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We want to help you realize what makes you so unique. Discover your personality, gifts and passions and see how God combines them for the best fit in His kingdom.
IMPACT TEAM
Make A Difference | Re-fuel Your Passion | Change Lives
The Impact Team exists to advance the gospel & make a difference in our city! Ministry begins in the parking lot and extends to every area of Impact Family Church. Come make an impact with us!
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Parking lot, security, greeters, ushers, café and bookstore, cleaning. Maybe you have an eye for detail or maybe you can serve a mean coffee. This team brings your hidden talents to life!
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NEXTGEN
We don’t just babysit your kids; we teach them to be leaders and build an undeniably strong spiritual foundation in their lives. Opportunities to serve include classroom teachers, teacher’s aids, youth leaders, event planning, and assisting children with special needs. If you have a heart to impact the next generation, this team is for you. A background check is required.
NEXTGEN
WORSHIP
Singers, songwriters and musicians, this team is for you!
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DISCIPLESHIP + OUTREACH
Reaching people is why we exist. Opportunities to serve on this team include prayer partners, guest discipleship, community service event planning and community outreach event planning.
DISCIPLESHIP + OUTREACH
MEDIA
If you have a passion for creativity, hop on board! This ranges from social media gurus, graphic design, and photographers to videographers, producers, editors, audio engineers, stage crews, and lighting specialists. Have another gifting?
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COMMUNITY + CARE
This team is all about people. If you love being social or working with others, you will fit right in, here. Positions include disciplining, life coaches, counselor, hospital, serving food at funerals, hospitality.
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FACILITIES
If you enjoy working with your hands, construction, if you have knowledge about plumbing, pipes, electricity, elevators, architecture, design, landscape, mowing, weedeating, or anything along those lines, this team is for you!
FACILITIES
ADMIN
If you’d like to volunteer your time in our office or remotely, our needs include assisting staff with data entry, phone calls, mailings, conducting general research, organization and other general administrative tasks.
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EVENTS
If you enjoy event planning, this team is for you!
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WATER BAPTISM
WHY SHOULD I BE BAPTIZED?
And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. Mark 16:15-16
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.
And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:18-20
These scriptures from the Bible tell us of Jesus’ last instructions to His disciples before He ascended to heaven. Last instructions are oftentimes some of the most important words someone wants to communicate.
Water baptism is first and foremost obedience to the command of Christ Jesus. He Himself was baptized, setting an example for us to follow.
Being water baptized should be done in obedience to God’s Word. The act itself is an outward sign, or testimony, of an inward work in your life.
You do something when you go down into the water that shows outwardly to other believers, and also to the world, that you are following Jesus with your life.
Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. Romans 6:3-4
Water baptism is a living picture that you paint in your life of what Jesus did in His death, burial, and resurrection. After you have been baptized, you will be able to relate, in a sense, to what He has done for you by having symbolically done it yourself.
The question is often asked, “How old should a child be before he is water baptized?” Because water baptism is symbolic of being born again, a child should thoroughly understand the New Birth before he is water baptized.
HOW SHOULD I BE BAPTIZED?
After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on Him. Matthew 3:16
He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. Acts 8:38-39a
For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. Romans 6:4a
Webster defines bury as “to hide or cover.” Only immersion fulfills this definition. The definition of the Greek word used here (baptizo) is “to make whelmed (i.e., fully wet).” You need to be fully immersed.
WHEN SHOULD I BE BAPTIZED?
After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on Him. Matthew 3:16
He ordered the carriage to stop, and they went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away. Acts 8:38-39a
For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. Romans 6:4a
Webster defines bury as “to hide or cover.” Only immersion fulfills this definition. The definition of the Greek word used here (baptizo) is “to make whelmed (i.e., fully wet).” You need to be fully immersed.