If you take a look at West End or simply walk through it, you'll feel tension. It's interesting. You feel people's uneasiness in response to their surroundings: poverty, drug addictions, prostitution, all enclosed by the contrasting wealth of the skyscrapers that surround it.
That's why we chose to start here. People here are longing for something: love, a feeling of knowing that someone cares for them and hasn't forgotten them, a hope that despite their present condition, they are going to be okay and are not alone.
We understand the solution is to be radical, unprecedented love. Love so unexpected it is not understood. We have come to see that acts of kindness carry a vast impact, but in due time, they too are forgotten.
There is, however, a distinct kind of love, a love that lasts forever, a love, which man alone cannot give because this love is unconditional, and though he cannot give it, he cannot live without because he was born to be embraced by it.
The Bible tells us God is everlasting.
The Bible tells us God is love.
Why West End?
MISSION
As a local church, we are driven to share the gospel of God’s grace through love by discipleship and meeting the basic needs of the underprivileged, the heavy laden, and the lost.
We will mobilize and equip believers to
fulfill their mandate of loving others, and in doing so bless the community with an ultimate goal of glorifying God.
VISION
9. as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything. 2 Co.
MANTRA
CONVICTIONS
Scripture is the Ultimate Authority
Commitment
Discipleship
Accountability
Evangelism
Relationships
Purpose
Christlike
Meeting Physical & Spiritual Needs
Seek the Poor
Equality
Become fully devoted followers of Jesus
Pursue Diversity
CULTURE
Disciples Make Disciples
Come as you are
Leave it better than you found it.
No one leaves without being greeted
There are still good things in life.
It’s all about Jesus
Create a lasting connection
Know God
Love and Love some more
Prayer Changes Things
The Kingdom is in the Midst
Love your enemies.
Maintain the Posture of Jesus
I have Value.
We are sent.
We are Chosen.
Live in Community
Pursue Holiness
Commit
I am Loved by God.
I have a Purpose.
Scripture is required for My Growth.
CONSTRUCTS
Prayer
Reading
Serving
Fellowship
Preaching
Discipleship
West End Wednesday
Next Step
Vacation bible School
Movie Night
Blogging
Outings/Treatment
Sunday school
West End Worship
English Classes/Refugee
Food Ministry
Life Skills
Pregnancy Outreach
Health Screenings
Clothing Ministry
Encouragement
Sunday Lunch
FIND YOUR FAITH
8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5
In an era of communal divisiveness, God has granted us eminent healing through the gift of diversity within the church. Every Sunday, we have unearthed new empathy, decency, and appreciation for humanity through conversations and prayer with individuals dissimilar to us by ethnicity, age, or gender but nevertheless loved by God.
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Shahe | Ps. 133 • Armenian