Culture

The word “culture” refers to a combination of values, beliefs, attitudes, atmosphere, environment, behaviors, and practices created by a spiritual family. It is life of Christ that radiates off His people. The Rock Tribe seeks to create a “kingdom culture” that reveals the heart of our heavenly Father.

Here are some of cultural expressions of the kingdom of God we seek to create with the help of the Holy Spirit:

  • A culture of praise, worship, and prayer because all life, all good things, all mercy and grace come from our Father through Christ by the Holy Spirit.
  • A culture of hope which produces great faith in God and His Word. This includes a culture of expectancy and practice of the supernatural power and gifts of the Holy Spirit. It also includes a culture that embraces a positive perspective of life in the kingdom versus cynicism, skepticism, and unbelief.
  • A culture of true fellowship, love, affection, and genuine caring.
  • A culture of humility and honor in which we recognize each other by the Spirit as sons of God, submitting to the Christ in one another.
  • A culture which is passionate about living out BOTH “divine order” with “divine life” holistically. This includes areas like gender roles, godly stewardship of our bodies, time, relationships, resources, finances, gifts, talents, callings.
  • A culture of “fathering & mothering” sons of God in the context of Kingdom Families (house churches). This involves fellowshipping in the light, speaking the truth in love, being open, vulnerable, and teachable, in order to grow into Christ’s likeness. This includes a culture of accountability but without a religious spirit of performance orientation and legalism.
  • A culture of justice and compassion in which we help to reveal Father’s heart to orphans, widows, the poor, alien, mistreated, and unreached.
  • A culture of joy, gladness, and fun, enjoying and celebrating our humanity under Christ’s Lordship.
  • A culture of freedom, faith, and encouragement to explore, start and practice new kingdom enterprises and ministries.
  • A culture which promotes genuine, authentic, holistic, and substantial kingdom reality versus hype, superficiality, and religious hypocrisy.