We are guided as a student ministry by the Bible and by the purpose of Mabel White Baptist Church, “To love God passionately and faithfully share His love.” We have contextualized this statement and developed our vision and purpose statements from it and the Christian scriptures.

Our vision statement reads, “We are called Intersect because we strive to be ministries of Students, Parents and Leaders who live at the place where God, People and Culture Intersect.” David Crowder writes that, “When our depravity meets His divinity, it is a beautiful collision.” Our vision is to facilitate and encourage this collision in the lives of the Students and Parents in Macon, GA. We want the student ministry of Mabel White Baptist Church to be the place where a depraved generation collides with the Eternal God and becomes a community of Christ followers.

The collision is not the end, but only the beginning of the transforming work of God. That is why we are also bound to our purpose statement. Based on the great commandment of Jesus found in Matthew 22:37-40, his commission to his followers found in Matthew 28:18-20, and the example of how his followers did church found in Acts 2:42-47, we believe that our purpose is to be and build followers of Christ in the Macon, GA student culture. As disciples of Christ, we will be a “worshiping community of missional theologians.”

Every event or activity that we do is driven by our four intersecting functions as a worshiping community of missional theologians. We do not do random events or activities. We are not a social club or a fun after school activity. We strive to become a radical community of Christ followers that will re-shape the student culture of Macon, GA.

Our Four Intersecting Functions:

Worshiping:

• We will worship God through our actions and how we live our lives (Isaiah 1:11-17, Hosea 6:6, Romans 12:1).
• We will worship Him corporately by acknowledging and enjoying Him and thanking Him together as a body (Ephesians 6:19-20).

 Community:

• We will love each other and take care of each other as any has need. We will enjoy each other (Matthew 22:37-40, Acts 2:42-47).
• We will hold each other accountable, we will confess our sins to each other and pray for each other (1 John 5:16, James 5:16).

 Missional:

• We will seek to understand our community and world and strive to redeem and engage it with the Gospel (The Incarnation and example of Jesus as well as the example of Paul in instances such as that recorded in Acts 17:16-33).
• We will be missionaries in the distinct time and place that God has chosen to place us (Ephesians 2:10, Acts 8:4).

 Theologians:

• We will strive to know and understand the Word of God, the Christian scriptures, because this is how we grow in knowledge of God (Philippians 1:9-10, Psalm 119:1-8, 2 Timothy 3:16, 1 Timothy 4:13).

• We will strive in this because it is how we are transformed into the righteous children of God in Christ’s image (John 17:17, Ephesians 6:26).