Restoration means to: Return, Bring Back, and Repair.
home Return- Our goal is for people to return to God through Jesus Christ. Man once was in relationship with God, but because man sinned our relationship was broken. Jesus came to restore us back to God because we couldn't do it in our own power.
diagonalarrow Bring Back- Our goal is for people to be brought back to life. The Bible says that we were dead in our traspases, but Jesus brought us back to life. Water Baptism is the the symbol of our lives coming back to life. Communion is our celebration as a church that we are alive in Him.
Tools Repair- When people give their lives to Jesus, there is a process called sanctification. Our spirit has been born again, but our soul which is our mind, will and emotions are still in the process of becoming more like Christ. Sin many times damages our will, our emotions, and our thinking and we must learn to submit them to the new identity that we have in Christ.