6E Culture & Mission is to:
Encourage
Give support, confidence, & hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 AMP Classic Edition
11 Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing.
Enlighten
Give away greater knowledge and understanding.
Ephesians 1:17-19 (KJV)
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Empower
Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
Luke 9:1-2;6 (KJV)
9 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
Luke 24:48-49 (KJV)
48 And ye are witnesses of these things. 49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Equip
Supply the necessary tools to achieve a particular purpose.
Ephesians 4:11-13 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
11 And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers.
12 His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ’s body (the church),
13 [That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [[a]full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ’s own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him.
Evangelize
Evangelize – To spread the Gospel [TEACH, PREACH & PUBLISH].
Mark 16:15 (AMPC)
And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].
Enjoy
Take delight and pleasure in life.
John 10:10
The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
1 Tim. 6:17n (KJV)
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Ecclesiastes 2:24 ASV
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
