We believe that God exists and is pleased when people are drawn near by faith.
We believe in Jesus Christ, the Word of God in flesh.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the eternal Spirit of God.
We believe that all scripture is inspired by God for instruction in salvation and training in righteousness & justice.
We believe that God created the heavens & the earth, and that the world has been created good because God is good and provides all that is needed for life.
We believe that God has created human beings in the divine image for relationship with God.
We confess that humanity has fallen short of the Creator’s intent and, in limiting their love for others, disrupted the order of the world.
We believe that, in Jesus Christ, God offers deliverance & salvation from sin—the fallen state of the world.
We believe that the church is the assembly of those who have accepted God’s offer of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ.
We believe that the baptism of believers with water is a public sign of their cleansing from sin and the baptism into the Body of Christ that happens in Spirit.
We believe that the Lord’s Supper is a sign by which the church thankfully remembers the new covenant Jesus established.
We believe that peace is the intention of God.
We place our hope in the Reign of God and its fulfillment in the day when Christ comes again in glory, declaring God’s final victory.