Our Mission:
The following is the Mission statement of the denomination, of the Maumee Watershed District and of our own local church.
The Denomination:
We are the people of the United Methodist church
- We believe in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world
- We live by two kinds of holiness
- personal
- social
- We follow three simple rules
- do no harm
- do good
- stay in love with God
- We work in four areas of focus
- developing leaders
- creating places for new people
- elimination poverty
- improving health globally
Maumee Watershed District:
- Our Mission: To help congregations and community ministries make disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the world
- Our Vision: We follow 3 simple rules: Do no harm, Do good and Stay in love with God
- Our Desires: To be scripturally sound, to be culturally relevant, to be interconnected, interdependent and outreaching.
- Our Focus: We work in four areas of focus
- developing leaders
- creating places for new people
- eliminating poverty
- improving health globally
Portage Christ: As a congregation, our mission is to be:
Christian servants, United in Mission to the Church and World
- We live out this calling through Five practices of fruitful Congregations:
- Radical Hospitality
- Passionate Worship
- Intentional Faith Development
- Risk-taking Mission and Service
- Extravagant generosity