Our Values

Core Values:

  • MOTHER & FATHERING
    Fathers     begetting fathers! (Matt 1). Fathers/Mothers give to their children, whereas nannies and tutors are more like hired hands. Paul reminded us that there are many teachers, but few mothers/fathers in the Kingdom of God, so we earnestly desire to pursue our heavenly Father, so we may likewise father and mother others well. Lastly, we seek to raise up new mothers and fathers in the faith, not simply content to birth spiritual infants but to teach and train them into maturity.
  • FREE
     Mothers/Fathers ought to carry the faith to provide for their children’s spiritual upbringing. Matt 10:8 reminds us that “Freely we have been given, freely we give” and therefore we seek to make all training, equipping and other gatherings Free of Charge as much as possible. We know God will bless, and draw heart to support ministries that He is working in.
  • UNITY
    John 17: 20-23 stresses our Lord’s desire that His Church would be as One. Unity through worship times, prayer events, community, equipping, common ministry, and outreaches. United in purpose, but not uniform in culture; the Body of Christ is a very diverse fellowship. We come together because we are one Family of God, and share the common purpose of reaching the world with the Gospel of the Kingdom of God, instead of dividing along lines of secondary doctrines or practice. Unity is nourished by ‘look what God & Christ’s Body is doing’ type thinking, not ‘look what my fellowship is doing’.
  • HONOR
     Honoring existing churches & leadership structures, not undermining them, is essential to God’s work (other fellowships and leaders should see ‘revivalists’ as assets, not antagonists).      We value all the gifts of God, and seek to Biblically honor the unseemly gifts among us. We seek to love each fellowship, church, and ministry with the love God has for them.
  • FREEDOM
     We rejoice we are not in control; He is. God is a God of order, and He leads by His Spirit, but that doesn’t mean we always know what will happen next (man’s schedule of service and God’s order are not the same thing). Leaders equip, not control or create dependency. The goal of Eph 4:11 leadership is an Eph 4:16 community, where the Body builds up Itself in love.
  • BUILDING BRIDGES
    We have a specific calling to be a bridge for the spirit and truth connection in the Body of Christ. John 4:24 reminds us that the Father is seeking worshippers in spirit and in truth, and Revival Valley seeks to build bridges between churches and ministries that reflect one of these pillars. We seek to be ambassadors to both parties in God’s Kingdom, drawing Bible believing Evangelicals and Charismatic/Pentecostal traditions closer together for God’s glory and the equipping of all followers of Jesus.

Core Kingdom Activities

  • RELATE: the fullness of each Person of the Godhead: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  • LOVE: encouraging others to live the greatest commandment: love God and love people. And fulfilling, and encouraging others to fulfill, the great commission.
  • UNITE: Ministers of reconciliation in families, in communities, in cities, among peoples, and among Christian fellowships.
  • EMPOWER: Encourage and train God’s people to join or foster revival in the contexts they are already in.
  • LAUNCH: we expect people as they mature to be launched into their God dreams, either in our overlapping spheres or into new spheres and regions.

 

 

Purposes

 Purpose 1: Encourage Dreamers and Fellow Workers

Encouragements: thank you for lifting up your pastors and church. You are doing good work. God is using you to strengthen your church.

Some God dreams (the purposes and plans God puts in hearts) don’t fit neatly inside a normal church or are bigger than one church. Such dreams still need to be encouraged and nurtured. Revival Valley is seeking to be one of those places where we stir up and encourage God’s dreams inside of people.

Purpose 2: Equip to Hear God’s voice more

Nothing in God’s Kingdom moves without prayer (Your Kingdom Come, Your Will be Done ~ Matt 6:9), and we firmly believe that as we seek the face of God, embrace His purposes, wrapped in His love, and empowered by the Holy Spirit, only then will we start seeing revival in our own hearts, and then see it in our communities and cities as well.

To that end, we have been gathering together people hungry for the Lord’s revival in Silicon Valley. We all attend and encourage our own individual churches, but come together in unity to seek God’s heart in prayer and worship. The format is very simple:

Beyond that, hearing God’s voice for others, and the world around us is key to joining God in the revival of this land. And then we must listen, with understanding and communicate it to others. We will be creating safe environments to learn and practice such things.

Purpose 3: Move in Freedom

We can’t fulfill our true potential & accomplish the dreams our Lord has placed in our hearts if we are still encumbered by the things of this world, and snared by the schemes of our enemy.

We seek to remove all obstacles by bringing freedom through prayer and authority to everyone who wants to run into the revival that God is sending to Silicon Valley. Our prayer nights, home fellowships and weekly gatherings are all placed to seek and find spiritual freedom and deliverance from all things that seek to keep us from the full knowledge of Jesus Christ, and walking in the full righteousness He has given us.