Our DNA - Mission/Vision, Core & Cultural Values, Statement of Faith
Our Vision
Ordinary Movement is a divinely-inspired movement that will sweep across this nation and change society through intentional discipleship that produces exponential growth.
Our Mission
Make disciples who make disciples.
Core Values
Intimacy with Jesus
We prioritize our relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, knowing that our identity can only be found through intimacy with Him. Everything in our Christian walk flows from our time spent with the Lord. We long to grow in intimacy with Jesus, making our faith personal. Intimacy with Jesus births passion that fuels our faith.
Intentional Relationships
Instead of individualism and isolation, we commit to sacrificing our time and schedules to invest in others, building intentional relationships anchored in the Lord. We do what we say, we make time for others, and we maintain teachable hearts. We understand that our lives matter because other’s lives depend on us.
Multiplication
We commit to being disciples who make disciples, focused on putting our faith into action. We act out of calling from a place of intimacy and passion produced in time spent with God. First we sit and listen, then we go and do. While Ordinary Movement groups are designed to strengthen and empower the believer, we do not exist to create a “holy huddle.” On the contrary, Ordinary Movement believes that as each participant becomes fully alive in his individual walk with Christ, from this place of intimacy they will be empowered to reach others around them who are lost. So while Multiplication within Ordinary Movement groups will be specific to believers participating in intentional discipleship, the result will, and must be, a spreading of the Gospel among the communities in which we live and the people with whom we interact daily. The ultimate goal is that each man will bring new believers into the Ordinary Movement process and teach them to be disciples who make disciples.
Cultural Values
We grow in secret, not in public
INTIMACY WITH JESUS COMES FIRST. WE GROW IN SECRET WITH THE LORD, FOCUSED ON GROWING IN RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. FROM THIS PLACE OF INTIMACY, HE WILL IGNITE PASSION; AND FROM THIS PASSION, PURPOSE. INSTEAD OF LIVING A LIFE OF DOING, WE LIVE A LIFE OF BEING WITH HIM. OUR CALLING COMES FROM ABIDING AND BEING WITH HIM.
Major in the majors and minor in the minors
EACH OF US COMES FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND BELIEFS, BUT WE ARE UNITED IN OUR PURSUIT OF JESUS AND MINOR DIFFERENCES WILL NOT CAUSE DIVISION. PART OF BECOMING A MATURE DISCIPLE IS KNOWING WHAT HILLS TO DIE ON AND HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH DISCIPLE-MAKERS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT THEOLOGICAL VIEWPOINTS. WE STRIVE FOR STRONG DOCTRINE AND UNITING AROUND THE ABSOLUTES, WHILE SETTING ASIDE THE DIFFERENCES THAT WILL NOT BE RESOLVED THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN. WE AGREE WE ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE LOVE JESUS AND WANT TO GROW AS DISCIPLES. WE WILL STAY FOCUSED–AND HELP EACH OTHER STAY FOCUSED–ON THE ESSENTIALS. LET’S UNITE, NOT DIVIDE!
Growing big people, not a big organization
THE PURPOSE OF OM IS TO GROW THE INDIVIDUAL SO THEY ARE NOT ONLY A DISCIPLE, BUT A DISCIPLE-MAKER. WE BELIEVE THAT GROWING BIG PEOPLE IS THE MISSION OF OM. THE ONLY WAY OM GROWS AS AN ORGANIZATION IS BY GROWING AS PEOPLE.
God pleasers, not people pleasers
OM IS AIMED AT ONLY PLEASING JESUS AND GLORIFYING HIM ALONE. THE WORD OF GOD SAYS THAT THE GOSPEL IS OFFENSIVE, HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN FROM NAVIGATING THAT CHALLENGE AND VIEW IT AS AN ATTRIBUTE OF TRUE DISCIPLESHIP.
Glorify only the name of Jesus, no man
WE ARE NOT HERE TO PROMOTE A PERSON OR THEIR BRAND, OR MAKE THIS MINISTRY A ONE-MAN-SHOW. WE’RE A MOVEMENT OF MANY LEADERS WHO ARE ABOUT JESUS AND MAKING HIM FAMOUS.
Fun not phony
WE ARE DISCIPLE-MAKERS FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE JOY OF THE LORD. WE EMBRACE BEING ORDINARY AND ARE AUTHENTIC IN OUR FAITH. WITH LIGHTHEARTEDNESS WE ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SHORTCOMINGS AND DO NOT TAKE OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY. AFTERALL, WE ARE EACH A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE SHARE THE NITTY-GRITTY OF OUR LIVES WITH EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF MAINTAINING A PHONY FACADE. WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE FUN IN THE ADVENTUROUS PURSUIT OF FOLLOWING JESUS AND LIVING LIFE ON MISSION. WHEN WE ARE CALLED TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE, WE WILL FIGHT TO KEEP THE JOY AND EXCITEMENT OF THE INVITATION AHEAD OF US.
High challenge, high grace
WHEN WE EMPLOY THESE TWO ATTITUDES TOGETHER, PARTICIPANTS ARE EMPOWERED AND ENERGIZED TO CONTINUE FORWARD IN THEIR FAITH PURSUITS. OM IS A HIGH-CHALLENGE ENVIRONMENT. WE ARE TIRED OF BEING CODDLED. WE ARE ABOUT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR GROWTH IN CHRIST. WE ARE NOT CONSUMERS; WE WANT A CHALLENGE BECAUSE NO CHANGE HAPPENS WITHOUT IT. RARELY DO WE VALUE PARTICIPATION TROPHIES OR THINGS THAT COME EASILY. WHAT VALUE ARE WE PLACING ON OUR FAITH IF WE ARE NOT WILLING TO SACRIFICE AND CHALLENGE OUR MINDS AND BODIES FOR IT?
HIGH-GRACE ARRIVES AS WE TAKE THE RISK IN HIGH-CHALLENGE. WE KNOW GOD IS FOR US AND DELIGHTS IN OUR EFFORT TO OBEY HIM. EVEN WHEN OUR EFFORTS FAIL WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT HIS LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH US REMAINS STEADFAST.
Willingness over ability
AS WE READ THE BIBLE, WE SEE OVER AND OVER AGAIN GOD USING THE ORDINARY TO DO THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK OF KINGDOM BUILDING. GOD ISN’T MOVED BY A PERSON’S EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS OR ABILITIES, BUT BY FAITH AND WILLING HEARTS. WILLINGNESS PUTS OUR FAITH IN THE LORD TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT HE IS CALLING US TO DO, DESPITE OUR ABILITIES.
Followers not consumerism
OM IS NOT A SOCIAL CLUB. WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORK HARD AND DEDICATE OUR LIVES TO THE GOSPEL AND DISCIPLESHIP. THIS REQUIRES THAT WE CHANGE OUR MINDSET FROM SPECTATORS AND CONSUMERS TO PLAYERS AND PARTICIPANTS.
Attitude of gratitude
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR A GOD THAT RESCUES. THAT GRATEFULNESS MOVES US TO ACTION. THERE WILL BE TIMES WHEN WE WILL BE DISCOURAGED OR BURNT OUT IN MINISTRY, BUT BY LIVING IN GRATITUDE FOR JESUS’ SACRIFICE, WE WILL STAY FOCUSED ON OUR PURSUIT OF DISCIPLESHIP.
Kingdom first
WE WILL BE INCONVENIENCED. OUR TIME, RESOURCES, AND ANYTHING WE HOLD VALUABLE BELONGS TO GOD, AND WHAT HE CHOOSES TO USE WE WILLINGLY SURRENDER FOR A GREATER PURPOSE.
Work like it depends on us, pray like it depends on Him
NOTHING OF ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE HAPPENS APART FROM PRAYER. WE CHOOSE TO WORK HARD AND PRAY HARD. PRAYER THROUGHOUT YOUR STUDY AND IN YOUR GROUP IS ESSENTIAL TO BEING AN ORDINARY MAN OR WOMEN.
Our Statement of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. The Holy Spirit inspired the writers of the Old and New Testaments pointing to Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These three are coequal and co-eternal.
We believe that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ to redeem all of mankind. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life on this earth, performed many undeniable miracles, was crucified for our sins, buried and was raised from the dead for our justification. By the name of Jesus Christ, and His name only, can mankind be saved. Jesus Christ sits at the Right Hand of the Father and will return personally in power and glory to receive His Church unto Himself.
We believe that mankind is sinful by nature and will perish without the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as revealed in His Gospel. That God wishes that no one should perish, but that all would come to this saving knowledge through the preaching of the Gospel to a lost and hopeless world.
We believe that matrimony is a holy monogamous marriage between one man and one woman. This means that man and woman are two distinct genders willed by God their Creator in their respective beings, which reflect the image and nature of God.
We believe in the multi-faceted work of the Holy Spirit to bring conviction of sin, revelation of the truth of the Gospel of Christ, drawing of the sinner to God, adoption of mankind into the Body of Christ through regeneration, and the distribution and administration of the Gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s life. Jesus Christ is the “baptizer with the Holy Spirit” for the empowerment of the Church through the Baptism with the Holy Spirit.
We believe in the local church as a place where believers gather together for edification, teaching from the Word of God, and ministry to and through each other according to their spiritual gift. The local church provides identity to its members as well as encouragement, interdependence, fellowship, correction, and discipline.
