We are a church that loves Jesus.

At the core of who we are is a single guiding conviction: we love Jesus. In the complexity of life, we believe this simplicity is the anchor of all things. We have been loved by Jesus, so now our greatest desire is to love him in return and create a community where his love can be discovered. In a world where truth feels unknowable, we believe Jesus is findable, and he is welcoming us home.

  • The first aspect of our identity is that we are a people: a gathering of Christ-followers unified in our allegiance to Jesus and one another. This commitment invites us to lives of intentional spiritual formation through discipleship and to reclaim church as family. In all that we do, being a Jesus people and treating people as Jesus would, is the foundation of our community.

  • The second aspect of our identity is that we are a mission: a commissioned community that partners with God in his redemptive work. Our reconciliation with God leads us to find our place in the mission of Jesus, empowered by The Holy Spirit, to become every-day missionaries to the world around us. As a sent people, life with the Holy Spirit and embracing sacrificial mission, is the direction of our community.

  • The third aspect of our identity is that we are a movement: citizens of the Kingdom of God who serve beyond the needs and borders of our own community. As followers of Jesus in a secular age, we are compelled to give our lives to create gospel movements and contend for the resistance and renewal of biblical faithfulness. The mandate to spread the message of Jesus to the ends of the earth and empower the church to be courageous witnesses in our day, is the calling of our community.

Our Beliefs

We believe that God is active and working in the renewal of the world through Jesus.

We believe in the authority of the Christian scriptures for our life and practice.

We hold to the orthodox beliefs articulated in the historic creeds (The Apostle’s Creed and the Nicene Creed).

We believe that God is inviting us into a living theology that not only affects our thinking, but also the substance of the way we live.

Extended Beliefs:

  • I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

    Amen.

  • We believe that baptism with the Holy Spirit empowers believers, and that the Holy Spirit’s incoming follows the same pattern that is described in the New Testament (Acts 2:4).

  • We believe that baptism by immersion in water is an outward sign of an inward work (Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4). We believe in commemorating the Lord’s Supper by the symbolic use of bread and fruit of the vine (1 Cor. 11:24, 25).

  • We believe that followers of Christ have a sacred duty to identify with the visible church of Jesus Christ and should meet regularly with fellow believers (Heb. 10:24, 25).

  • We believe that laws and ordinances come from God’s ultimate authority and should be upheld, except when they are in opposition to the revealed will of God (Rom. 13:1-5).

  • We believe that it is the will of God for believers to walk in progressive sanctification, growing continuously in the faith (Heb. 6:1).

  • We believe that divine healing is the power of Christ to heal the sick in answer to prayer offered in faith (Jas. 5:14-16).

  • We believe that the church’s primary responsibilities are taking the gospel to the entire world and making disciples (Mark 16:15; Matt. 28:19-20).

  • We believe that God is Triune: Father, Son and Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14).

  • We believe that man is created in the image of God but, by voluntary disobedience, fell from perfection—thereby imbuing humanity with sinfulness (Rom. 5:12).

  • We believe that the Holy Spirit has gifts to bestow upon Christians (1 Cor. 12:1-11) and that we should show spiritual fruit as evidence of a Spirit-filled life (Gal. 5:22-25).

  • We believe that heaven is the glorious eternal home of born-again believers (John 14:1-3; Rev. 7:15-17).

  • We believe that hell is the place of eternal torment for all who reject Christ as Savior (Rev. 20:11-15).

  • We believe that the Bible is God-inspired (2 Tim. 3:16, 17).

  • We believe every person will one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ to receive eternal life or death (Rev. 20:11-15; Heb. 9:27; 2 Cor. 5:10).

  • We believe that people who follow Christ should avoid the extremes of fanaticism and pursue lives of balance and moderation, demonstrating gentleness and patience (Phil. 4:5, KJV; Col. 3:12, 13).

  • We believe that a genuine change takes place in people who accept Christ as Savior; believers allow Christ’s life to be lived through them (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 2:20).

  • We believe that, upon sincere repentance and a wholehearted acceptance of Christ, we are justified before God (Rom. 10:8-10; 1 John 1:9).

  • We believe that, while we were sinners, Christ died for us—pardoning all who believe in Him (John 3:16; Rom. 5:8).

  • We believe that we receive salvation when we come to God through faith in the atoning work of Jesus on the cross. Salvation is God’s gift to us (Eph. 2:8).

  • We believe that the second coming of Christ is personal and imminent (1 Thess. 4:16, 17; Titus 2:11- 13).

  • We believe and hold to a Historic Christian Sexual Ethic as upheld in the Scriptures (1 Thess. 4:3-4).

  • We believe that it is the will of God that we daily walk in the power of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 4:30-32).

  • We believe the method ordained by God for the support and spread of His cause is giving tithes and offerings (Mal. 3:10; 2 Cor. 9:7).

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