OUR MISSION is taken from both the Great Commission and the Great Commandment:

Matt. 28:19-20 "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." 

Matt. 22:37-40 "Jesus replied:  'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it:  'Love your neighbor as yourself.'  All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." 

Our Mission is to be a praying church used of God in sharing the gospel and leading people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

OUR VISION.  Before describing our vision we must first speak of our Core Values and Mission.  Core Values define those things that must remain, or become, central to us as a church body, and on which we refuse to compromise.  Our Mission Statement expresses, in our own words, what we are to be doing as defined by the Great Commission and the Great Commandment.  Our mission will never change, because it is defined by God, but how we express it may. 

Our Vision is a picture of the future when our Core Values and Mission are fully implemented, not what presently exists.  It could be described as a dream of what will be, but it is more than that, it is a picture of what we believe God plans for us to become and therefore what we must become, by His help.  Scripture says “Where there is no vision the people perish”.  Vision simply gives a clear picture of the future, how this picture will become a reality will be defined by the strategic plan.  We envision Spokane Valley Wesleyan Church becoming a strong influential church in the Spokane area by 2010, through the enthusiastic involvement of its many members.  The following describes what this picture looks like:

Inspiring worship and loving acceptance.  We envision a church with dynamic weekly worship. Visitors will be enthusiastically and warmly greeted and shown the location of appropriate facilities. Careful follow-up of visitors will occur with each receiving several caring contacts from different people in the days following their visit, through personal visits, phone calls and letters.  The worship music will be a blend of traditional and contemporary.  The service will be well planned and implemented, but always sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Excellence will be strived for, but the main objective will be to bring people into the presence of God, with success being defined as meeting with God, resulting in transformed lives.  Skits, testimonies, video clips, and other means will be used in conjunction with preaching the Word to accomplish this. 

Reaching the un-churched.  We envision our church intentionally reaching the un-churched in two general manners.  The first is to focus our efforts geographically on the area close to the church, with the main focus being east of the church and including the Riverwalk development to the north and the Turtle Creek development to the south.  The second is to reach out through our personal relationships, to family, friends, neighbors, and other acquaintances.  This outreach will involve the ministries of the church including, Sunday Worship services, small groups, kids and youth ministries as well as special outreach events. 

Kingdom mindset.  We envision being a church which does not see other evangelical churches as competitors but as fellow workers in God’s Kingdom.  We will cooperate with other churches toward Kingdom goals as appropriate and use the most effective means to expand the Kingdom, refusing to put our own congregational growth above the growth of God’s Kingdom.  We envision planting at least one additional Wesleyan Church in the Spokane area by 2010. 

We also envision continuing our present support of 10% of our General Fund income toward missions and expanding our missions emphasis with a yearly missions conference and sending short term missions teams from our church. 

Effective discipleship.  We envision developing all our people, both new believers as well as established believers, into fully devoted and ministering followers of Christ, through a well organized discipleship program.  This program will provide teaching and training of well defined courses for each stage of a person’s development, from non-Christians to those fully committed and prepared for ministry. This discipleship program will provide an encouraging atmosphere for spiritual growth through a logical sequence of training and ministry involvement.  Success of this discipleship program will not be defined by simply imparting knowledge, but by people becoming involved in ministry themselves. 

Ministry to kids and youth.  In view of the statistics that most Christians come to Christ before age 18 and that the percentage of the younger generations coming to Christ has dropped drastically, we will be a church which prioritizes reaching these generations. We envision dynamic, growing kids and youth ministries which provide both wholesome fun and the message of the gospel.  Genuine relationships will be developed with un-churched kids and teens, as well as those with a solid Christian foundation.  Our Kid’s Club and Youth Group will attend our District Camps and the youth will participate in mission’s trips.  Our goal will be to have youth whose lives have been transformed into fully committed followers of Christ.  Some of the youth will attend our Wesleyan Colleges each year with some entering into full time ministry.  The Kid’s Club will provide a continuous source of new youth entering into the Youth Group as they reach youth age. 

Practical Christian living.  We envision adults of all ages being involved in small groups for the purpose of practically carrying out the six purposes of the church; Prayer, Fellowship, Evangelism, Worship, Discipleship, and Service.  Although many of these purposes are involved with other ministries of the church, it is recognized that the closer relationships associated with small groups provide a setting where all participants can most effectively minister, and be ministered to, in ways clearly described in scripture.  As needed, and as the Lord leads, groups will be started in special areas of need, such as; recovery groups, marriage enrichment, parenting, finances, etc.  Our goal will be to involve every person in the church in a small group. 

Ministry facilities.  We recognize facilities are not a goal but a means to a goal.  We envision facilities expanded to properly accommodate the increased ministries of the church, including adequate worship space for the enlarged congregation and also proper facilities for the youth and kids ministries.  These facilities will be nice, but cost effective, designed with multipurpose use in mind, i.e. gym, fellowship hall, Sunday School, after school care, recovery groups, etc.