Our guiding principles are from God’s Word:

Service: Emulating Christ’s selfless example

Mark 10:45 (ESV): ⁴⁵ For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

Galatians 5:13 (ESV): ¹³ For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

Prosperity with Purpose: Pursuing success that blesses others and aligns with God’s will

Deuteronomy 28:1-14 (ESV): ¹ “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. ² And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. ³ Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. ⁴ Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. ⁵ Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. ⁶ Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. ⁷ “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. ⁸ The Lord will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. ⁹ The Lord will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in his ways. ¹⁰ And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. ¹¹ And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. ¹² The Lord will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. ¹³ And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them, ¹⁴ and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

3 John 1:2 (ESV): ² Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

Stewardship: Managing God’s gifts wisely and faithfully.

Luke 16:10-12 (ESV): ¹⁰ “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. ¹¹ If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? ¹² And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?

1 Corinthians 4:2 (ESV): ² Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

Integrity: Honest and ethical conduct

Proverbs 10:9 (ESV): ⁹ Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.

Psalm 15 (ESV):
¹ O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent?  Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
² He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart;
³ who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴ in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵ who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

Diligence: Valuing dedicated, purposeful work

Proverbs 12:24 (ESV): The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 (ESV): ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. ¹¹ For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. ¹² Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.