Them: "Jesus Our Cornerstone"

(Ephesians 2:2)

Now that you are a member of Victory Christian Fellowship, the Church on the Rock, we would love to share with you the reason why we exist as a Body of Christ. We believe the church of Christ was founded not to build monuments but to make disciple of all nations.

By the grace of God we exist:

1. To make Christ the son of the living God known to the world
2. To proclaim the day of the Lord's favor
3. To challenge the world to accept God's Son, and
4. To equip the saints in Sound Biblical Teaching for works of righteousness.

The church of the Lord Jesus Christ is the greatest institution that the world has ever known. Christ established it during his personal ministry, and he is its Head (Matt. 16:18; Eph. 5:23' Col. 1:18). He promised that he would be with it through the ages and that the gates of hell should not prevail against it (Matt. 16:18; 28:20). To it he gave the Great Commission and the ordinances, and for it he went to the cross (Matt. 28:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; Eph. 5:25). He loved the church, and he wants his churches to honor and glorify him as his representatives of the earth (Eph. 3:21; 5:25-27).

The Lord's churches have the greatest task ever assigned to any individual or group in the history of the world - to carry the glorious gospel of Christ the Savior to every nation and tongue. No other commission like that has ever been given or will ever be given. In carrying out this world, the churches have done more for the world than all the governments ever organized, all the other institutions ever established, or all the armies ever assembled. World history has ever been changed by the work of Christ through his churches.

Membership also brings us great opportunities. These include opportunity for fellowship in the finest company that can be found and opportunity for Christian growth, development, and training through the various departments of church organization. We have opportunity for Christian service through the church in the name of Christ to those at home and around the globe. Where else can we find such opportunities to live for God and our fellow men?

Membership places upon us an inescapable obligation: an obligation to make the church and its work first in our lives; an obligation to use our time and our talents for the glory of God; an obligation to support the work of the church with our presence, our influence, and our means.   

Churches are never stronger than their membership; and a membership of worldly, careless, negligent, stunted Christians will prevent a church from accomplishing much for the Lord. There is need for every member to be consecrated, trained, and enlisted in active service. We are under obligation to be the very best members possible under the leading of the Lord.