About Ramoth
A safe place for life's journey.Our Mission & Vision
A Safe Place for Life’s Journey
We desire, as the people of Ramoth Church to be so filled
with God’s love that we would be a safe community of believers.
We strive to be a place where people can find the same
acceptance, value, and truth that Christ gives to us.
We build relationships with each other as we seek Christ together.
We journey within this safe place, being transformed by Christ
into healthy people; spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
Our Mission:
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)
Our Core Values
S. E. A. R. C. H.
Safety
“We need each other, never more than when we are most broken. But brokenness is not a disease, like cancer, that may or may not develop. Brokenness is a condition, one that is always there, inside beneath the surface, carefully hidden for as long as we can keep a facade in place. We live in brokenness. We just don’t always see it, either in ourselves or in others.
“A central task of community is to create a place that is safe enough for the walls to be torn down, safe enough for each of us to own and reveal our brokenness. Only then can the power of connecting do its job. Only then can community be used of God to restore our souls.” – Dr. Larry Crabb
Excellence
“The thirteen breakout churches are involved in diverse ministries and programs. We did not see a clear pattern of types of ministries that may be replicated in other churches. What we did see was a culture that insisted on excellence. While it is important to discern what we are supposed to do, it is equally important to do those things well. One of the more difficult decisions for the comparison churches was not that of choosing what to do. Rather, the difficulty was choosing what NOT TO DO and then making the very difficult move of ELIMINATING that which could not be done with excellence.” – Thom S. Rainer, Breakout Churches
Accountability
“My friend will CELEBRATE Christ in me, he will not judge me, and I will feel safe. He will ENVISION the reality of my new identity as it is and will become. He will DISCERN the Spirit and flesh competing for control; and he will POUR OUT what is most supernaturally natural in him. What he says will matter. The energy carrying his words will matter more. It will be the energy of Christ. Right now, this man is for me the safest place on earth. Community with him has become a means of grace, an opportunity to experience the source of true safety” – Dr. Larry Crabb
Real
“As I already admitted, my dominant sin has been MY COWARDLY REFUSAL to think, feel, act, respond, and live from my authentic self because I FEAR REJECTION. That doesn’t mean I don’t believe in Jesus. Just that I’ve let peer pressure set the boundaries of my faith. And it doesn’t mean I don’t love Jesus. Just that there are moments when I love other things – especially my own glittering image – even more. Which means, because I’ve set these limits on my faith and love for Jesus, it’s just a matter of time until my next betrayal. I’m really no different from the first followers of Jesus. When the religious police showed up, “all the disciples cut and ran.” – Brennan Manning, Posers, Fakers & Wannabes (Unmasking the real you)
Community
“My burden is to see spiritual communities develop, where spiritual friends and spiritual directors CONNECT with people. I long to see communities where people feel SAFE enough to be broken. Where a VISION of what the Spirit wants to do in people’s lives sustains them, even when they are far from it. Where WISDOM from God sees what the Spirit is right now doing and what is getting in His way. Where the literal life of Christ pours out of one to energize that life in another, offering His divine TOUCH.” – Dr. Larry Crabb
Health
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:30-31
When we LOVE how we were created to it creates HEALTH…. SPIRIT, SOUL, & BODY.
Loving in our createdness creates Health & Balance; Spiritual Health, Soulish Health; mind, emotion, will and Physical Health
What is “Ramoth”?
Ramoth is a Hebrew word that means “heights” or “highland”. Ramoth-Gilead was a city of refuge located east of the Jordan River in the Hebrew bible. Like the city of Ramoth-Gilead, our church strives to be a City of Refuge, a place so filled with God’s love that we would be a safe community of believers.
Ramoth strives to be a place where people can find the same acceptance, value, and truth that Christ gives to us. We want to be transformed by Christ into healthy people, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
Who We Are
Our Team & Leadership
We have helpful team members here that are eager to meet you and answer any questions you may have about Ramoth.
Rev. Dr. William R. Clay
Head Pastor
“Our community is composed of people from all ethnic and religious backgrounds. Our members come from various denominations, and some never attended any church before coming here.
I want to personally invite you to be our guest. We desire to connect people to Christ and equip them for growth and ministry. We invite you to be a part.
Eddy Haney
Associate Pastor
Brandon Lyons
Worship Leader
Lois Satterfield
Director, Golan Learning Center
Nelda Wheat
Connection Leader
Stacy Calhoun
Business Administrator
Valena Moore
Children's Director
Angela Prickett
Community Care & Connections
Terri Clay
Administrator