A PLACE TO BELIEVE. We look to the Bible for guidance in all things pertaining to life and godliness.
A PLACE TO BELONG. We believe that life change happens best in the community.
A PLACE TO SERVE. God created you with gifts, passions, and skills that you can use to make a difference in your family, your community, and the world. Serve at Stafford in one of our ministries or find out about ways to make a difference on mission around the world.
A PLACE TO GROW. We want to equip you with the tools to develop as a fully devoted follower of Christ. Bible classes are a great way to meet people who love God, love each other, and want to keep learning about both.
A PLACE TO WORSHIP. Each Sunday we gather for corporate worship to proclaim our love for the One who redeems, transforms and empowers us to live as His people in the world.
When you visit with us you will see and hear the following:
See: The simplicity of New Testament worship being done in faith, spirit and truth.
New Testament worship consists of:
- Singing:
Ephesians 5:1919 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart
; Colossians 3:16-1716 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Praying:
I Timothy 2:11 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people
; Acts 2:4242 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
- Preaching:
II Timothy 4:1-41 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
- Partaking of the Lord's Supper:
Acts 20:77 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
; I Corinthians 9:6-76 Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living? 7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard without eating any of its fruit? Or who tends a flock without getting some of the milk?
- Giving:
I Corinthians 16:1-21 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
; II Corinthians 9:6-76 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.