About
us

To build, strengthen, sharpen, teach, encourage, and add to the body of Christ, and for each member of the body to fulfill their calling in the great commission.

 The wording of this statement mirrors the purpose statement in our organizational by-laws, which state, “The purpose of the church is to spread the Christian faith, create an environment for the spiritual growth of its members and participants, and act for the good of the community and society, based on the teachings of the Bible.”
These two statements are similar. Our by-laws are outward facing. In other words if someone who is not a part of the Church were to look at it, they would understand why we exist.
We have also chosen to have a more inward facing statement as well. This statement uses Biblically based language, and brings sharper focus to our reason for existing as an organization.

“What is my purpose?” is a question that humanity has always asked. That answer can be found in Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Individually we were created for good works. The Bible is clear that all believers are part of the same body, and are one with Jesus Christ. That means we are also one with each other.
Therefore, as a body, our purpose is the same as it is individually: to do good works.
Those good works can be defined by the qualities mentioned in our purpose statement:

• - Build and strengthen the Body of Christ - help believers towards greater maturity in their relationship with Jesus, and greater understanding of who they are in Him.
• - Sharpen the Body - help one another refine our understanding of God, our relationship to Him.
• - Teach the Body - help believers to learn more about who God is, and who we are, our relationship with God, and our responsibilities as His children.
• - Encourage the Body - we want to support one another, through forgiveness, encouragement, love, grace and truth. Romans 8:1 There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
• - Add to the Body - every single person needs the salvation that can only be given through relationship with Jesus. We want more and more people to understand this, and to have the personal relationship with God that He desires with us.
• - We all have a role in Christ’s great commission. The great commission tells us in Matthew 28:18-20 to “go and make disciples of all the nations.” One of our reasons for existing is to help one another determine our role, and move towards fulfilling it.

We disciple believers in Jesus, and we welcome anyone who is curious about God. We answer sincere questions with grace and the truth of God's word.

The mission statement tells what we do. Based on our purpose statement, we know why we exist. We also need to know what we do each day to walk in our purpose.

Jesus told us in Matthew to go and make disciples of all nations. To do that in all nations, we must first do it right where we are, with the people who are part of our everyday lives. Discipling others involves the things listed in our purpose statement. Our Sunday meetings are about discipling believers. Our social gatherings are about discipling one another, encouraging one another, strengthening one another. Our focus every time we meet is to bring us into greater relationship with Jesus, and each other. To learn how to be disciples, so that we can go out and create disciples.

We are not a closed club. We want everyone to hear and learn and understand the word of God. Our greatest desire is to help people who are seeking God. To introduce them to our loving, caring, providing Father. We want them be informed about God, and we also want them to experience God. We want to guide them towards making the most important decision of their life - to follow God.

John 1 says Jesus came full of grace and truth. We believe that love cannot exist outside of the truth. But love also speaks truth in a way that does not condemn. That is how we want to serve and love those who don’t know Him. It’s our mission.

Our vision starts with everyone in Paide and Järvamaa learning about Jesus.

Our vision statement tells where we are going. Where are we going Looking at Christ’s “Great Commission” in the book of Matthew, Jesus told His disciples to, “go and make disciples of all nations.” It was the last thing He said before ascending to heaven.

This is repeated at the beginning of the book of Acts, when Jesus said, “you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

God has placed our church in Paide, and so our first mission is to the people of Paide. To be witnesses to Jesus to the people in our community; our neighbors, friends, and family.

We want everyone to learn about Jesus. One important thing to understand is the first four words: “our vision starts with.” Learning about Jesus is only the beginning. It is our hope and our prayer that once people hear about Jesus, they make a decision to follow Him. After they make that decision, they become part of our mission and purpose - we want to help them become disciples of Jesus. Our vision is that we become disciples who help build disciples in what is a never-ending cycle.

Further, our vision only “starts with everyone in Paide and Järvamaa.” Even as our focus is the people of our community, we believe that God will call us beyond this place. There will be disciples in our community who are called beyond Järvamaa, beyond Estonia, and Europe and into the world. We will support, encourage, and pray for their mission.

We believe God wants to do something amazing in our city. We are thankful to be a part of it. We believe Paide will be a place so full of God’s love, that people feel something different when they come here. We see it as a place where people will come to learn about God, to get healed - physically and spiritually - to receive deliverance, and to be filled with God’s Spirit.

1. We believe the Bible is inspired and empowered by God; infallible and authoritative.
2. We believe in one eternal God who exists as three separate persons; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3. We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life as He walked among men, demonstrated the authority and power of God in works and speech, died on the cross, rose from the dead on the third day, and is now seated at the right hand of God, having accomplished all that is necessary for man’s salvation.
4. We believe it is essential for man to repent of sin and by faith receive the finished work of Christ by confessing Him as Lord with his mouth and believing in his heart, resulting in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.
5. We believe the Holy Spirit is continuing the work He started at Pentecost, empowering believers to live godly lives and continue in all the works of Jesus.
6. We believe in the imminent return of Jesus and that those who have believed in Him will be resurrected to a heavenly dwelling in an incorruptible body, and those who do not believe will join Satan and his host in everlasting punishment.
7. We believe the true church is composed of all born-again believers in Christ, regardless of denominational affiliation.
8. We believe all born-again believers have been commissioned to share the complete Gospel to all the world, and to do the good works prepared for us by God.
9. We believe that God is Love, and Love is the foundation of everything we believe.