It is the hope of ACCD that those who participate in our trainings and use the materials we offer will develop a deeper love for God, His word, others, and a life that demonstrates that love from moment to moment
Develop Your Character & Inherit Your Destiny
Our Vision - Impacting
the World
At ACCD, our vision is to impact the world through a life-defining experience of God's love. Love is God's eternal answer to mankind's heart, desires, loneliness, isolation, fears, bates. Whenever love binds two people together, a community is born. The community God has chosen for delivering His love to the world is the Body of Christ, His Church, in its many manifestations.
If we are to impact the world with love, we must impact the church. We
are committed to serve churches and ministries as well as seekers of all walks
in life to prepare the way in their hearts to live in spiritual community.
The cornerstone of community is love.
The gift that we are for the body of Christ is to make
the theories and doctrines of the Christian life into a tangible, livable
reality, to such an extent that those we impact will experience a heartfelt
appreciation and gratitude for the grace and mercy God has shown them through
Jesus Christ. We are committed to being used by God as a powerful contribution
to believers in the area of loving God and others. Further, in preparing the
way for spiritual community, we provide both believers
and unbelievers with an experience of the power of the Gospel and the saving
grace of Jesus Christ
Our Purpose
The purpose of our programs is to provoke individuals to love and good works, which demands a repentant lifestyle, a daily discipline of forgiveness, and continuing sanctification.
Repentance.
We define repentance as a heartfelt sorrow for
sin, a renouncing of it, and a sincere commitment to forsake it and walk in
obedience to Christ. To walk in obedience
to Christ is to love God with all I am and to love my neighbor as myself,
regardless of past betrayals, abuse, sins, or hurts. As defined by
systematic theologian Wayne Grudem, "Repentance ... is an intellectual
understanding (that sin is death), and emotional approval of the teachings
of Scripture regarding sin (a sorrow for sin and hatred of it), and a personal
decision to turn from it (a renouncing of sin and a decision of the will to
forsake it and lead a life of obedience to Christ instead)."
True repentance results in a changed life.
In fact, a repentant person will begin at once to live a changed life, and
we can call that changed life the fruit of repentance. Thus repentance is
something that begins in the heart and involves the whole person resulting
in a decision to turn from sin.
Participants in our programs have the opportunity to realize that mere sorrow for one's actions or even deep remorse over one's actions does not constitute genuine repentance unless it is accompanied by a sincere decision to forsake the sin.
The result of such repentance is a renewal of love, vision, and life.
