Hey everybody, my name is Emily Tedrow and I'm the senior leader here at Jesus Pursuit Church. I love what Jesus said to the religious scholars of his day when he was asked, "what is the greatest of all of the commandments?" And Jesus answered them by saying, "listen Israel, the Lord your God is one. So love the Lord your God with all of your passion, your prayer, your intelligence, and your energy. And here's the second command, love others as well as you love yourself. There's no other command that ranks with these." That was Jesus' words. And we want to align our value system with Christ. If this is his greatest command, then that is what we want to line up with. So loving God with all that we are and loving people in all that we do is what we are about.

At Jesus Pursuit Church, our focus is clear. We are all about Jesus Christ. His kingdom come in and through us. and we are a company of people who are passionately pursuing Jesus with all that we are. So instead of creating programs that just meet needs, we are intentionally about creating a culture that points people to encountering God, to being transformed, and to advancing His kingdom in the context of relationship and community with each other.

Our culture is characterized by worship in the presence of God. We're going after community and family, prayer, generosity, prophetic signs and wonders and honor. We are passionate about making an impact in our city here in Albany as well as the surrounding region. And even the whole world, we want to hit the whole world with the message and the good news and the demonstration of the kingdom of heaven. We want every single person who comes to Jesus pursuit to experience the love of God and to know that you are welcome here. So we'd love to get to know you more and we would love to help you get connected and get involved. We just want to thank you so much for being part of our online community. We love and appreciate you.