VALUES
Core Christian Values
1. Love (Charity)
1. Love (Charity)
- Considered the greatest Christian virtue (1 Corinthians 13).
- Means unconditional care for God and others (agape love).
- Trust in God’s character, promises, and guidance.
- Living with confidence in things not yet seen.
- Expectation of God’s goodness and salvation.
- Strengthens perseverance through hardship.
- Recognizing one’s dependence on God.
- Putting others above oneself; avoiding pride.
- Letting go of resentment, as God forgives us.
- Central to Jesus’ teachings (“forgive seventy times seven”).
- Feeling and acting with kindness toward those who suffer.
- Modeled by Jesus in the Gospels.
- Seeking fairness and righteousness.
- Standing up for the oppressed and marginalized.
- Using one’s gifts to help others.
- Jesus taught that greatness comes from serving.
- Living truthfully and sincerely.
- Keeping one’s word.
- Living in moral and spiritual cleanliness.
- Avoiding actions that harm oneself or others.