{"id":37,"date":"2011-07-19T14:13:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T14:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/providence.buzzrocketmedia.com\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2014-07-13T08:28:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T14:28:34","slug":"more-about-providence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"Our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lamp1.axiaconnect.com\/~provbapt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/globe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30788 aligncenter\" title=\"globe\" src=\"http:\/\/lamp1.axiaconnect.com\/~provbapt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/globe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The purpose of our church is to obey\u00c2\u00a0the Great Commission by making true disciples of Christ through preaching God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Word, evangelizing the lost, and building up the faith of believers that they may grow spiritually and learn to make more disciples.<\/p>\n<p>This site is designed to give Providence members and visitors information about our church, updates on church news, and further information about resources mentioned by Pastor Grant in the sermons.<\/p>\n<p>As in all of our church ministries, our purpose on the web is to magnify the supremacy of Jesus Christ over all things and to glorify Him as our highest Treasure.<\/p>\n<p>May His name be praised forever!<\/p>\n<h2>Our Purpose Statement<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Providence Baptist Church Exists to Glorify God by<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Loving God<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>by worshipping Him corporately and in all we do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Loving Each other<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>by teaching, connecting with, and serving one another.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Loving the Lost<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><em>by witnessing of Christ and making disciples locally and globally.<\/em><\/p>\n<div><em><br \/>\nOur commitment is to the glory of Jesus Christ through the verse-by-verse\u00c2\u00a0exposition of Scripture.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The purpose of our church is to obey\u00c2\u00a0the Great Commission by making true disciples of Christ through preaching God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Word, evangelizing the lost, and building up the faith of believers that they may grow spiritually and learn to make more disciples. This site is designed to give Providence members and visitors information about our church, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/?page_id=37\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Our Purpose&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":27024,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/provbaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}