What We believe

  • 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.