ENCOUNTERS CHURCH CORE VALUES

We believe that God's nature is unwavering goodness, fully revealed in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus shows us exactly what God is like—never cruel, never distant, always healing, reconciling, and restoring.
Even when life presents pain or mystery, we look to Jesus as the full expression of the Father’s heart. We reject the idea that God’s justice stands apart from His love—God’s justice is His love in action.
📖 John 14:9; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3

Our origin and destiny are found within the eternal love relationship of Father, Son, and Spirit. We are not outside observers but participants in Their union through Christ.
This divine fellowship is not exclusive—it is the womb of all creation and the blueprint of human belonging. Salvation is not about escaping earth, but awakening to our inclusion in the eternal embrace.
📖 John 14:20; Ephesians 1:4-5; 2 Peter 1:4

We affirm that every person is known, loved, and purposed by God before the foundation of the world. Like Jeremiah, our true identity was established in Christ long before our earthly experience began.
Sin distorted our perception of who we are, but it never changed who we’ve always been in the eyes of the Father. The Gospel is not about becoming something new, but recovering the truth of who we’ve always been in Christ.
📖 Jeremiah 1:5; Ephesians 1:4; Romans 8:29-30

Salvation is not something we earn or achieve. It is the unveiling of the grace already given in Christ, where we awaken to our union with Him and live from the abundance of His finished work.
We do not strive for acceptance—we begin from it. Grace reveals that the Gospel is not a contract to sign, but a love story we were born into through Jesus.
📖 Ephesians 2:5-8; Titus 3:5-7; 2 Timothy 1:9

We believe Jesus fulfilled the old covenant and inaugurated an eternal Kingdom. Matthew 24 speaks of the end of an age, not the end of the world.
We are not waiting for the Kingdom to come—we are learning to see and live from the reality that it's already here. The future is not one of fear, but of increasing glory.
📖 Matthew 24:1-3,34; Luke 17:20-21; Isaiah 9:7

Jesus came to restore everything, not just individual souls but all of creation. We live with hope in His ultimate reconciliation of all things—heaven and earth reunited in Christ.
The end goal is not escape but renewal. His love will not rest until every lost thing is found, every broken thing is healed, and every lie is replaced with truth.
📖 Acts 3:21; Colossians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 15:24-28

When we know who we are, who He is, and what He came to restore, the supernatural becomes natural. The revelation of our authentic identity, the certainty of God’s goodness, and the assurance that Christ is reconciling all things empower us to live like Jesus—without striving, but with bold expectancy.
We believe the gifts of the Spirit are alive and active today. Signs, wonders, healing, and miracles are not rare exceptions, but normal expressions of life in union with Christ. As we abide in Him, loving our neighbors well and forming authentic relationships, heaven flows through us into the everyday world.
📖 John 14:12; Romans 8:11; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Matthew 10:7-8