• ABOUT
    • WHAT TO EXPECT
    • OUR VALUES
    • OUR BELIEFS
    • LEADERSHIP
    • CONTACT
    • CONNECT CARD
  • EVENTS
  • SERMONS
    • WATCH LIVE
    • PAST SERMONS
  • MINISTRIES
    • AWC815KIDS
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    • YOUNG ADULTS
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    • CONNECT
    • SERVE
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  • ABOUT
    • WHAT TO EXPECT
    • OUR VALUES
    • OUR BELIEFS
    • LEADERSHIP
    • CONTACT
    • CONNECT CARD
  • EVENTS
  • SERMONS
    • WATCH LIVE
    • PAST SERMONS
  • MINISTRIES
    • AWC815KIDS
    • VELOCITY YOUTH
    • YOUNG ADULTS
  • GET INVOLVED
    • GROW
    • GO
    • GIVE
    • CONNECT
    • SERVE
  • ONLINE GIVING

OUR VALUES OUR VALUES

Our Mission

Love God, Love People, Serve the World    

 

Our Purpose

We exist to be a regional family church where the word of faith is taught and the spirit of faith is caught. 

 

Our Vision

God has called us to ‘make no small plans here.’  We believe that we are called to grow a regional family church where people live by Great Faith, live for the Great Commission & Live out the Great Commandment. 

 

Our Core Values

Grow-In your relationship with God, your family and community

Go-reach your world by demonstrating God’s love to others

Give-partner with us financially to make the vision a reality

Connect-Live life together.  Belong to a Life group.

Serve-Learn to use your gifts and find your purpose in Life.

 

 

JESUS IS MY LORD NOT MY RELIGION: We are devoted followers of Jesus. We are growing in our relationship with Him and the basics of His Word. (Romans 10:8-9, Colossians 1:28-29)

WE’RE NOT PERFECT, BUT HE’S NOT DONE: We are all a work in progress. We are humble, teachable, self-aware and are transformed by wisdom from above to live a life pleasing to the Lord. (Romans 12, James 3)

LIFE IS SHORT CHURCH SHOULD BE FUN: We are happy and we show it. We love the Lord, His people, His Church and His Word so it’s easy to laugh and be a joyful, fun, optimistic, positive, friendly and cheerful person and church. (Philippians 4)

GENEROSITY DEFINES US BECAUSE IT DEFINES HIM: We are rooted in love. We know and believe God loves us so we are free to generously love, give, serve others. (1 John 4)

WE CAN MAKE AN ETERNAL DIFFERENCE ONE PERSON AT A TIME: We are impacting our sphere of influence. We walk and talk the good news of Jesus to make an eternal difference in people’s lives in every way we can. (Romans 10:13-15, 2 Timothy 2:2) 

EVERYONE HAS SUPER POWERS. We see everyone with leadership potential. We believe both men and women have God-given serving and/or speaking gifts as well as other spiritual gifts that are to be used to build His church. We continually work to equip, train, empower and release leaders within their gifting to be more effective in building His church and making disciples. (1 Peter, Romans 12, 2 Timothy 2:2)

 

Our History

1985-Abiding Word Church (formerly Abiding Word Christian Center) was founded by a group of local people at 501 E. Third Street in Sterling.

1988– Rev. Scott Porter becomes the Pastor

1993– We begin holding our adult services at the Sterling Municipal Coliseum while the kids remain at our original building at 3rd & 5th Street in Sterling 

1995-We purchased a building on the corner of 4th & 4th in Sterling continuing to grow and added a Saturday night service

2001-We purchase 32 acres of property at the NE Corner of Lynn Blvd and 6th Avenue in Sterling.

2004– We were outgrowing our building so we decided to again keep the children & youth at our present building and take our adults back to the Sterling Municipal Coliseum.

2007– We broke ground for our new permanent facility at the corner of Lynn Blvd and 6th Avenue.

2008– We moved into our new location where we currently reside.  We have plans for a phase two in the future as we continue to grow and dream big! Our mission:

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Contact Info

  • Abiding Word Church
  • 806 East Lynn Blvd
  • 815-626-1827
  • Contact@abidingwordchurch.org

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