By God’s grace, Emmanuel Church of Delhi will aspire to be:
A Gospel-Centered Church
“The Church is the Gospel made visible.” We want to be marked by the Gospel as the center of our church’s teaching and life together.
A Word-Saturated Church
God speaks and gives life through His Word. We will seek to regularly preach expositional sermons and be a church whose entire ‘life’ is built around God’s Word.
A Prayer-Fueled Church
As Jesus says, “My house shall be a house of prayer.” We desire Emmanuel to be a church marked by private and corporate prayerfulness.
Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Generational Church
We want to faithfully reflect the community we are ministering to. So, we will seek to be ethnically, generationally, and socio-economically diverse in our leadership and our membership as the Spirit sees fit. Not just for diversity’s sake, but for unity in diversity’s sake.
An Evangelistic Church
We will prayerfully, intentionally, actively, and regularly evangelize the lost in our community.
A Discipling Church
We desire to be a growing church committed to making disciples who make disciples. We will rely on the Lord to raise up elders and church planters from within the church.
An Intentionally Local Church
The local church is God’s intended focal point for discipleship and mission in this world. Therefore, while maintaining meaningful partnerships with other local churches and networks, we will strive to give priority to local church life - exercising meaningful membership, discipline, and participation in Christ’s ordinances.
A Church with loving Shepherds
God gives pastors to churches to lead and feed His flock. We will not neglect this sacred responsibility as we know Shepherds will give an account for those under their care.