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Maple Grove stands solidly in the theological tradition of the Church of God (Anderson).  Within that tradition, some of the special convictions God has laid on our hearts include the following.  

  1.  Everything we do is theological.

  2. The Bible is the source of our theology.

  3. Everyone is a child of God and deserves to be treated that way.

  4. We never encourage anyone to change churches.

    The Body of Christ is not built up simply by trading members.

    If you are having difficulty in your congregation, our first priority is to help you resolve it so you can remain an active member there.

    If it becomes necessary for you to change churches, we want you to know that
     

    Maple Grove is an open fellowship of Christian believers.

    This is a peaceful, loving, caring community of faith.

    Everyone is welcome here.

    Youth and children are given high priority in all of our programming.

    You will be able to find a place of service among us.

    Our pastor is available to you.

  5. Since 1978, we have been the home of Anderson's original Live Outdoor Nativity Pageant, a ministry to thousands.  We joyfully give this gift freely to our community, never solicit donations, and do not view it as a "church growth" opportunity.

  6. We always welcome Anderson University and School of Theology students, not just as attenders, but as full participants in ministry.  We have sent more than 98 students into ministry (including 4 families and 12 individuals last year alone).

  7. The entire congregation is the "youth minister."  By this, we mean that our youth are too valuable, too precious, to be delegated to one paid staff person.  We all want to be in relationship with our youth.  And if you love youth and children, you would very likely find many ways to be directly involved in these ministries.

  8. Maple Grove is about relationships.  We intentionally develop and nurture relationships with God, with each other, with other Christian ministries, and with the entire world.  We are called to treat every person as a Child of God.  Therefore we cannot and do not take relationships lightly.  Relationships are everything.

  9. We believe that God calls us to resist the current market-driven pressures to produce measurable results (more people, more money).  We intend to remain faithful to our core convictions, refusing to reduce ministry to a marketing strategy.  We choose instead to proclaim and practice the historic Christian faith.  We will resist the increasingly competitive church climate.  We will not set aside conviction in order to get more people in.

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