Today, the Western church seems to be caught in an irresolvable tension between being appealing while also being a discipline ... d and discipling community. While we affirm the church's desire to be warm and welcoming, we also desire a church community capable of confronting principalities and powers; a community that serves as an effective witness to God’s vision to transform all things. This vision, and our own experiences with Christ’s transforming love, carry us into three tiers of work, as expressed in our mission statement: Christ’s transforming love compels us to cross cultures engage the world and make disciples of Jesus read more