God has uniquely wired DC Metro Church to live out the great commission (Mathew 28:18-20) by embracing three principles that govern the decisions we make as a church. DC Metro Church is a God-First church that embodies an Accepting Atmosphere with Relevant Environments.

God-First is our foundational value that expresses itself in the following ways:

• Experiential Worship – Places value on encountering God through songs not only sung about God, but to Him in an environment that invites His presence.
• Transformational Discipleship – Is learning that exhibits a transformation- there should be a change in the way you live and how you love others.
• Authentic Relationships – Real relationships that establish heartfelt community, and accountability.
• Strategic Service – Where your unique gifting and wiring matches your area of service.
• Impactful Evangelism – Goes beyond just influencing people, it’s reaching them for Christ and connecting them to a local church. We want to have a sustainable impact.

Accepting Atmosphere is our cultural value that incorporates the following:

• Attractively Diverse – The church that looks like heaven with every nation and race represented.
• Genuinely Sincere – No masks, no undue formality, no pretense.
• Comfortably Friendly – Not overly friendly and weird, just relaxed and at ease in how everyone is received.
• Intellectually Safe – Leading people through deliberate explanation into an understanding of their experience.
• Outward Focused – Because “once you’re inward, it’s over.”

Relevant Environments is our expressional value that embodies the following:

• Intentionally Designed – Environments that provide a place that expresses the particular preferences of any given ministry group.
• Targeted Ministry – Requires having specific goals for ministry to children (nursery to high school) and by meeting the expressed and felt needs of adults as well.
• Culturally Connecting – Provides for generational and cultural differences that relate to individual expectations and helps people to remain engaged in their experience. We want to be a relevant voice in our community.
• Predictably Enjoyable – Embraces an environment where people can anticipate their experience will be real, relevant and enjoyable.
• Visibly Safe – Provides the processes of safety incorporated in our ministries; the presence of security and ushers is obvious and intentional.