Our Vision The vision of Siloam Church is the one depicted in Acts 2:42-47. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. The first church in Acts 2 is said to have gathered together, worshiped, and praised the Lord, and also they enjoyed the favor of all the people. And “the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Seminary professor Bilezikian at Wheaton College described the first church like this. There was once a community of believers who were so totally devoted to God that their life together was charged with the Spirit’s power. In that band of Christ-followers, believers loved each other with a radical kind of love. They took off their masks and shared their lives with one another. They laughed and cried and prayed and sang and served together in authentic Christian fellowship. Those who had more shared freely with those who had less until socioeconomic barriers melted away. People related together in ways that bridged gender and racial chasms, and celebrated cultural differences. Acts 2 tells us that this community of believers, this church, offered unbelievers a vision of life that was so beautiful it took their breath away. It was so bold, so creative, so dynamic that they couldn’t resist it. Verse 47 tells us that “the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.” Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybels Siloam Church pursues this simple and yet pure and beautiful church. It all starts with wholesome worship. In the last 2,000 years, it has been worship that united all the churches throughout the world beyond national boundaries, beyond cultural differences, beyond language barriers, and beyond ideological differences. If there is only one thing we can do as a church, it is worship. We believe that when wholesome worship happens, our inner being is changed, and if there are other things a church must do, those things will happen naturally. Like the first church did… We pursue Word-centered worship. We pursue multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual worship. We pursue believer’s worship. We pursue worship in which we sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. We pursue worship in which all members actively participate.