We envision New Unity as a faithful, Christ-centered, Spirit-led, intergenerational community in which people are formed as disciples, gifts are awakened, leadership is cultivated, human dignity is honored, communities are strengthened, and the transforming reign of God becomes increasingly visible in Baltimore and beyond.
We seek not merely to build a stronger church, but to become a people through whom God’s world becomes more whole.
THE VISION BEFORE US
“The nation we must build is the one Heaven has spoken.”
A vision of faith, justice, healing, hope, and human flourishing under the reign of God.
HOW WE LIVE OUR CALLING
New Unity’s ministry is shaped by four enduring practices through which we seek God, proclaim Christ, worship faithfully, and form people for discipleship and the Work of the Kingdom:
We seek the presence, wisdom, direction, and power of God—learning to listen before we act and to carry the needs of the Church, our neighbors, and the world before God.
We proclaim the liberating and transforming Gospel of Jesus Christ—speaking truth with courage, hope, and faithfulness to Scripture and to the realities of human life.
We worship God with the fullness of our gathered life—through song, testimony, gratitude, lament, prayer, celebration, generosity, and service.
We teach and form disciples through Scripture, study, conversation, reflection, and faithful practice so that what we learn becomes a way of life.
Prayer roots us. Preaching proclaims. Praise responds. Pedagogy forms.
What we confess in worship is what we seek to embody in life. Together, we give voice to who we are becoming and to the work God has entrusted to us.
We, the New Unity Baptist Church of Baltimore, confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that we are called to make visible the transforming reign of God in our lives, our church, our community, and our world.
Through our prophetic ministry of Prayer, Preaching, Praise, and Pedagogy—our ministry of teaching and formation—we seek to do the Work of the Kingdom.
Therefore, we commit ourselves to be a Christ-centered, Spirit-led people, formed by the Word of God, equipped for faithful discipleship, and empowered for sacred service.
We will worship faithfully, love boldly, seek justice, heal what is broken, strengthen community, serve our neighbors, and bear witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Baltimore and beyond.
We understand that the Church is not merely a place where people gather, but a people whom God is forming and sending. Therefore, we offer ourselves—our gifts, our voices, our labor, our resources, and our lives—for the building of God's Kingdom.
We make and affirm this mission that the People of God may be Edified; the Church universal may be Unified; the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—be Glorified; and satan, our defeated foe, be Horrified.
We are The Equipping Ministry—Empowering the People of God for the Work of the Kingdom.
This is our mission.
This is our confession.
This is our sacred work.
Amen.
HOW WE EMBODY THE MISSION
These commitments describe the habits, values, and practices through which New Unity seeks to make the Gospel visible in our life together and in the world God has called us to serve.
We center our common life in the presence of God through worship, prayer, Scripture, praise, sacred practices, and attentive listening to the Spirit.
We cultivate lifelong growth through teaching, study, fellowship, mentoring, reflection, and practices that form people in the way of Jesus.
We honor the image of God in every person and confront conditions that diminish dignity, exclude neighbors, or deny people the fullness of life.
We accompany people through grief, illness, transition, hardship, and hope—bearing one another’s burdens and extending Christlike care beyond our walls.
We strengthen families, nurture intergenerational belonging, build trustworthy relationships, and seek reconciliation where division has wounded people and communities.
We carry the Gospel beyond the sanctuary through courageous witness, generous service, civic responsibility, and faithful engagement in Baltimore and beyond.
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A sacred declaration of identity, formation, witness, and work
Our vision is more than an institutional statement. It is a sacred declaration of who God is calling us to become, the witness we are called to bear, and the Kingdom work entrusted to our hands.
We invite you to read and prayerfully reflect upon New Unity Nation: The Vision.
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