Berry Family Verse and Mission Statement

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. -- 1 Cor 10:31

Exhibit God’s purpose in our lives to others regarding life, country, and behavior through living out our family’s core values.

Core Values

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
• We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential, and that this salvation is received through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and not as a result of good works.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and to perform good works.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• All creation are living and active displays of God’s love.
• It is important to protect and maintain the Biblical principles the US was founded upon which provides freedom to all, including Christians.
• Our family is responsible and accountable for our children and family actions with the parents bearing ultimate responsibility.
• We exist to teach and display our Christian faith and understand other faith’s in relation to the Christian faith.
  

Underlying Strategies

• Raise our children to understand our core values.
• Educate others in understanding God’s plan for life and family.
• Actively increase our understanding for our lives of God’s plan.
• Intimately involve ourselves in each other’s lives.

Outcome
Individuals in the family and interacting with our family will have a strong understanding of God’s purpose in our lives in regard to life, country and behavior.

Personal Mission Statements (as they apply within the above):
Michael: Protect the founding principles of the United States from straying from the original Biblical values.
Kelle: Protect others from the effects of the devaluation of life through passing on God’s view of life.
Children: Discover their own mission statements through determining and developing their own faith and mind.

Established 6/3/00
Written 10/22/04
Updated 3/24/08