MVC's Purpose

The following defines MVC’s ethos:

Vision: Murrieta Valley Church exists to exalt Christ and manifest His Kingdom through the power of the Spirit to the glory of the Father as His covenant people.

Mission: It is our mission that MVC would become a community that is being freed and transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ, is learning to worship God as His sons and daughters, and is bringing the gospel to bear on people personally, socially, and culturally by word, deed, and community so that God’s glory may be revealed.

Strategy: MVC will accomplish her mission and fulfill her vision as we receive His grace through the Word and Sacraments, as we edify one another through by serving in the Body of Christ, and as we worship Christ in spirit and truth through praise and adoration.

Motivation: We believe the gospel is not just the A-B-C’s, but the A to Z of Christianity. The gospel is not just the minimum required doctrine necessary to enter the kingdom, but the way we make all progress in the kingdom. We are not just saved by the gospel and then changed by religious works, but the gospel is the way we grow (Gal. 3:1-3) and are renewed (Col. 1:6). It is the solution to each problem, the key to each closed door, the power overcoming every barrier (Rom. 1:16-17).

Previously...

On Our Pastors' Minds

The Need for a Practical Apologetic


It is the job of apologetics to refute such opposition and to demonstrate the truth of the Christian proclamation and worldview - to "cast down reasonings and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God" (2 Corinthians 10:5). However, apologetics must not be cooped up in the classroom and academy. It must be taken out into the world of daily life...taken to the streets. Christians waste their time if they interact only with academic and hypothetical critics, but not with the man-on-the-street in the flesh. In fact, the majority of interactions we have will be informal and casual encounters with those in need of the gospel.

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Joining a Church the Ancient Way: From Clement to Egeria

How did a person join a congregation in the earliest days of Christianity? From one perspective, the question is easy to answer. Simply put, believer’s baptism was the church’s rite of entry down to the early fourth century. But—and no surprise here—there was more to it than that.

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