Focus: Helping the church cling to the hope that is ours even in the darkest days.

Focus: to help the church value servanthood above power and prestige as the measure of true greatness.

Focus: to exalt God as the sovereign, just, generous Lord who lavishes grace upon the underserving and the needy while rebuking those who judge themselves as more deserving.

Focus: To show that citizenship in heaven (salvation) cannot be obtained through human efforts.

Focus: calling the church to honor Jesus’ teaching on marriage.

Focus: calling one another to the high priority of rescuing and reconciling errant brothers and sisters by loving church discipline and unfailing forgiveness.

Focus: To make sure that we, and those in our community, enter the kingdom of heaven.

Focus: on growing a faith that prays and sees God do great and mighty things, and on yielding our freedom and rights for the sake of those who are yet to believe the gospel.

Focus: to present Jesus as the glorious Son of God and the suffering Son of man who is to be listened to and obeyed.