Who We Are

At Lake Forest, we welcome you …

…to explore with us the meaning of life and the God who created all things. We work hard to foster a safe community for spiritual explorers and be an encouraging partner for Jesus followers.

We believe the church is not a weekly gathering, a building or an institution. It is a living organism made of people who are banded together in our Jesus-mission of loving each other and loving the world.

During our Sunday services, we aspire–through the Scriptures, wide-open rock-worship AND reflective music, prayer, and other less predictable sources–to encounter God in a compelling yet sacred environment. And during the week we gather in smaller groups to encounter God through living life together. We passionately want this living organism called the church to be God’s tool for penetrating our everyday lives and the changing culture around us.

Our Mission and Motivations

Mission:
Loving people as they discover and live out their role in God’s story.

Listen to more about our Unique Mission, part of our message series, “M.O.” by lead pastor Dr. Mike Moses. April 18, 2010 (mp3 - 14.1 M)

“My Story” by Cathi Walsh is an illustration of our Unique Mission played out through community groups. (Click the bottom right button to expand to full screen.)

Motivation:
Welcome who Jesus welcomed
(people who’ve given up on church, but not on God).

Listen to more about this motivation, part of our message series, “M.O.” by lead pastor Dr. Mike Moses. April 25, 2010 (mp3 - 16 M)

“My Story” by Randy Roth with Kyle Dillard is an illustration of Welcoming whom Jesus welcomed. (Click the bottom right button to expand to full screen.)

Motivation:
Love like Jesus (with grace and truth)

Listen to more about this motivation, part of our message series, “M.O.” by lead pastor Dr. Mike Moses. May 2, 2010 (mp3 - 15.6 M)

“A God Story” told by Mitch White is an illustration of loving like Jesus - with grace and truth. (Click the bottom right button to expand to full screen.)

Motivation:
Live like Jesus (on the Missio Dei)

Listen to more about this motivation, part of our message series, “M.O.” by Pastor of Mission, Michael Flake. May 9, 2010 (mp3 - 12.3 M)

“My Story” by Bryanna. (Click the bottom right button to expand to full screen.)

Motivation:
Journey like Jesus (doing life together)

Listen to more about this motivation, part of our message series, “M.O.” by Pastor of Spiritual Growth, Mitch White. May 16, 2010 (mp3 - 14.8 M)

A Lake Forest Church community group shares their God stories. (Click the bottom right button to expand to full screen.)
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Motivation:
Lead like Jesus (with more and better disciples as the goal)

Lake Forest Church Ministry Partner Marty Snider shares his God Story on church planting an illustration of leading like Jesus. (Click the bottom right button to expand to full screen.)


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