Our vision comes from Jeremiah 17:5-8 which says, “Thus says the Lord “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.”

Through the power of the gospel, we see a day when verses 7-8 describe our community more than verses 5-6.

We want to see the people of Forest to Encounter the Glory of God through an upward relationship with the Savior, to Experience Life Together through an inward connection with others who are apart of this community, to Engage your World to share the love of Christ through outward connections, and to Expand the Kingdom of God to carry the gospel message onward.