What We Believe

Statement of Faith

  1. There is one God, the Creator and Sustainer of all things seen and unseen and the sovereign Lord over all. He exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

  2. The Bible is the inspired, authoritative, and trustworthy word of God on all matters of faith, conduct, and doctrine.

  3. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, fully God and fully man. He was born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, offered himself as a sacrifice for our sins, died on a cross, rose bodily from the dead, and ascended to heaven. He reigns at the right hand of the Father and is the one mediator between God and humanity. He will return personally in power and glory.

  4. Every person is created in the image of God and therefore possesses inherent dignity and worth. All humanity has been separated from God by sin and stands in need of the saving work of Jesus Christ. Salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone, through whom we are reconciled to God by grace through faith.

  5. The church consists of all who put their faith entirely in Jesus Christ. Christ is the head of the church, which exists to carry on his ministry in obedience to him and to make disciples among all nations.

  6. The Holy Spirit indwells believers and gives them gifts for the work of ministry, the edification of the church, and the service of God’s kingdom. His presence and power equip believers to glorify Jesus, bear witness to the gospel, and serve others.

  7. We believe in the bodily resurrection of all humanity and in the final judgment of all people. We look forward to the new creation in which God reigns forever.

Core Principles

Along with our statement of faith, our core principles are the pillars of our community.

DEVOTION

We live for Jesus Christ, out of love for him and devotion to his gospel. Theology can become complicated and ministry methods sophisticated, but our devotion is simply to Jesus himself.

INTIMACY

We know that we can draw near to God, see his beauty, and enjoy intimacy and companionship with him. This foundation of life and ministry requires a pure heart and a relentless pursuit of him.

DEPENDENCY

We depend on his presence and power for everything, and we trust him for every manner of miracle to confirm the gospel among us. Jesus constantly shows us that his goodness and wisdom exceed our understanding.

HUMILITY

We grow by increasing in humility. As we seek him, we become cognizant of his surpassing worth. Our response to the revelation of him is to go lower and rejoice in our weakness, that he may demonstrate his own strength, power, and wisdom in us.

FAITH

We recognize that faith working through love is necessary to please God. Our faith is tested to produce perseverance, which perfects us in Christ. Thus, we have confidence in things invisible of God, not in things seen in this world.

SACRIFICE

We give joyfully and sacrificially for the work of his kingdom. In the pursuit of obedience to him, no cost is too great and nothing should be withheld. Our offering to God begins with a broken spirit and a contrite heart, full of joy.

SUFFERING

We value suffering that produces holiness, accepting that following Christ requires willingness to suffer for his name. Therefore, we resolve to know Christ and him crucified. We rejoice when we are counted worthy to exchange the riches of this world for the riches of God in Jesus Christ.

JOY

We strengthen ourselves with his unfailing joy through the Holy Spirit, which easily eclipses our hardships, labors, and trials. In his spirit, we discover the fullness of joy that knows no bounds. His joy sustains us, equips us, and motivates us.

WISDOM

We testify that wisdom fosters excellence in all things, unto God’s glory. Wisdom with perseverance produces righteousness in us. Excellence opens greater opportunities to spread the knowledge of him and to demonstrate his love and power.

GRACE

We celebrate his grace, which is sufficient for us in every circumstance. By his grace, we have been saved from sin and death - and given the opportunity to see him, to know him, and approach him confidently.

Paradigmatic Verses

Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

John 12:24-25

I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.

Philippians 3:8-11

We put no obstacle in anyone's way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, but as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: by great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, calamities, beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love; by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise.

2 Corinthians 6:3-8