{"id":6711,"date":"2018-02-21T20:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T20:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2018-02-21T21:19:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T21:19:43","slug":"what-are-your-core-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mexicomatters.org\/what-are-your-core-values\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Your “Core Values?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

We just completed a 15-week study on the church’s doctrinal statement, and are now transitioning into a series on the church’s core values. Here they are! Talking about #1 on Sunday. (Documento en espa\u00f1ol abajo)<\/p>\n

1. LOVE<\/strong>: Love is our principle value. When someone visits a Sendero<\/em> church, they will experience an environment of acceptance, friendliness and support. Very related with the concept of love is the word \u201cgrace.\u201d Grace is an attitude of humility, gentleness and generosity.<\/p>\n

Colossians 3:12-14 describes this attitude like this: \u201cTherefore, as God\u2019s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The love towards God and towards our neighbor is the first and second commandment. We may err in our administration, style of worship, organization of finances and methodology, but we will not fail in showing the love of God to those that attend church.<\/p>\n

2. GOOD NEWS and GOOD WORKS:<\/strong> The gospel, which says that there is no condemnation in Jesus Christ, is very good news for the human being. Although the message of God implies that there is bad news, very bad news (we are condemned because of our sins), our message is fundamentally positive. God loves you, extravagantly; God has shown this love for you on the cross of Calvary.<\/p>\n

Understanding and accepting this message, our purpose is to live a life of good deeds, our hearts full of gratitude for the immense love of God. The good deeds describe, for the most part, our lives of disciple. We live so that our good deeds give glory to the father (Mat 5: 13-16).<\/p>\n

3. CHRISTIAN LIBERTY: <\/strong>We always seek to maintain a posture of freedom, avoiding at all costs legalism on one side and cheap grace on the other. We preach principles and precepts, not a list of \u201cyes\u2019s\u201d and \u201cno\u2019s.\u201d We seek that each believer be able to think for him\/herself, being guided by the Word of God and the council of the brothers and sisters. \u00a0We want mature disciples, not conforming and ignorant soldiers. We seek lives of holiness, but also a life that can have impact on its environment, not removing ourselves from this world, retreating to a Christian subculture that quickly becomes sub-Christian.<\/p>\n

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  1. HOLISTIC, INTEGRATED OUTREACH:<\/strong> If faith only is valuable on Sundays, it\u2019s worth very little. We seek to give testimony of the love of God in creative and un-creative ways, in special and common ways, using diverse means and activities to extend the kingdom of God and see growth and discipleship in His church, every day of the week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a05. <\/strong>TOTAL INVOLVEMENT: <\/strong>The church does not belong to a group of select few which are especially gifted to do ministry. The church is all of us, and each one has a special place and a responsibility to be effective in their ministry. We do not focus solely on the \u201cgifts\u201d mentioned in the Bible, but we encourage the brothers to do what they know, what they like to do, to invest their lives in whichever accepted Biblical way to minister to His church and in that way, to their God.<\/p>\n

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    EN ESPA\u00d1OL<\/p>\n

    Valores Sobresalientes<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u00bfQu\u00e9 distingue a Sendero de Vida de otras iglesias cristianas?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. AMOR<\/strong> Amor es nuestro valor principal. Cuando alguien visita una iglesia Sendero, debe experimentar un ambiento de aceptaci\u00f3n, amabilidad y apoyo.\u00a0\u00a0 Muy relacionada con el concepto del amor es la palabra \u201cgracia\u201d.\u00a0 Gracia es una actitud de humildad, gentileza y generosidad.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Colosenses 3:12 describe esa atm\u00f3sfera\u00a0 as\u00ed:<\/p>\n

      \u201cPor tanto, como escogidos de Dios, santos y amados, vest\u00edos de profunda compasi\u00f3n, de benignidad, de humildad, de mansedumbre y de paciencia,\u00a0 soport\u00e1ndoos los unos a los otros y perdon\u00e1ndoos los unos a los otros, cuando alguien tenga queja del otro. De la manera que el Se\u00f1or os perdon\u00f3, as\u00ed tambi\u00e9n hacedlo vosotros.\u00a0 Pero sobre todas estas cosas, vest\u00edos de amor, que es el v\u00ednculo perfecto.\u201d<\/p>\n

      El amor hacia Dios y hacia nuestro pr\u00f3jimo es el primer y segundo mandamiento.\u00a0\u00a0 Podemos fallar en nuestra administraci\u00f3n, estilo de alabanza, organizaci\u00f3n de finanzas y metodolog\u00eda, pero no debemos fallar en reflejar el amor de Dios a los que se congregan en la iglesia.<\/p>\n

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      1. BUENAS NUEVAS Y BUENAS OBRAS<\/strong> El evangelio, que dice que no hay condenaci\u00f3n en Jesucristo, son muy buenas noticias para el ser humano. Aunque el mensaje de Dios tiene implicado que hay malas noticas, y muy malas (estamos condenados por nuestros pecados), nuestro mensaje es fundamentalmente positivo.\u00a0 Dios te ama, con extravagancia.\u00a0 Dios ha mostrado por ti ese amor en la cruz del Calvario.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Y entendiendo y aceptando ese mensaje, nuestro prop\u00f3sito es vivir una vida de buenas obras, nuestros corazones llenos de gratitud por el tremendo amor de Dios.\u00a0 Las buenas obras describen, en gran parte, nuestra vida de discipulado.\u00a0 Vivimos para que nuestras buenas obras den gloria al Padre (Mat. 5:13-16).<\/p>\n

        3. LIBERTAD<\/strong> Buscamos siempre mantener una postura de libertad, evitando a toda costa el legalismo por un lado y el libertinaje por el otro.\u00a0\u00a0 Predicamos principios y preceptos, no tanto una lista de \u201cS\u00ed\u2019s\u201d y \u201cNo\u2019s\u201d.\u00a0 Buscamos que cada creyente piense por s\u00ed mismo, guiado por la palabra de Dios y el consejo de los hermanos.\u00a0\u00a0 Queremos disc\u00edpulos maduros, no soldados conformistas e ignorantes.\u00a0 Buscamos una vida de santidad, pero tambi\u00e9n una vida que puede tener un impacto en su entorno, no quit\u00e1ndonos del mundo, retir\u00e1ndonos a una subcultura cristiana que pronto deja de ser muy cristiana.<\/p>\n

        4. ALCANCE INTEGRAL<\/strong> Si la fe solamente sirve los domingos, vale muy poco. Buscamos dar testimonio del amor de Dios en forma creativa y no creativa, en forma especial y cotidiana, usando medios y actividades diversas para extender el reino de Dios y ver crecimiento y discipulado en Su Iglesia, cada d\u00eda de la semana.<\/p>\n

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        1. INVOLUCRAMIENTO TOTAL<\/strong> La iglesia no pertenece a un grupo selectivo de unos pocos que son especialmente dotados para hacer el ministerio. La iglesia somos todos, y cada uno tiene un lugar y una responsabilidad de efectuar su ministerio.\u00a0 No nos enfoquemos \u00fanicamente en los \u201cdones\u201d mencionados en la Biblia, sino animemos a los hermanos a hacer lo que saben,\u00a0 lo que les gusten hacer, a invertir sus vidas en cualquier forma b\u00edblicamente aceptada para ministrar a Su iglesia y as\u00ed, a su Dios.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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