FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
North-Mar Church has been serving Warren, Ohio and the surrounding communities for over 100 years!
Through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, North-Mar Church has developed many ministries to meet the needs of many.
We hope we can answer any questions you may have as a newcomer to North-Mar Church.
We offer many pages within this site to help you explore North-Mar Church and to go a little deeper into each ministry. We have included calendar and detailed content on the programs and ministries of our church.
If all of this seems a bit overwhelming please take your time and click on the content you would like to review on your timetable. We'll be here waiting for you when you return for more details!
Here a frequently asked questions that may address concerns you may have:
What Denomination is
North-Mar Church?
Who Is The Alliance?
What Is North-Mar's Mission?
What Are North-Mar's Core Values?
What Is North-Mar's Doctrinal Statement?
How Does North-Mar Support
Missions?
When Does North-Mar Church
Offer Communion?
How Do I Become A
Member of North-Mar Church?
What Denomination
Is North-Mar Church?
North-Mar Church belongs
to the Christian and Missionary Alliance.
We are ordinary people from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds.
Empowered by an extraordinary God.
We come together for the common purpose of completing The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).
We take faith-filled risks to see Christ's Kingdom multiplied throughout the world.
We desire to know Jesus Christ as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and Coming
King and to complete His Great Commission.
Our vision is to Impact the World with Great Commission Disciples.
Through the power of Jesus Christ we are making an impact
as people's lives are spiritually transformed through our ministries. We
have a world focus stretching from our neighborhoods to
countries where our missionaries serve. We are growing as Great
Commission Disciples, becoming more like Christ ourselves as we
seek to fulfill His Commission.
Alliance missionaries.
What are the advantages of the GCF?
• It supports the most-significant cause in history: reaching lost people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
• It places missionaries in their countries of service quickly.
• It frees up missionaries to concentrate on their ministries instead of on raising funds.
• It develops a stronger team spirit among missionaries on the field.
• It insures that well-qualified missionaries (not just good fundraisers) are sent to the mission field.
What are the effects of the GCF?
Because of the GCF . . .
• Every two minutes, someone prays to receive Christ through the worldwide outreach of Alliance ministries.
• Every hour, three patients, many of them ravaged by AIDS, receive physical and spiritual care through C&MA medical work.
• Every day via 43 radio broadcasts, people who have had no gospel witness hear the good news.
• Every week, nearly 3,000 new believers are baptized.
• Every month, 253 churches and church groups join the worldwide Alliance family.
• Every year, 9,635 students are trained and equipped for ministry through 125 overseas Alliance theological schools.
How can you give to the GCF?
Many individuals give to the GCF by a Faith Promise made through their local churches. Some people give one-time gifts. Other people give regularly through our secure online giving site. And still others give through their estate, utilizing the services of The Orchard Foundation.
What is the CAMA Advance Fund?
Compassion and Mercy Associates provides a variety of relief and development ministries that flesh out the good news of God’s love for people—body and soul. For more information please visit CAMA at:
http://www.camaservices.org/.
When Does North-Mar Offer Communion?
The first Sunday of each month we have our Communion Service. Our monthly Communion Services is time set aside to remember what Christ did for each of us, to seriously check one's own personal relationship with God and then reverently accept the communion elements. You need not be a member of North-Mar to participate but you must have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of your life.
How Do I Become A Member of North-Mar Church?
Membership Classes are held twice each year: once in the fall and once in the spring. The one-day class is held on a Saturday from 9 am until 3 pm. ...our church's history ... denomination ... expectations of members ... Contact Pastor Scott Praxl for additional information or for the date of the next Membership Class.
We come together for the common purpose of completing The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20).
We take faith-filled risks to see Christ's Kingdom multiplied throughout the world.
- Lost people matter to God. He wants them found.
Luke 19:10
- Prayer is the primary work of the people of God.
Philippians 4:6–7
- Everything we have belongs to God. We are only stewards.
I Chronicles 29:14
- Knowing and obeying God's Word is fundamental to all true
success.
Joshua 1:8
- Completing the Great Commission will require the mobilization of
every fully devoted disciple.
Matthew 28:19 - Without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, we can accomplish
nothing.
I Corinthians 2:4–5 - Achieving God's purposes involves taking faith-filled risks.
This always involves change.
Hebrews 11:6
How
Does North-Mar Support Missions?
Alliance missionaries.
What are the advantages of the GCF?
• It supports the most-significant cause in history: reaching lost people with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
• It places missionaries in their countries of service quickly.
• It frees up missionaries to concentrate on their ministries instead of on raising funds.
• It develops a stronger team spirit among missionaries on the field.
• It insures that well-qualified missionaries (not just good fundraisers) are sent to the mission field.
What are the effects of the GCF?
Because of the GCF . . .
• Every two minutes, someone prays to receive Christ through the worldwide outreach of Alliance ministries.
• Every hour, three patients, many of them ravaged by AIDS, receive physical and spiritual care through C&MA medical work.
• Every day via 43 radio broadcasts, people who have had no gospel witness hear the good news.
• Every week, nearly 3,000 new believers are baptized.
• Every month, 253 churches and church groups join the worldwide Alliance family.
• Every year, 9,635 students are trained and equipped for ministry through 125 overseas Alliance theological schools.
How can you give to the GCF?
Many individuals give to the GCF by a Faith Promise made through their local churches. Some people give one-time gifts. Other people give regularly through our secure online giving site. And still others give through their estate, utilizing the services of The Orchard Foundation.
What is the CAMA Advance Fund?
Compassion and Mercy Associates provides a variety of relief and development ministries that flesh out the good news of God’s love for people—body and soul. For more information please visit CAMA at:
http://www.camaservices.org/.
When Does North-Mar Offer Communion?
The first Sunday of each month we have our Communion Service. Our monthly Communion Services is time set aside to remember what Christ did for each of us, to seriously check one's own personal relationship with God and then reverently accept the communion elements. You need not be a member of North-Mar to participate but you must have accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of your life.
How Do I Become A Member of North-Mar Church?
Membership Classes are held twice each year: once in the fall and once in the spring. The one-day class is held on a Saturday from 9 am until 3 pm. ...our church's history ... denomination ... expectations of members ... Contact Pastor Scott Praxl for additional information or for the date of the next Membership Class.
Do you have a question that is not addressed on this page?
Please email us your questions at northmar@northmarchurch.com.
Please email us your questions at northmar@northmarchurch.com.