Pastoral Care

Creek Valley Church (CVC) invites you to celebrate Jesus Christ in mutual ministry with us!

As believers we are a holy priesthood who offer spiritual sacrifices as priests (1 Pet. 2:5). We are a royal priesthood (1 Pet. 2:9) and sons of God (1 Pet. 1:3, 23; Gal. 3:26) through faith in Christ Jesus. We are all kings, priests, and prophets in Christ (1 Pet. 2:9). There is no difference among believers, as Paul writes, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Gal. 3:28-29).

The sacrifice of Jesus the High Priest has resulted in the forgiveness of all our sins and in the imputation to us of God’s perfect righteousness. Arrayed in the robe of Christ’s righteousness, every believer-priest comes to God (Heb. 12:22, 23) together with others to offer, not expiatory, literal, bloody sacrifices, but various spiritual sacrifices. Christ alone is Mediator (1 Tim. 2:5). He alone is the Head of the church (Col. 1:18). He alone is God (Col. 2:9). He alone is King (Eph. 1:22, 23).

As a priest every Christian has something to offer to God. To each believer grace is given for service to God. “We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith” (Rom. 12:6). “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good” (1 Cor. 12:7). “But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it” (Eph. 4:7). “Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” (1 Pet. 4:10).

The ministry of Creek Valley Church is not a one-man ministry. It’s mutual! Everyone is given grace, everyone is a priest, and everyone must serve God as a priest together with all others. Our church has no clergy-laity distinction. All are priests of God, and almost everyone engages in some aspect of the work of the church without pay. Daily and weekly I observe our members working around our building and grounds. There is such love for God here that members sacrificially lay down their lives for others. They do so spontaneously, not out of compulsion, and thus daily practice the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers (mutual ministry)

We celebrate Jesus Christ in mutual ministry within CVC, for the benefit of our members, and through CVC for the benefit of the world outside.