Our Mission

To glorify God by sharing His love in our community through reaching out and building up. 1 Thessalonians 5:9-11

 

Our Values

 
  1. We VALUE obedience to Jesus Christ in all situations.
  2. We VALUE each individual as one who matters to God.
  3. We VALUE dependence on and confidence in God’s ability to do more than we can ask or imagine. Therefore, we are willing to take risks and expect that God will surprise us.
  4. We VALUE Christ honoring; culturally relevant worship.
  5. We VALUE evangelistic outreach ministry to those who do not yet belong to Christ and the church.
  6. We VALUE each believer growing in Christ likeness and serving in ministry based on their spiritual gifts.
  7. We VALUE vital reproducing congregations.
  8. We VALUE trained, committed, and competent leaders (pastors and lay persons).
  9. We VALUE Christian unity within a diverse body of faith.
  10. We VALUE accountability among believers and congregations.

 

Statement of Faith (July 2013)

  • We believe that the Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice.
  • We believe in one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit – one in essence and community.
  • We believe in God the Father, the almighty Creator of heaven and earth.
  • We believe that Jesus Christ our Lord is the Word made flesh – fully God and fully man.  We believe he was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, was crucified, died and was buried, rose again on the third day, and ascended into heaven.
  • We believe in the divinity of the Holy Spirit, who indwells the believer.  The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, enables the believer to live a holy life, comforts, teaches, and bestows spiritual gifts.
  • We believe humanity is created in the image of God, has fallen into sin, and can be born again by the Spirit, justified freely by grace, and saved through the atoning work of Jesus Christ alone.
  • We believe that the Church is the body of Christ, the people of God, whose mission is to make disciples of all nations and to be salt and light in the world.
  • We believe baptism, the Lord’s supper, and feetwashing to be ordinances of the Church.
  • We believe in the return of Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, everlasting life, and the new heavens and new earth.

(This section is a summary of We Believe, the doctrinal statement of the Churches of God, General Conference. www.CGGC.org)