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Line 2: − − '''Randy Weener''' is the founding pastor of Spring Valley Community Church. − − Randy enjoys bicycling, playing various musical instruments, gardening, backpacking, and kayaking. He and his wife Sally have 3 children, Amanda, Seth and Lyndi. They launched Spring Valley in January 2000. Prior to that, they served churches in Grandville and Standale, Michigan. − − He is a graduate of Hope Collage and Western Theological Seminary and is currently a Doctor of Ministry student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago.
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All those who profess their faith in [[Jesus Christ]] are members of His body, the [[Church]], with Him as the head. Membership in the church stretches across boundaries of [[race]], [[gender]] and [[time]]. As the body of Christ, the Church is involved in: reaching spiritually lost people, worshipping [[God]], instructing followers of Christ in the [[Bible]] and the [[Christian]] life, caring for one another, helping believers discover and deploy their God given gifts. Among those gifts is the gift of [[leadership]], which is given to elders who govern the Church.
All those who profess their faith in [[Jesus Christ]] are members of His body, the [[Church]], with Him as the head. Membership in the church stretches across boundaries of [[race]], [[gender]] and [[time]]. As the body of Christ, the Church is involved in: reaching spiritually lost people, worshipping [[God]], instructing followers of Christ in the [[Bible]] and the [[Christian]] life, caring for one another, helping believers discover and deploy their God given gifts. Among those gifts is the gift of [[leadership]], which is given to elders who govern the Church.
'''Salvation''' is a gift God offers to us to be forgiven of our sin. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God's offer of forgiveness can we be saved from sin's penalty. Eternal life begins the moment we repent of our sin and receive Jesus Christ into our life by faith.
'''Salvation''' is a gift God offers to us to be forgiven of our sin. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God's offer of forgiveness can we be saved from sin's penalty. Eternal life begins the moment we repent of our sin and receive Jesus Christ into our life by faith.