CPC Wheat Ridge exists to glorify God by worshiping him, nurturing believers and their children, and reaching out with the good news of Jesus Christ.

 

The main purpose of any church is to glorify God. The way a church honors him is by their life together, their worship together, and how they conduct themselves in word and deed. Our mission statement, based on Matthew 28:16-20 and Acts 2:42-47, focuses on our work together as a covenant community. Our values, explained below, show how we fulfill our mission of worshiping God, nurturing believers and their children, and reaching out with the gospel.

 

1. Biblical Worship

 

The centerpiece of our worship, nurture, and outreach is our corporate worship, morning and evening, on the Lord’s Day. The focus of these services is the outward and ordinary means by which the Spirit of Christ saves and sanctifies the Father’s chosen people—the reading and preaching of God’s word, prayer, and the sacraments of the Lord’s supper and baptism. These are the methods that Jesus Christ has promised to bless with his presence for making disciples. Our goal in these services is to worship the Triune God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength as we sing the Bible, pray the Bible, read the Bible, preach the Bible, and see the Bible in the sacraments.

(Num. 28:1-10; Ps. 92; Matt. 28:18-20; Acts 2:42-47; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; Rom. 10:14-17)

 

2. Genuine Fellowship

 

Local churches are visible expressions of the house and family of God and the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, those who belong to the church are connected to each other and devote themselves to fellowship—to partnering together in following Jesus. Not only is this fellowship shared in corporate worship as we address “one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” and partake of the one bread and cup in the Lord’s supper, but ought to be seen throughout the entire week as we serve one another in material things and nurture one another in spiritual things. Our fellowship is genuine when we move past mere socializing to a real sharing of our lives together.

(Col. 1:13; Eph. 2:19; Rom. 12:4-5; Acts 2:42; Eph. 5:19; 1 Cor. 10:16-17; Rom. 12:15)

 

​3. Sound Doctrine

 

Sound doctrine ought to lead to spiritually healthy people who strive after holiness and are zealous for good works. Consequently, in our worship services, Sunday school, and Bible studies, we seek to teach that pattern of sound words that is drawn from the Scriptures and therefore is true, accurate, and helpful. As a Presbyterian church, we believe that this pattern of sound words is best summarized in the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms. An online copy of this confession and catechisms can be found at www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession.

(1 Tim. 1:8-10, 6:3; 2 Tim. 1:13, 3:16-17, 4:1-5; Titus 1:9, 2:11-14)

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4. Earnest Prayer

 

The Bible says that “the prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working” and that we are to pray “at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.” Therefore, prayer is important to all aspects of the life and work of the church. We not only pray as individuals and as families, but also as a church in our services and studies. Prayer expresses our dependence upon God to bless his people and our belief that he is “able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think.”

(Jam. 5:13-18; Eph. 6:18; Matt. 6:6; Eph. 3:20-21)

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5. Family Religion

 

The home is the primary place where what is learned at church is practiced and parents bring their children up “in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” The following five practices of family religion are central to this kind of home: (1) Regular attendance and full participation at public worship, morning and evening, together as a family; (2) Observance of the Lord’s Day; (3) Memorization of Scripture and the Westminster Shorter Catechism; (4) Spiritual conversation in the normal course of life as well as parental example; and (5) Consistent family worship and/or private worship.

(Dt. 6:6-7; Eph 5:18-6:4; Adapted from Rev. Terry Johnson’s chapters in We Give Praise to God.)

 

​6. Biblical Missions

 

Reaching out to those who are not Christians with the good news of Jesus Christ is one of the marks of a healthy, thriving congregation as it seeks to fulfill the Great Commission given by Jesus to the Church. We fulfill this mission in three ways. First, we financially and prayerfully support missionaries. Second, we give to the church planting work of our presbytery—the Rocky Mountain Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. Third, we seek as a church and as individuals to make the most of every opportunity given to us by the Lord to testify to his saving grace.

(Phil. 1:27-30; 1 Thess. 1:6-8; Matt. 25:31-46, 28:16-20; Luke 10:25-37; Phil. 4:10-20; 1 Pet. 3:15; Heb 13:2)

 

Scripture quotations and references are from the English Standard Version.

Adopted by the Session of Covenant Presbyterian Church on November 12, 2021.