Emmanuel Mercy Team
Our Mission: We want to be agents of shalom in our section of NY. We are, in other words, a neighborhood church, seeking through our people and our money, to make Morningside Heights a more beautiful, a more just, a more merciful, a more Messiah loving and God like place ("Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven").

Every member ministry: Every believer is called in some way to be an agent of shalom. Leaders (like the EMT) are therefore not the only mercy workers of the church, but rather the ones who facilitate and encourage church-wide involvement.

Stewardship of our particular opportunities and gifts: We can only give away what we have--not what we don't have. In other words, our church's contribution to shalom will have a distinctiveness based upon our giftedness, networks, and opportunities. We are not, for example, rolling in money--though we will have some now that we are tithing from the general fund giving. We are, however, very rich educationally and professionally and ought to be exporting that to the community through tutoring, music lessons, concerts, mentoring. We are also young, energetic, creative, and bright: we need to find a way to tap into these resources somehow.