Paramount Christian Church exists to Evangelize the lost, Encourage the saved, and Equip them to live the Christian life as described in the Bible. We are made up of REAL PEOPLE, who are living ordinary REAL LIVES, and share REAL HOPE and REAL PEACE! We have plans to expand our worship space in Yelm to nearly double its capacity and to purchase land and build within the next two years! Additionally, we have a tentative floorplan for a 20,000 square foot facility we hope to add to our property in Lacey by 2013. We must make room for our ever-expanding congregation. Yes, all of this seems like a huge mountain to conquer. However, Jesus said it only takes a tiny amount of faith to move a mountain. Thus, our new mantra we embraced at the end of 2009 is: MOVE THE MOUNTAIN! We use this whenever we face any obstacle which seems impossible to overcome - in the church or in our personal lives. Even if you choose not to join PCC, may we help you to increase your faith. May you in your own life have enough faith to MOVE THE MOUNTAIN!
Essentially, we believe that Jesus of Nazareth was/is the Son of God and that He is the only way to heaven (John 14). We believe that God wants everyone to be saved (1 Timothy 2), and loves mankind so much that He created a way so through Jesus anyone can have access to eternity in heaven (John 3:16). We believe that it is by His grace that a person is allowed to be saved, and that this salvation is accessed through individual faith (Ephesians 2:8 & 9). We do not believe one can work his/her way to heaven. We do believe that the access into that grace is through an active faith which is illustrated by the Christian life (James 2). We believe that Scripture is infallible and that it should be our sole guide for Christian living (2 Timothy 3:16). We do not have a creed outside of the Bible. We, along with more than 5,000 churches just like us, believe that the Bible is a sufficient guide for church structure as well.
We do practice weekly communion as the first church did (Acts 20) and as the early churches did, historically. We practice baptism by immersion, as was the Biblical practice, too (Matthew 3; Romans 6:3ff).
We believe the church is to impact its community as a source of illumination and fulfillment (Matthew 5:14-16). With that in mind, PCC intends and strives to be relevant with our services and programs.
We are focused on the strength of families, too. Our pastor has been here for over 8 years and we've only had to endure one divorce in all that time - and that's with some 35-40 weddings! To the best of our knowledge, only two couples our pastor has married (some 120 couples over about 23 years of ministry) has gotten a divorce. We work hard to build up and strengthen families and other relationships. We are a very unified church with extraordinary leadership.
Additionally, we purposely focus on reaching the men in our community. Not that we neglect women or children. No, we've noticed many unchurched people are men who feel very uncomfortable even trying churches. We have designed our church to be "man-friendly," by avoiding becoming overly effeminate in what should be "neutral" areas. We believe if we reach the men, it's easier to reach the families. As a result, we have a more proportionate congregation (men-to-women ratio) than most others. Our men's programs are definitely manly, ranging from pre-hunting retreats, paintball, MMA fight-watching, hiking, biking, - to sporting events, boat shows, car shows, etc.
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