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The New Testament calls Christians to a radical commitment. We believe that we are called to an unconditional surrender of our whole lives to Christ. We do not do this in a legalistic way or to impress or judge one another. Instead, our surrender to God springs from a response of love and thanksgiving to God who loved us and gave Himself for us. One simple way of defining a disciple is pupil or learner. It involves binding oneself to another so that the disciple does what the master does. In Christian discipleship our aim is to be bound to Christ and imitate Him. We believe we as His body are to imitate Jesus in all that He did-preaching, healing, praying, delivering the demonized, and caring for the poor.
ACFM exists to
care for and to build up people, not programs. Fellowship begins with
our relationship with Jesus. But fellowship is more than our individual
relationship with Jesus. It also involves our commitment to Christ's
body. We define fellowship not as an event or even as a relationship,
but as a purposeful lifestyle. Fellowship is purposefully living in
meaningful connection with other Christians. The best way to facilitate
this lifestyle is in small groups. |