We at Sturgis Church of Christ place a high value on families and believe that family is very important. In fact, we are convinced that God created the family with our mission as its primary purpose. As a result, we strive to be a church-family that has healthy marriages, dedicated parents, committed individuals and purpose driven lives. Our leaders are eager to assist you in these areas and want to be of service to you and your family.
In order to fulfill our mission, we believe that we must work toward developing five principles within the church, as well as our own families.
These five principals reveal our vision for the Sturgis Church of Christ.
A Family Whose Foundation is Christ – This church loves the Lord, His word and His mission. As believers, we will seek to build our lives, private and public, on the foundation of Jesus. All plans, every thought and conversation, and every relationship will be tempered with this truth.
A Family that Loves One Another –We have a responsibility to help our brethren (John 13:34-35; 17:20-21; Gal. 6:1-5). Like the early church that we read about in our New Testament, we will be a church that will submit to our leaders, carry each other’s unbearable-loads, and help each other turn away from sin. We all need help in our walk, and this aid is seen in the relationship we have one to another. We see ourselves encouraging one another one-on-one, strengthening each with godly reminders, exhorting each other toward edification, and reproving each other towards holiness.
A Family that is Devoted to Spiritual Growth– As Christians, we will be a church that continually gives ourselves to “growing up” into the image of Jesus (Eph. 4:11-16). Each member and/or family will be fully devoted to spiritual maturation. We aim to be strong and stable in Jesus’ words and guidance. We feel that our families, thus the church, can be made complete or whole with God’s word.
A Family that Embraces Responsibility –We strive to be a church that includes every member, making every member matter (Eph. 2:10; 4:11-15; Rom. 12:1-8). This will be seen from spiritual formation, utilizing giftedness, discovery of kingdom “niches”, evangelizing communities/neighborhoods, being good stewards, giving back to our community, given to hospitality, and serving others. Each member will have a meaningful role in the church.
A Family that Reproduces Disciples –The purpose of this church is to make disciples, that is, apprentices of Jesus. We believe that every Christian is responsible for helping in this cause, to the extent where each Christian is enabling and assisting other people to grow in Christ in a personal way.