Ministry... Purpose
6:22 is a vision. it is the vision of passionate young people. it is the crazy idea that unity can happen. it is the dream of revival. we have seen glimpses, but it has yet to come. so we press on. we are a small piece of something much bigger. a worldwide love revolution. god is here and his kingdom is coming. we prepare the way with sound and light and color and life.
6:22 is a band. a tribe. a community. we are creative. we are holy. we are love. but we are not original. we copy everything from our dad. we can't help it. we are children who mimic our father and body parts that obey our head. we are one.
6:22 is an invitation. come. watch. listen. join. kneel. lay. wait. think. pray. breathe. stand. move. sing. scream. dance. live.
Our Name
The names 6:22 comes from a story of King David in II Samuel 6...14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might, 15 while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets. 16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.
[Verse 17-21 David makes a sacrifice and eats]
20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!" 21 David said to Michal, "It was before the Lord, who choose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me rule over the Lord's people in Israel-I will celebrate before the Lord. 22 I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by those slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor."
We wish to worship God in the same manner as David – with disregard to those around us, totally focusing on God even if it takes becoming humiliated and undignified to celebrate before the Lord.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to see the restoration of the tabernacle of David through undignified praise, continuous worship, night and day prayer, musical excellence, and artistic creativity. (Acts 15:16-17, II Samuel 6:22, I Chronicles 16:37-42, 1 Chronicles 15:22)
Ministry Goals
- To bring unity to the local, national and/or international Christian community. (Psalm 133:1)
- To establish fellowship for students in a positive environment and with students of like beliefs. (Hebrews 10:25)
- To involve students in the ministry who have a sound relationship with God, and wish to grow together as part of the church body. (I Corinthians 14)
- To reach unsaved students with the gospel of Jesus Christ. (Mark 16:15)
We believe...
- the Bible is the inspired, only infallible and authoritative Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16)
- there is one God, eternally existing in three persons. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. (1 John 5:7-8)
- that Jesus was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18-23)
- that the Lord Jesus Christ died as a substitute for us and that the only means of being cleansed from sin and to be saved is through repentance and faith in the redemptive work of Jesus. (Acts 2:38-39)
- in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, His ascendance into heaven and His present life as our High Priest. (Hebrews 4:15-16)
- that the Lord Jesus Christ empowers believers through the baptism in the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:8)
- that signs and wonders, as well as all the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament, are available today, and that spiritual gifts have been given as a witness of the character of the Lord Jesus, to edify the saved and help win the lost (1 Corinthians 12:1-11, Acts 1:8)
- that the one true Church is the whole company of those who have been redeemed by Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 12:27, Ephesians 5:23)
What We Do
we live lifestyles of worship.(Romans 12:1, John 4:23-24)
we gather together in unity.
(Hebrews 10:25, Psalm 133:1)
we invite all ages.
(1 Timothy 4:12, Psalm 71:17, Ecclesiastes 12:1)
we worship with our whole being - heart, mind, soul, body.
(Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30)
we sing.
(Ephesians 5:19, Psalm 96:1, Colossians 3:16, and pretty much the entire book of Psalms)
we play musical instruments.
(Psalm 150, Psalm 33:3)
we read Scripture.
(1 Timothy 4:13, Nehemiah 8:8-9)
we listen to God.
(Psalm 46:10, I Kings 19:11-12)
we lift our hands.
(1 Timothy 2:8, Nehemiah 8:6, Psalm 28:2, Psalm 63:4, Psalm 134:2, Psalm 141:2, Lamentations 3:41)
we dance.
(Psalm 149:3, II Samuel 6, Exodus 15:20, Psalm 30:11, Psalm 150:4)
we bow down.
(Psalm 95:6, Psalm 5:7, Psalm 66:4, Psalm 138:2, Psalm 145:14, Magi bowed down to Jesus in Matthew 2:11, Ephesians 3:14)
we clap our hands.
(Psalm 47:1, Psalm 98:8)
we shout/cheer.
(Psalm 66:1, Samuel 6:15, 1 Chronicles 15:28, II Chronicles 15:14, Ezra 3:11, Psalm 20:5[and many others in Psalms], Isaiah 24:24)
we wave banners.
(Psalm 20:5)
we use creative arts.
(Exodus 31:1-5)