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Welcome To Axiom

Welcome to the Axiom website.

We are a group of people who desire to know Jesus intimately and live out his teachings.
We desire people to know Jesus and to follow him.
We love because Christ first loved us.
We choose to live out the Gospel and let our actions speak for themselves.

Moving Along

Axiom is plugging along and it is great to see lives being changed by encountering God in a whole new way for some of us. We are stripping away the years and years of tradition that has kept so many of us from learning what real Christianity is all about.

Pleas join us on Sunday nights as we learn from the Letter of James as to what real Christianity is all about.

Axiom Update – July

Hello Axiom, friends of Axiom and to all others,

We are truly in awe for all God has done and is doing with Axiom. People who would never step into a traditional church are coming to Axiom and being healed, encouraged, and challenged in their faith journey with Christ. Axiom is a growing community that has seen old friends join in our vision and we have seen new friends come to join in and experience the power and freedom we have in Christ. We have been studying trough Paul’s letter to the Galatians and in typical Axiom style we reach back to the church in Acts and debate the scriptures, we share life with each other, we challenge the status quo and we listen to the voice of God as we delve into the scriptures. People are growing in their faith and becoming relational.

God is truly amazing!

We had the pleasure of partnering with the Extreme Tour this year as well as we hosted the 4th of July Party for the bands. Marke and Heather Davenport are great friends to Axiom and we will continue to support their “Dirty Feet Productions” ministry. We also were honored to have Brian Griffing share his incredible talent with us and I do believe that was the first time I had heard “Creep” sung in church, (I told you Axiom was different!)

Great things are ahead for Axiom and for the people who call Axiom home. For me personally, I have become a coach at Oak Hills High School. It’s a new high school in Hesperia, CA and I really believe that it is God who has put me there. I have been able to build relationships with the coaching staff and the football players and I hope to be a positive influence as a coach and as a future teacher on that school campus. Please pray for OHHS as we open in a few weeks and also pray that God will continue to open doors for me at that school.

Axiom is an exciting venture for my wife and I. When we left our previous church we had absolutely no plans to start a new church. In fact starting a church was the last thing we wanted to do but as we visited churches, God began to speak to me, in fact he said, “Why are you even looking for a church? Its time to BE the church Mykel, time to start AXIOM!” So we did, in the middle of summer, when traditionally churches struggle, Axiom has been flourishing. Not because of anything I have done, but because of God calling His people to be relational, to be servants, basically to be more like Jesus.

Well, that’s it. I want to thank you all for your support and your prayers. Without you, there would be no Axiom. Without you responding to God’s call to pray, give financially, or just come, Axiom would not exist. So thank you.

Oh! One last thing…We are currently planning a “Axiom Oktoberfest” in October. It will be a weekend getaway to Big Bear (Friday Night – Sunday Afternoon). This will include worship, some great messages, and also a time to get away and renew yourself. We are still putting it all together so please pray about it as we need at least 12 people to make this happen. More details will be available on the website, myspace and facebook.

Be His,

Mykel Pickens
Lead Pastor
Axiom Community Church

A Night Of Worship and Stories With Brian Griffing.

A night of worship, stories, life, and great music from Brian Griffing of Spokane, Washington.
Brian brings his unique and and unashamedly indie musical stylings to Axiom. We are honored to have Brian share with us and we hope you join us for a special night of music.

Sunday, July 5, 2009
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Axiom House
14180 Indian Creek PL
Victorville, CA
7609005710
mykel@axiomvv.com

Amazing Night

Last night was our first get together as Axiom Church and what a great night it was. We had 24 people attend for good food, good friends, and good conversation. I shared why Axiom was started, where God is taking us and how all can be involved. It was truly awesome to see such a wide range of people from different backgrounds, different cultures and a wide range of ages as well.

Next week we start a study in Galatians and I hope to see you all there and in the weeks to come. Please continue to pray for us as we journey forward. Some things to specifically pray for;

1. Opportunities within our community to minister and serve.
2. The people of Axiom

See you next week!

Here We Go…

4 days until the start of Axiom. I can’t even beging to explain the rush of emotions I am feeling right now. God is going to do great things at Axiom and I am honored to be at the start of something brand new. I was recently told that people are hungry for the start of Axiom becasue the state of “church” in our community has become so dry and bland that people could no longer stomach the church. Axiom aims to be different. Axiom wants to bring back simplicity yet still use modern technology to advance the Gospel. We desire to share life with you and to serve our community as Jesus served his. We are not a church who will let injustice happen and just sit there in our prayer circles hoping God will do something about it. No, we will be the hands and feet of Jesus to our dying world and not just share the Gospel with our words but live out the Gospel with our actions. Join us on June 7th as we start a new movement of God’s people here in Victorville, CA.

Tolerance Leads to Death

I’ve been thinking a lot about tolerance these days. What is tolerance? Who is to be tolerated? Is tolerance needed in today’s society? Should we as Christians be tolerant?  Aristotle has said that tolerance is the last virtue of a dying society. When I first heard this quote, I thought he was arguing for tolerance, but in fact he is saying that when our last virtue is tolerance, then in fact we have no virtues.

I believe we need to value each other, not just simply tolerate each other. I agree with Aristotle’s statement, that when tolerance is the last virtue in our society, we have lost all hope; our society is going to die. Instead when we value each other, when we truly seek to love and respect each other, that’s when the Kingdom of God is truly at work. That’s true Christianity at work.

A story was told to me about an old Jewish man who told a group of reporters that he no longer wanted to be tolerated. He can not stand to be tolerated. The reporters could not believe what they were hearing from his 80 year old Jewish man who had survived the holocaust.  How can this man not want tolerance? What he was really saying, is that tolerance is hopeless. What he wanted was, is to be valued. He didn’t simply want people to tolerate his existence, he wanted them to value him as a human being and for all that he brings to this life. When we tolerate something or someone we are not applying any value to them, In fact we are saying that you have no value, you are simply something to be tolerated.

What we need to start doing is valuing each other regardless of our differences. I can still disagree with you, but still value you as a person. A few months ago Carrie Prejean, Miss California USA, was berated for her stance on same sex marriage after her appearance on the Miss USA pageant. Regardless on how you feel about same sex marriage, we really need to be civil and respect each other. Both sides on this issue have been guilty of some nasty mud slinging but these same people who urge everyone to be tolerant and open minded about gay marriage, were the same people who began to devalue her and were intolerant of her beliefs. This is what tolerance does. It devalues us. It makes us less human. It is not the way of Christ.

Jesus had ample opportunity to be tolerant. Some would say Jesus was tolerant but I disagree. I would argue that Jesus was intolerant of what he saw happening in his culture. He saw the value in humanity and wanted to redeem it. On one hand you had the religious leaders of his day making it almost impossible to follow God or His commands and on the other hand you had people who were hurting and living sinful lives. Jesus could have been tolerant and just let both sides continue as they were but he saw the value in people. He saw that tolerance is destructive and it needed to change.

There is a very famous story in the Gospel of John that records Jesus and his choice to either tolerate a sin or value the human being. John 8:1-11 shares about a group of men who have chased a woman caught in adultery through town and has brought her before Jesus.  They were attempting to trap Jesus into doing or saying something contrary to what he had been teaching by asking what judgment Jesus would give to her. Jesus never says a word at first but simply begins to write something in the dirt and the accusers began demanding something be done and Jesus finally says, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” All of them began to leave, one by one, until Jesus was the only one left with her.

Many read this and speculate as to what Jesus was writing, where was the guy whom she was having this adulterous affair with? I believe Jesus was showing us what it truly means to value the person. I truly believe that this is where the concept of “love the sinner but hate the sin” was born. Jesus would later ask this woman. “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” She tells Jesus no one condemned her and Jesus then replied, “Neither do I, go and sin no more.”

Jesus shows us that we are to be intolerant of sin but we are to not cast stones either. Instead we are to value the person with out condemning them. So many times I have seen hurting people struggling in their sin only to be discarded, devalued, and derided in the name of Jesus because of the ignorance of what being intolerant means. Jesus loved and accepted this woman for who she was. He saw her worth and did not want her dignity to be destroyed. He saw her value and worth as a human being. He also saw her sin and told her, I love you, I value you, I see your significance, but this sin, this thing that you keep doing with men, this sin that keeps you from a relationship with God is making you ugly inside and I want you to be healthy and well. I desire so much more for your life and the only way for me to help you is for you to stop sinning. I can give you so much more then what you find in this sinful life you are living.

Of course the bible does not record all of this but just in last words to this woman, Jesus conveyed how much he valued and loved this woman in spite of what she had done. Jesus in his infinite wisdom saw that when value is a lot better then tolerance.  Jesus saw that tolerance only leads our society to certain death and that respect, value and worth are the virtues of a healthy society.

Mykel Pickens
Lead Pastor
Axiom Community Church

Axiom Update

Just got a message from legalzoom.

California has approved your filing. Congratulations – your non-profit corporation has been officially approved. We are now preparing your final paperwork, which will be delivered to you shortly.
Axiom is almost official!

Bylaws

A preliminary copy of the bylaws is now up and viewable on our bylaws page. We welcome comments and advice. Please note that these are just a beginning point and can and will be adjusted as we formalize Axiom Community Church.

Justice N.O.W

Axiom is not just a church that meets on Sunday’s to sing songs and make us feel good about ourselves. We are also a church that believes in Justice. Justice for the poor, beaten, slave, and for those with no voice.

Join us on Friday, May 22, 2009 at Rock Harbor for the next Southern California gathering of Justice NOW! Our focus this time will be on ORPHANS as we partner with various organizations and highlight a much overlooked cause.

Your mind, heart, and soul will be blown away by the incredible worship and challenge experienced through this night.

For more information, email us at info@justicenow.tv

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