Disciples Making Disciples!

We are convinced that every believer is called to be a disciple, and as described in Matthew 28:18-20 and 4:19, a disciple is someone who follows Jesus, reaches unbelievers with the Gospel and does these activities in community with other believers.

In support of this process, the pastors and leadership of Victory Christian Center shall not allow practices that are controlling, coercive or intrusive, or that violate Biblical principles, the priesthood of the believer and the disciple-making principles enumerated: 

• We believe the Bible is the ultimate authority in the life of the believer.
  
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• All Christians are called to preach the Gospel and make disciples. This means we are called to follow Jesus and to help others follow Jesus.
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• We are called to uphold Scripture and provide godly counsel and leadership while reinforcing the God-given right and responsibility of every individual to follow his or her own conscience and make his or her own decisions.
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• We do not require anyone in the disciple-making process to follow any mentor's advice.
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• We believe in restoring families and – especially in the church ministry context – we encourage every youth to honor and respect his or her parents.
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• We believe in the church universal, the church local and the calling of believers to worship and affiliate with the church or ministry of their choice. Therefore, we reject exclusivity or elitism in any of our churches and ministries.
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• We believe the disciple-making process should never be exclusive. Therefore, individuals should feel free to discuss their spiritual growth, personal issues and disagreements with other pastors, mentors, friends and family.

What is Discipleship?
Victory Christian Center often speaks of “making disciples,” and “discipleship” is one of our core values. When we speak of “being a disciple” and “making disciples,” it means we are called to follow Jesus and to help others follow Jesus.

​The Scripture reference for this is Matthew 4:19, Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (New King James Version)

What is Lordship?
One of our core values is “Lordship.” However, we do not teach what is commonly called “lordship salvation” (i.e., we do not believe that a person has to come under perfect submission to Christ in every area of life to get saved and to stay saved.)

Christ saved us and made us perfect in God’s eyes at the moment we appealed to Him for forgiveness. Lordship is our proclamation that Jesus Christ is now the center of our lives (1 Corinthians 3:11) and we will make every effort to obey His Word and follow His will as laid out in the Bible.