our mission
Tetelestai Church exists for the purpose of the dissemination of the accurate (2 Timothy 2:15), dispensationally-specific (Ephesians 3:1-6; Colossians 1:24-29) teaching of Bible doctrine with the confident assurance that the results of this will be the magnification of Christ (Philippians 1:20) and the glorification of God the father (Ephesians 3:21), the edification of the Church which is Christ’s body (Ephesians 4:11-16), and the advancing of the faith of the Gospel (Philippians 1:27) to those who are without God in this world and without hope (Ephesians 2:12).
As a local church in the Pittsburgh area with listeners elsewhere feeding upon the same truth (Jeremiah 15:16), Tetelestai aims to be an assembly of believers unified in the soul, by orientation to grace and truth (John 1:14), by the power of One Holy Spirit, by one expectation from Heaven (Philippians 3:20-21) and by occupation with Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:10). By advancing together in such a way, results of intrinsic good are bound to eventuate (Galatians 6:8; Philippians 1:9-11). We believe that ancillary results of this advance include influence toward the preservation of the freedom, safety, and stability of our nation (Isaiah 33:6) and victories in the angelic conflict, which complement the strategic victory of the Lord Jesus Christ (1 John 3:8; cf. Romans 16:20; 1 John 2:13).
To keep mission-focus it is crucial that the pastor-teacher sticks to his core-capability of studying and teaching (1 Timothy 4:14-16; 2 Timothy 2:15) regardless of historical or volitional trends that may exist at any given time (2 Timothy 4:2-4). This demands that the burden of administration falls to an able body of deacons and staff, and that the important functions of helps, hospitality, giving, ministering, mercy and other core-capabilities in the assembly (Romans12:5 ff.; 1 Peter 4:10 ff.) function in the power supplied by God in the filling of the Spirit. Under this mission, all the members are priests (1 Peter 2:5, 9) with equal access to the throne of grace (Romans 5:2; HebrewS 4:16). All are ambassadors, representing Christ (2 Corinthians 5:19-21). All are commanded to pray (1 Thessalonians 5:17; 1 Timothy 2:1 cf. Luke 18:1). And all are commanded to maintain unit-integrity with the attitude of humility (Ephesians 4:1-3), the attitude demonstrated without deviation by the Lord Jesus Christ throughout His First Advent, even to extent of death on the cross (Philippians 2:1-8). The only way that an individual soul or an organization can have in itself the attitude that prevailed in Christ Jesus is to have a consistent priority-focus on the one thing that Jesus deemed needful (Luke 10:42). That one thing, exemplified in Mary, is fixed faith and attentiveness on the words of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 10:39; 11:28 cf. John 6:63; Colossians 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:3).
