1. To be an agency of God for evangelizing the world. 

     (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16)

 

2. To be a corporate body in which man may worship God.

     (1 Corinthians 12:13)

 

3. To be a channel of God's purpose to build a body of saints being          perfected in the image of His Son.                                                           (Ephesians 4:11-16; 1 Corinthians 12:28; 14:12)