Mission Statement

The mission of Providence Bible Church, by God’s grace, is to magnify the name of Christ in the city by loving Him and sharing His love with all people.

Our Ten Core Values

1. God Exalting

Providence will seek as its all-encompassing goal to exalt God in everything. According to the Scripture, all of our life is to be spent in magnifying the excellencies of God (I Cor. 10:31).

Romans 11:36 “For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.”

2. Scripture Saturated

Providence will strive to permeate all of the aspects of the ministry with the truth of God’s revealed Word. God lovingly chose to give us all that we need for life and godliness (II Peter 1:3) through the Scriptures. Because it is God’s revelation to us, we will seek to impress the importance of absolute submission to all it teaches.

II Peter 1:3-4 “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.”

3. Gospel Centered

Providence believes the Gospel message is that Jesus Christ came to earth, died by giving Himself as a sacrifice for our sins, and rose again to conquer sin and death. An individual is saved by the power of Christ when he repents of his sin and puts his complete faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. The job of the church is to aggressively proclaim this good news to all the world (Mt. 28:19-20).

I Cor. 1:30-31 “He is the source of your life in Christ Jesus, whom God made our wisdom and our righteousness and sanctification and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.””

4. Life Building

Providence will place a major emphasis on encouraging and equipping believers to grow in their Christian life (II Tim. 2:2). Following the model of the early church, we will endeavor to promote and honor the values that they evidenced: dedicated to Bible teaching, committed to fellowship, observing the Lord’s table, prayer, sharing of possessions, gathering with other believers, praise, and evangelism (Acts 2:42-47). We will provoke one another to love and good works (Heb. 10:24).

Acts 2:42-47 “42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”

5. Prayer Empowered

Providence will seek to show our dependence upon God for everything by having an intentional prayer focus. The prayer life of the New Testament church was vibrant. Prayer was part of the breath of the early saints (Rom. 12:12). They turned their anxieties into prayer and saw the guarding influence of the peace of God in their lives (Phil. 4:6). God tells us in His Word that He answers prayer (Luke 11:9-10).

Hebrews 4:16 “Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

6. Culturally Engaged

Providence realizes that God has called us to reach people in a certain culture. We view ourselves as missionaries within a culture. On the one hand, we do not seek to retreat from culture. On the other hand, we are not seeking to accommodate to the culture so that we lose our distinctiveness and our message. We realize that there are positive, neutral and negative aspects of all cultures and we will seek to engage the culture without compromise in its wholesome aspects. To promote this in our congregation, we will study the culture to better understand how people think, act, and live. Then, we will labor to show how Christ answers the questions that this culture has about life.

John 17:14-15 “14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.”

7. Compassionately Serving

Providence places a high value on serving people in need and thus showing the love of Christ. Scripture regularly exhorts us to care for the poor (Prov. 19:17), to help the under-privileged, and to love the unlovely (Luke 6:31-36). We believe this is a necessary part of discipleship in the life of the believer. Our Lord said the greatest commands in Scripture are to love God and love our neighbors (Mt. 22:37-40).

Matthew 22:37-40 “37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”

8. Missions Focused

Providence places a high value on missions. When Christ left the earth, He commanded us to take His message to all people (Mt. 28:19-20). This mission was embraced by the apostles and continues to this day. We embrace the commission to spread the gospel to all people. We desire to be involved in planting churches locally, nationally, and internationally.

Matthew 28:19-20 “19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

9. Leader Guided

Providence places a high value on spiritual leadership. When God sought to accomplish His will on earth, He worked through godly men and women to work out His plan. Leadership is very important to God and so it is very important to us. Christ was the perfect example of leadership in showing that a true leader serves those he is placed over (John 13:1-17). God also gave clear guidelines as to what a leader should be and how a church should be organized.

Matthew 23:11-12 “11 The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

10. People Embracing

Providence is a church where all people are loved and valued. The Gospel provides the way for unity amidst diversity (Gal. 3:27-28). Because every person has been created in the image of God (Gen. 1:27), they have value from God. The Gospel tells us that in Christ, believers should dwell in racial harmony. Rich and poor people should feel welcome in the same congregation. Young and old should find a place to serve and worship God together. Providence believes that all life – including the elderly, the unborn, and the disabled – is to be protected and valued.

Galatians 3:25-29 “But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise.”