Jesus is our example, teacher, friend, redeemer, and Lord. He is the source of our life, the central reference point for our faith and lifestyle, for our understanding of assembly and our engagement with society. We are committed to following Jesus as well as worshipping him.
Jesus is the focal point of God’s revelation. We are committed to a Jesus-centered approach to the Bible, and to the community of faith as the primary context in which we read the Bible and discern and apply its implications for discipleship.
Western culture is slowly emerging from the Christendom era, when church and state jointly presided over a society in which almost all were assumed to be Christian. Whatever its positive contributions on values and institutions, Christendom seriously distorted the gospel, marginalized Jesus, and has left the churches ill equipped for mission to a post-Christendom culture. As we reflect on this, we are committed to learning from the experience and perspectives of movements such as Anabaptism that rejected standard Christendom assumptions and pursued alternative ways of thinking and behaving.
The frequent association of the church with status, wealth, and force is inappropriate for followers of Jesus and damages our witness. We are committed to exploring ways of being good news to the poor, powerless, and persecuted, aware that such discipleship may attract opposition, resulting in suffering and sometimes ultimately martyrdom.
Churches are called to be committed communities of discipleship and mission, places of friendship, mutual accountability, and multivoiced worship. As we eat together, sharing bread and wine, we sustain hope as we seek God’s kingdom together. We are committed to nurturing and developing such churches, in which young and old are valued, leadership is consultative, roles are related to gifts rather than gender, and baptism is for believers.
Spirituality and economics are interconnected. In an individualist and consumerist culture and in a world where economic injustice is rife, we are committed to finding ways of living simply, sharing generously, caring for creation, and working for justice.
Peace is at the heart of the gospel. As followers of Jesus in a divided and violent world, we are committed to finding nonviolent alternatives and to learning how to make a peace between individuals, within and among churches, in society, and between nations.
Narrowway is an exclusive out reach, we are an ecclesia as it was, led as it is as spirit led truth seeking to live faith. Body are people their are no external temples, we refer to as the temple of God, but the people he lives in, is our faith. it is not a career religion, mission for money or fame gathering we work as the body for our and through his Son and in the power of his spirit... It is a relationship! , were pray for the deep demise and free fall estate of our culture which is become morally bankrupt in rage of both drug addiction corruption., And or any occult practices, Greed, and massive crime issues are growing, Our love extends to them all as we hope that they may see what real faith is, and the real author God of salvation, thus giving discernment and wisdom to his people. Free from being compromised in the fallen culture. He does no need a whole lot of external help in being God, And that he has made request through his son grace is offered to all those whom he draws to himself , not by what we have done or do or will do, but by free grace from him alone...
NW
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