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Community Standard

All Word Made Flesh staff members and Servant Team members have acknowledged in writing their commitment to the following Word Made Flesh Community Standard.

PREFACE: The Word Made Flesh Community Standard is outlined to communicate the expectations of all Word Made Flesh staff. As a ministry, Word Made Flesh values the individual placed within the community. The consequences of personal sin are detrimental to the individual and extend to the community. Therefore, by signing the Word Made Flesh Community Standard, I step forward in solidarity with the Word Made Flesh community to preserve its integrity and foster holy living.

As a follower of Jesus Christ placed within the Word Made Flesh community, I intend to know Him intimately; to love Him with all my heart, mind, soul, and strength; and to seek first His Kingdom. (Luke 9:23; John 17:3; Jeremiah 22:16; Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12-13; Luke 10:27; Matthew 6:33)

In faithfulness to our Lord Jesus, I joyfully submit to a community standard based on the Scriptures and expressed in a Kingdom lifestyle. (Hebrews 12:28-29; Hebrews 13:8; Ephesians 4:1-6)

I will not willfully enslave myself to any form of substance abuse, any form of indiscretion concerning sexual integrity, or any form of perversion or vulgarity in my words or actions. (I Thessalonians 4:1-9; Colossians 3:1-17; Ephesians 4:17-32; Galatians 5:16-26; I Corinthians 6:9-20)

I commit to a posture of truthfulness, humility, purity, holiness, and openness in all areas of my life. (John 4:24; Ephesians 4:15; James 4:10; Philippians 2:3-8; I John 1:7, 9; Romans 12:1-21; Micah 6:8)

I relinquish my perceived rights or freedoms for the good of the community and submit to the interpretation of these rights and freedoms to my brothers and sisters in the Word Made Flesh body. (Ephesians 5:21; Romans 14:9-15:3; I Corinthians 8:9-13; I Corinthians 9:19-23; I Corinthians 10:23-24; I Corinthians 12:12-26)

I make myself accountable and agree to submit to the authority of Scripture and the Word Made Flesh community if I betray trust and fail to live a life of integrity based on the Word Made Flesh Community Standard. (II Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 4:12; Romans 13:1-4; I Peter 2:13-17; I Corinthians 4:2)

I am willing to confess and repent of willful sin or shortcomings and welcome discipline when I fail to abide by the Word Made Flesh Community Standard. (Psalm 32:5; II Corinthians 7:10-11)

I am aware that failure to comply with the Word Made Flesh Community Standard may result in my dismissal. (Proverbs 3:11-12)