If you have been at Central Baptist Church for any period of time, you have likely heard the phrase “The Four Canons” or have seen the symbols.  If you have been here for a long time you might have heard more about them than you want to!  Why?  Because a church without a clear sense of vision is a church that is doomed to float directionless and without a clear trajectory.

If you are a member of Central Baptist Church you should be able to tell anybody who we are and what we are about at the drop of a hat.  The Four Canons help us in that regard.  Remember:  a canon is a set standard.  These four are our ideals, our goals, our mission.  They are thoroughly biblical in content and imminently practical in terms of helping us assess what we do and why we do it.

Here are The Four Canons:

• An Authentic Family [This is our ecclesiology, our view of the church.]
• Around the Whole Gospel [This is our theology, our central conviction.]
• For the Glory of God [This is our doxology, our Spirit-led focus.]
• And the Reaching of the Nations [This is our missiology, our sense of mission and outreach.]

These are good canons, and they are God-honoring.  We are seeking to aspire toward these goals and this vision.  Through our church covenant, we have united around a practical vision of what the living out of these canons looks like.

Leading up to Christmas, I will be preaching again through The Four Canons.  We are doing this to remind us of who we are, and of what we are about.

Thank you for being such a loving church family.

Pastor Wyman