We desire for JFBC to be more and more like Jesus.

Jesus had that amazing balance of being totally committed to obeying God's will and yet was the most caring, loving, forgiving person who ever walked this earth. Sinners and the irreligious were drawn to Him.

We hope that from the moment people first participate in a worship or ministry activitiy at JFBC they will experience the spirit and character of Jesus Christ and will be drawn to Him.

Matt 22:36-40"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.'

"This is the great and foremost commandment.

"The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.'

"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."

We consider worship to be our number one ministry priority.

We desire worship to be Spirit-led and Christ-centered.

We desire Sunday morning worship to be the highlight of each person's week...the most inspiring and exciting time of his or her week.

We believe personal worship through a daily quiet time is a key preparation activity for corporate worship.

Psalm 2:11"Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling." | Matt 2:2"Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him."

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him."

After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.

When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. | Matt 28:17"When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful." | Rev 4"After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things."

Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne.

And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.

Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads..."

We want to reach as many people for Christ as possible, both locally and globally.

Our local mission field is East Cobb County and North Atlanta.

In our local mission field:
—Our primary target group is baby boomers and their families.
—Our growing secondary target group is baby busters and their families.

Our global mission field is Jerusalem (East Cobb & North Atlanta), Judea (State of Georgia), Samaria (United States with ethnic diversity) and uttermost parts of the world (whole world).

We see prayer, giving, partnerships, and going as the four major key activities for reaching our world for Christ.

Matt 28:18-20"And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,

teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."  | Acts 1:8"but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth."

We believe preaching and teaching God's Word is central to discipling believers.

We believe God's Word is perfect truth in its entirety.

We believe in teaching God's Word in every ministry (babies through senior adults).

We believe it is our responsibility to call on the Holy Spirit to reveal the relevance of God's Word to everyday life.

We believe in an unchanging message and are committed to ever-changing methodologies.

We believe that the message and beliefs of the church never change but methodologies of ministry may change continually under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

Spirit-led innovation is encouraged over tradition and status quo.

We want to have a "kingdom vision" for ministry.

Under God's leadership we will work to build up and cooperate with other Christ-centered, Bible-believing evangelical ministries.

We want to be faithful stewards.

We believe it is the responsibility of the church and its members to be faithful stewards of the resources God has entrusted to them.

Malachi 3:8-10"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings.

"You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you!

"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows."  | Matt 6:19-24"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.

"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

"The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light.

"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other You cannot serve God and wealth."

We believe prayer is our power source.

Luke 19:46"saying to them, "It is written, 'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,..." | Romans 8:26-27"In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God."

We want to do ministry with excellence.

Phillipians 1:10, 4:8"so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ;"

"Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things."

We believe in "Extra Mile" servant ministry.

We believe in servant ministry to members that always seeks to go the "extra mile." We want our members to be treated better than the best business would treat their regular customers.

We believe in servant ministry to our prospects that always seeks to go the "extra mile." We want our guests to be treated better than the best business would treat their potential customers.

We believe in servant ministry with, and to, all ages. The Ministerial and Program Staff are called to lead, recruit, teach, and train people to do ministry, but we believe every Christian is called to be a minister.

Matthew 5:41"Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two."