Our Vision
Our vision is to present to God the Father every member of New Life Burbank complete and mature in Christ by discipling them to do, by the power of the Holy Spirit, the following:
- To know intimately, love fervently, treasure deeply, and worship passionately Christ the Savior,
- To grow in graciousness, humility, prayer, and obedience to the Father,
- To live joyfully and deliberately for the pleasure and honor of Christ the Lord in all areas of life,
- To serve and care for others with the love of Christ,
- To share thoughtfully and winsomely the reason for their Christian hope with unbelieving people in their webs of personal relationships.
Our Vision: Elaborated
Our Vision for Worship
Our vision is for Pastoral Worship. We desire our worship to welcome believers and to encourage them in their faith. We will do this by:
- Preaching the Word of God in a Christ-centered and gospel-centered way.
- Worshipping in a biblical, liturgical, thoughtful, and simple way.
- Cultivating a sense of reverence, joy, and intimacy with God in the hearts of the worshippers.
- Including our children and encouraging their participation in the worship of God.
- Celebrating the Lord’s Supper every Lord’s Day.
- Singing both classic hymns and contemporary praise songs that exalt Christ and edify the church.
Our vision is for Missional Worship. We desire our worship to welcome unbelievers and to engage them with the gospel. We will do this by:
- Preaching the gospel in a clear and direct way.
- Addressing questions that unbelievers may have in a respectful and thoughtful way.
- Exemplifying genuine love for the Savior and for one another.
Our Vision for Nurture
Our vision is for Christ-Enjoying and Life-Transforming Discipleship. We desire to produce believers who walk with Christ, who treasure Christ above all else, and who seek to please Christ in all areas of life. We will do this by:
- Teaching the full counsel of God, as revealed in the Word of God.
- Exhorting believers to a life of prayer, an attitude of grace, and a posture of humility.
- Instructing and encouraging believers to have their conduct in step with the truths of the gospel.
- Exemplifying Christ-enjoying and life-transforming discipleship in the lives of the pastors, elders, and deacons.
- Assisting the parents to disciple their children in the Christian faith and life.
- Providing opportunities for believers to exercise their gifts in the service of Christ, His church, and His kingdom.
Our vision is for Loving Community. We desire to cultivate genuine friendship and fervent love among believers. We will do this by providing various opportunities for believers to gather together for fellowship, friendship, and prayer.
Our vision is for Faithful Shepherding. We desire for the elders to give pastoral care and comfort to the members of New Life Burbank. The elders will do this by:
- Praying for their sanctification and for their needs.
- Visiting and meeting regularly with them.
- Providing them with counsel and guidance when appropriate.
Our Vision for Witness
Our vision is for Relational Witness. We desire to impact Greater Los Angeles with the gospel through the webs of personal relationships of the members of New Life Burbank. We will do this by:
- Equipping members to prayerfully, thoughtfully, and respectfully engage and evangelize the unbelieving people in their webs of personal relationships.
- Encouraging members to invite unbelieving people in their webs of personal relationships to New Life Burbank or to direct them to another gospel-centered church in their vicinity.
Our vision is for Local and World Witness. We desire to impact our local community and the world with the gospel. We will do this by:
- Actively making known the welcoming presence of New Life Burbank in the city of Burbank.
- Supporting new gospel-centered church-plants throughout Greater Los Angeles.
- Supporting missionaries in various regions of the world.
- Sending members to encourage missionaries and to support them in their labors for the gospel.