and structures that will allow the association to meet the changing needs of our member churches;
  • Fostering a kindred spirit among our churches, focusing on Kingdom priorities.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Huron Baptist Association exists to empower its network of cooperative churches for the starting and development of healthy, reproducing churches that fulfill God’s purpose.

CORE VALUES

  • New churches
  • Evangelism & Missions
  • Training/Teaching
  • Working Together
  • Originality & Excellence
  • Relevance
  • Kindred Spirit

  • New Churches - We believe that every individual should have the opportunity to hear and respond to the gospel of Jesus Christ. In order to facilitate this, we will engage in the process of church starting in all places with all possible races (Matt. 28:18-20; John 3:16; Acts 1:8; Acts 16:9-10; Rom. 1:16; 2 Cor. 5:20; Isaiah 56:3-8)
  • Evangelism & Missions - People matter to God therefore, they should matter to us. Evangelism and missions are of utmost importance (Matt. 28:18-20)(Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 16:9-10; Isaiah 56:3-8)
  • Training/Teaching - The Association will help strengthen and assist associational churches in their development of mature disciples of Jesus Christ. (Eph. 4:11-13)
  • Working Together - We value cooperation. Realizing we can accomplish much more together than separately we value our relationships. Unity and cooperation should characterize the relationship between sister churches in the Association and with those of like faith throughout the nation and the world (Acts 2:44-47) We also value networking, the fostering of partnerships among churches and individuals; Linking needs with resources; Communicating for rapid response and beneficial assistance. (Psalm 133:1; Eph. 4:1-3)
  • Originality & Excellence - We value innovation & excellence. We value creativity through a pioneering spirit. This necessitates the reformation of structure and strategy to meet the changing needs of members (Isaiah 43:19; Mark 2:22). We value excellence, reaching for high standards of quality in all that we do. Our goal is to serve our churches and individuals with reliability and integrity; providing quality resources using state of the art technology; maximizing ministry and minimizing maintenance.
  • Relevance - We value diversity and cultural relevance. Approaching ministry from a culturally relevant, Biblical base; Relying on prayer, research, contextual awareness and sensitivity to needs; Taking risks with faith and innovation, rejoicing that God created different people and churches for His glory. We value cultural diversity, celebrating the intergenerational multi-culturalism of our context; affirming various worship styles and ministry structures; embracing the varied methods of God’s activity. (Acts 2:7-11; John 10:16)
  • Kindred Spirit - We value the Koinonia of believers with Jesus Christ. We value a unity among our churches as we relate to one another in a spirit of love, focusing together on Kingdom priorities (1 Cor. 1:9).