ABOUT US
Core Values
RELATIONAL DISCIPLESHIP
if our church had a "program" this would be it. I believe that transformation and discipleship happen best along relational lines and our call to be disciples and make disciples is clear. Relational Discipleship is engaging in every relationship purposefully, to encourage growth and to grow. My hope is that this will drive much of our context, equipping, and interaction.
FAMILY OF GOD
The New Testament language for describing our relationship
with God and others who follow God is familial. God is our father. Jesus is our brother. We are children and brothers and sisters. I see this type of relationship as a primary example of how those in the Body of Christ are to interact. I don't think we are primarily friends, a team, or even a community to "do life together." I see the Bible describing a family. Proverbs 17:17 says "friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity." I think that our primary responsibility to each other is to help, encourage, and provide when it feels like there is no way out of where we are. I think we can also be all those other things above but those are secondary bonuses. I dream of a church known for helping each other in adversity and not just because they like each other or look alike.
CITY ON A HILL
This is the concept that that people of God are supposed to be a light that can serve as an example to the world around them of how to interact, respond, and process, especially in difficult and dark times. I see a church that is very interactive in the community building bridges, loving thoughtfully, making a way when the world would say there is no way. I dream of a church that makes people say "I hate the church, but we as a community would be less than without THAT church."
TRANSFORMED BY THE SPIRIT
We believe that it is the Holy Spirit who transforms hearts and lives so we root our mission in prayer and the power of God not in human strategies.
Transformation Network
The Transformation Network is a voluntary association of local churches committed to the transformation of the Northwest Metro Area. The Network’s primary strategy to accomplish this vision is church planting.
Currently, the Network has seven participating local churches — Sojourn Church, Stonebridge Church, Riverstone, RiverCity, ARISE:Life, Vintage 242, and Highlands. Highlands was planted out of Stonebridge Church in 2019.