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Our Mission
Why We Exist.
Rocky Mountain Church exists to care for people, helping them to become wholly devoted followers of Christ.

Our Vision
Our preferable future.
To be a fully functioning biblical community, passionately sharing Christ as the only hope for mankind.

The Basics
The Evangelical Free Church of America is an association of some 1,300 autonomous churches united by a mutual commitment to serve our Lord Jesus Christ with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and obedience to the Word of God. We are committed to cooperate with one another in ministry and fellowship as we seek to fulfill the Great Commission which Christ has entrusted to His Church. The growing ministry of the EFCA currently extends to some 45 countries of the world.

What Does "Evangelical" Mean?
The term Evangelical refers to our commitment to the proclamation of the Gospel and to the authority of Scriptures as being inerrant in the original autographs and the only safe and sufficient guide to faith and practice.

What Does "Free" Mean?
The term Free refers to our form of church government as being congregational. Evangelical Free Churches depend upon the active participation of lay people in the decisions and directions.

Values
Our deeply held beliefs about how we do ministry.

• All people matter to God so they must matter to us.
• People need to be reconciled with God and one another.
• Christ followers pursue spiritual growth.
• All ministries are to be biblically accurate, while culturally relevant.
• Every believer is equipped with spiritual gifts to be developed and effectively used in ministry.
• Doing life together with believers is foundational to an authentic biblical community.
• Mission and vision will guide the use of Kingdom resources.
• Leaders are called to follow Christ’s example of servant leadership.
• Leaders have the God-given responsibility to pursue ministry excellence.

Framework
To personalize and internalize the mission.

GRACE: the foundation of our life with God.
GROWTH: progressing as a Christian
GROUPS: relationships that optimize life-change
GIFTS: God-given abilities used for the common good
GOOD STEWARDSHIP: the reasonable response to our gracious God

Our Foundational Beliefs
• The Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for the salvation of men and the Divine and final authority for Christian faith and life.
• In one God, Creator of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• That Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross, a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. Further, He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven, where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He is now our High Priest and Advocate.
• That the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ and, during this age, to convict men, regenerate the believing sinner, and indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for godly living and service.
• That man was created in the image of God but fell into sin and is, therefore, lost, and only through regeneration by the Holy Spirit can salvation and spiritual life be obtained.
• That the shed blood of Jesus Christ and His Resurrection provide the only ground for justification and salvation for all who believe, and only such as receive Jesus Christ are born of the Holy Spirit and, thus become children of God.
• That water baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances to be observed by the Church during the present age. They are, however, not to be regarded as means of salvation.
• That the true Church is composed of all such persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ have been regenerated by the Holy Spirit and are united together in the Body of Christ of which He is the Head.
• That only those who are, thus, members of the true Church shall be eligible for membership in the local church.
• That Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church and that every local church has the right, under Christ, to decide and govern its own affairs.
• In the personal and premillenial and imminent coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and that this "Blessed Hope" has a vital bearing on the personal life and service of the believer.
• In the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the believer to everlasting blessedness and joy with the Lord; of the unbeliever to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.