Core Values
Taking church to the people
When Mission Arlington began in August of 1986, the idea was that we could help people to find their way back into the existing local church. We subsequently discovered that many people felt disconnected from the church in general.
It wasn’t that the churches weren’t friendly and inviting, but that there seemed to be some kind of barrier in the minds and hearts of people which made it difficult for them to get connected. We decided then that if people couldn’t come to the church, for whatever reason, we would take the church to them.
Today people of all ages gather each week to hear the Bible taught in multiple languages in 270 locations in Arlington and the larger Dallas-Fort Worth region. We meet in neighborhood homes, apartment club houses, mobile home parks, and in any other location where people can gather together to hear God’s Word.
One Life at a Time
Often ministries begin with the “big picture.” Vision statements, mission statements, long-range goals, and specific strategies for implementation take center stage. Although we understand why different organizations take the “top-down” approach, that isn’t how we operate at Mission Arlington/Mission Metroplex.
Our approach begins with the conviction that every life is important to God and therefore important to us. Every ministry here begins with the need of each person who comes our way. We simply haven’t been able to find any one life that didn’t matter to God.
At the same time, our faith is based upon the belief that there is an intimate connection between the spiritual and the physical. It isn’t enough just to point the way to Christ and wish people “all the best.” We must, following the example of Christ, extend a helping hand to each person at his or her point of need.
Thus the Bible studies that we provide for people, and the ministries that exist in and through the mission, work in harmony for a common goal—helping people find a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The star on the top of our main offices reminds us of the star at Bethlehem long ago, which pointed the wise men and shepherds to the Christ child. In the same way, we want to be the kind of place which always points the way to Jesus.
We invite you to pray and work with us towards that end.
