A Diverse and Inclusive Community
Our curriculum appeals to student diversity and interest, and is rigorous and challenging. We understand each child comes to us with different talents, learning styles, and identities. And we celebrate that difference because our diversity is our strength.
Our Story
Pastor Joseph Mitsch, originally from New Jersey, moved to St. Petersburg in 1985. He came to know the Lord on April 1st, 1992, and learned to serve in many capacities. With a heart for God, Pastor Joseph became passionate in his pursuit of service as evangelist, greeter, usher, ministry of helps, and praise and worship leader. He became an associate Pastor in May 2001 expanding his service as Bible study teacher and special events director and he has served as a senior Pastor since August 2008. Pastor Joseph has a passion for God, a love for people, and a mandate to equip the saints for ministry through teaching the revealed Word of God, demonstrating the power of the Holy Spirit and training the saints in their gifts and callings. He is married to his partner in ministry Lieska and they are blessed to have 3 children.
BELIEFS THAT UNITE US
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Our community makes us unique. They have an energy that reverberates around them. Their mission in life is to ensure the wonder in the world is not overlooked.
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Our Core Values
Learn more about our values and our story as a church by visiting the about us page.
We value the Lordship of Jesus Christ!
We acknowledge Jesus Christ as the head of our church and fully submit ourselves to His will. In every aspect of our ministry our goal is always to honor and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
We value Bible-centered Preaching and Teaching!
We believe the Bible is God’s inspired authoritative and trustworthy rule of faith and practice for Christians. Therefore, we submit ourselves to its teaching, commit ourselves to do what it says, and yield our lives to become what Christ desires for us to be.
We value Prayer!
We believe in the power of prayer. Therefore, the ministries and activities our church will be characterized by a reliance on personal and corporate prayer in all areas of our lives and ministry.
We value Evangelism and World Missions!
We believe in the Great Commission commanded to us by Jesus Christ and we are committed to reaching unsaved and unchurched people locally, nationally and worldwide. We will use every available Christ-honoring means to pursue, win and disciple the people in our sphere of influence.
We value the Family!
We believe God ordained the family to glorify him. We are committed to cultivate an atmosphere which promotes spiritual growth within the family by reaching families with the gospel, discipling them in Christ-like character and teaching each family member how to fulfill their God-given role.
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Our community makes us unique. They have an energy that reverberates around them. Their mission in life is to ensure the wonder in the world is not overlooked.