Mission/Vision

KING’S CROSS CHURCH exists to glorify God and enlarge His Kingdom by gathering regularly to proclaim and celebrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ, yielding to the authority of God’s Word as illuminated by the Holy Spirit and summarized in the historic Christian Creeds and Reformed Confessions, partaking together of Christ’s presence in the Sacraments, providing opportunities to love and serve one another in Community, equipping the saints for Ministry to those who are lost and hurting, both locally and globally, and preparing them to cultivate Shalom (peace and well-being) wherever God calls them to serve.

Thursday, June 15, 2017

Fathers' Work


"For you know how like a father with his children, we exhorted each on of you and encouraged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory." (1 Thess. 2:11)

In this verse Paul gives us some important insights into the duties of Christian fathers. Fathers "exhort" and "encourage" their children to walk in ways consistent with their calling and work in God's kingdom. There are many ways to do this, but historically, exhortation and encouragement have included the catechizing of children; grounding them in the basics of the faith. And the following catechism is a good place to start.

Small Children's Catechism

1. Who made you? God

2. What else did God make? God made all things.

3. Why did God make all things? For His own glory

4. Why do things work as they do? God has so decreed it.

5. How do we learn about God? God reveals Himself.
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