Struggle
What we affirm:

• Struggle is a normal, God-given part of growth in everyone’s life
• A life of transparency that is not afraid to reveal our inner struggles
• A community of grace that embraces fellow-strugglers

Therefore I commit to embracing struggle as a path to maturity by:

• Inviting others into my struggle rather than hiding it
• Practicing grace in my relationships - especially in the midst of disagreement

Meaning
What we affirm:

• Wholeness of life is found in following Jesus
• My story is intimately tied to God’s greater story
• Scripture provides for us a worldview that reveals how God is at work in history and today.
• Jesus’ life and teaching revealed to humanity how God intended life to be.

Therefore I commit to the pursuit of Christ as my significance and meaning in life and dying to the things that attempt to take His place by:

• Affirming the story of God as we understand it through Scripture in the Pathways community
• Telling my story as authentication of God’s truth and beauty
• Living in the way of Jesus, trusting that it is the way God intended for us to live

Redemption
What we affirm:

• God’s desire and mission to bring restoration to His creation
• All of mankind has sinned and broken relationship with our Creator
• Jesus’ death as a sacrifice for our sin to restore our relationship with God
• Following Jesus leads to a desire to join God in His redemptive heart for the world

Therefore I commit to live a life of redemptive influence in the world by:

• Partnering with God in the work of restoring humanity and creation to Himself
• Inviting others to restore their broken relationship with God
• Embracing issues of rebirth, justice and renewal

Sacrifice
What we affirm:

• God’s example of sacrificial and unconditional love for His rebellious creation
• God has gifted us with time, talents and resources
• Worship is offering ourselves as a living sacrifice to God

Therefore I commit to live sacrificially, following the pattern of Jesus, by:

• Striving to follow God’s example of unconditional love toward others
• Offering the gifts God has entrusted to me as I partner with Him in His redemptive work
• Continually growing in the pursuit of a life of sacrificial worship
• Giving myself to the Pathways community as we corporately develop a life of sacrificial worship

Community
What we affirm:

• Following Jesus is not a path that is intended by God to be lived outside of the context of community
• God’s love is seen by the world as we act it out with “one another”
• God himself exists in the form of three in one showing his relational nature

Therefore I commit to holding the unity of our community as a higher value than the pursuit of my own ideas/agenda by:

• Partnering with the leadership of Pathways Church as we pursue God’s heart and mission
• Offering myself to others and graciously receiving what they offer me
• Meeting regularly with others who are on the same path as I am - even when it is uncomfortable and I am challenged or struggling