{"id":214,"date":"2017-08-11T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/?page_id=214"},"modified":"2017-08-11T22:50:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T22:50:27","slug":"lepc-values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/lepc-values\/","title":{"rendered":"EPC Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-201\" src=\"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/EPClogo-no-bottom-line.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/EPClogo-no-bottom-line.jpg 600w, http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/EPClogo-no-bottom-line-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>EPC Values<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\">Presbyterian<\/span><\/strong> describes how we organize and govern ourselves. It comes from an ancient Greek\u00a0word meaning \u201cruled by elders.\u201d A team of trusted servant leaders (our pastors and elders) lead the church. These leaders work together as peers in directing the life and mission of the church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\">Reformed<\/span><\/strong> is our historical and theological heritage which is often expressed in the solas of\u00a0the Reformation:<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> God\u2019s grace alone<\/span> is the only way to be reconciled to Him; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">our faith alone<\/span>\u00a0is the only means of receiving God\u2019s grace; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Christ alone<\/span> is the ground of God\u2019s saving grace;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u00a0Scripture alone<\/span> as the only infallible authority for belief; and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">God\u2019s glory alone<\/span> as the ultimate purpose for our lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\"><strong>Evangelical<\/strong><\/span> is to believe that Jesus is God the Son who became flesh and lived among us and\u00a0died for us. Through Jesus Christ, the Kingdom of God has been inaugurated, thereby freeing\u00a0people from the guilt and power of sin through personal faith and repentance. This good news of\u00a0God\u2019s love needs to be shared (ideally in relationships) with those who are alienated from God.\u00a0This salvation is found in no one else. As Jesus said, <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cI am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no\u00a0one comes to the Father but by Me\u201d<\/span><\/em> (John 14:6).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\">Mission Minded<\/span><\/strong> in that we believe God has strategically placed our churches for the purpose of\u00a0effectively reaching out to those around them with the good news of Jesus Christ. Our churches\u00a0are communities of authentic disciples of Jesus Christ who gather for celebration, prayer, and\u00a0teaching&#8211;and then disperse locally and globally as His missionaries to love and serve people,<br \/>\nand to create a community of men, women, boys, and girls saved through His Son Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For a more complete explanation of EPC Values, please visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epc.org\/values\">https:\/\/www.epc.org\/values<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\">In the Essentials &#8230; Unity<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\">In the Non-Essentials &#8230; Liberty<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong><span style=\"color: #2a588c;\">In All Things &#8230; Charity<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPC Values Presbyterian describes how we organize and govern ourselves. It comes from an ancient Greek\u00a0word meaning \u201cruled by elders.\u201d A team of trusted servant leaders (our pastors and elders) lead the church. These leaders work together as peers in directing the life and mission of the church. Reformed is our historical and theological heritage &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/lepc-values\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EPC Values&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/214\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seekinggodtogether.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}