About Providence Community Church
“If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us.”
— Charles Spurgeon
Things we value.
Humility > Pride
The Lord promises to bless the one “who is humble and contrite in spirit” (Isaiah 66:2). Humility is simply an accurate view of God and of ourselves. It is the foundation of every other virtue — without it, we have neither the desire nor the grace to grow. The gospel itself humbles us: “By grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Ephesians 2:8–9). No one stands tall at the foot of the cross.
Courage > Cowardice
God expects his people to be courageous (Deuteronomy 31:6; Philippians 1:28). Counterintuitively, courage flows from humility, and cowardice from pride. The proud man has too much to lose. The humble man has already lost it all and been given everything back in Christ. We want to help people live genuinely courageous lives as an expression of humble trust in the God who has promised never to leave them nor forsake them.
Celebration > Envy
Scripture treats envy as a far more serious problem than most people realize. It sits at the root of many evils, ancient and modern — from the first murder to the crucifixion itself, which Pilate knew was driven by envy (Mark 15:10). But in the cross, Jesus made it possible to genuinely root for one another and to celebrate each other's successes as our own. You would be surprised how different a community becomes when envy is named and rejected.
Facts > Feelings
Feelings matter a great deal — God made us to feel deeply, and Scripture is full of commanded emotion. But feelings make poor governors. When our feelings and the facts disagree, we work to bring our feelings into line with the truth, not the other way around. This is not stoicism. It is sanity.
Honesty > Spin
We try to say what we mean and mean what we say. “We have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God” (2 Corinthians 4:2). Plain speech is a form of love.
Freedom > Guilt
The world, following its father the devil, uses guilt to bully people into conformity. Christ does something entirely different: he deals with guilt rather than weaponizing it. We have been set free, and we actually believe what we confess — that “if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). A church built on forgiven people has no use for shame as a management tool.
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