Vintage Faith Community

We live in an age of individualism, and it certainly has impacted the church. No one wants to be held accountable and everyone wants to be in control. For this reason (among others, like consistent witness and mission in the city), we developed a class and covenant for anyone who wants to be a part of what God has called the Vintage Faith Community to be about in our city. In the old days, this was called "membership," but today that carries too much baggage - membership privileges, an us-vs.-them mentality, and the fear that the church "circles the wagons" and focuses only on the insiders. The Partnership class is designed to lay out what it means to be on mission with us for the fame of Jesus and the joy of our city.

As Christians, we are to submit to Jesus, to one another, and to the leaders God has placed as overseers. The church is not a place where you can continue to be autonomous and self-sufficient, willy-nilly doing whatever you want. You are a part of something bigger than yourself, and partnership helps to remind people that we are in this together, that each part of the body is dependent upon and accountable to each other part. This flies in the face of American individualism and autonomy, two sins that we must call one another to repent of regularly.

You can download the new manual here.