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Our Beliefs

Grace

“Grace” is the most important concept in the Bible, Christianity, and the world. Grace is a gift from God. It means we cannot earn it. What you cannot earn you cannot lose. We believe Grace is most needed and best understood in the midst of sin, suffering, and brokenness. We live in a world of earning, deserving, and merit, and these result in judgment. That is why everyone wants and needs grace.

Heather Lambert said there is a danger that grace can become a topic we discuss rather than a power we experience. At Surge, our mission is to create a culture through God's word, lifestyle, and giving that allows people to have a real experience of this gift of grace.

Faith

A believer who relies on his own works… a self-reliant believer… a believer who tries to earn something from the Lord, or a believer who thinks that if they do something exactly right… that God will reward his works, actually disqualifies himself.

Under the Old Covenant, believers were rewarded by their works of obedience and punished for their works of disobedience. Under the New Covenant, believers receive the reward given to Jesus by grace through faith, not of works lest any man should boast.

People that think that their works deserve reward do not realize that their works are as filthy rags because in themselves they are already disqualified. The promises of God to us are therefore based entirely upon Jesus, the goodness of God and the grace of God towards us in the light of the New Covenant… not on our works.

Truth

In year past, it seems like there was famine on the earth in regards to an understanding of God’s Grace, and now that there is a tremendous emergence of understanding and response to God’s Grace, but it seems like there is a famine of truth.

Jesus was full of Grace and Truth. He came to end the famine. He came to give us the full experience of both at the same time. Never in history had there been any time where both were in full effect until Jesus came. Grace and truth found their perfect union in Christ, but the rest of us tend to gravitate toward one or the other.

Some consider Grace and Truth to be options.

(1). Speak the truth harshly or (2). say nothing in the name of grace. We shouldn’t choose between them but act according to grace and truth. Truth without grace breeds self-righteousness and legalism.Grace without truth breeds deception and moral compromise.

Transformation

We believe that God's ultimate goal is not that we become merely informed, but that we are truly transformed from the inside-out.

Transformation is a spiritual journey that has an intentional beginning but no end; we are always on the journey, never finished. Transformation is a strategic journey because it addresses change in proactive intentional processes, giving attention to how and why we are making certain changes. Transformation has a clear vision of the journey but one that can be re-cast as needed.

Our Code

Grace - A culture of Grace

Realness - A Culture of “Come as you are”

Compassion - A Culture of Compassion

Love - A culture of Love

Peace - A Culture of Peace Organic A Culture that is patient

Gratitude - A culture that doesn't things and people for granted.

Transformation - A Culture that encourages heart change over behavior change

Truth - Culture of Truth

Faith - A Culture of Faith

Unity - A culture of Unity

Authenticity - A Culture of Authenticity

Transparency - A Culture of Transparency