What we believe

SHORT ANSWER

  • We love and follow God who is known in Jesus.

  • We believe the Bible is a gift from God by which we know God, know ourselves, and live full lives.

  • In Jesus, we see God’s abundant love and compassion for humanity. Thus, we believe in the God-given dignity of all people, created in God’s image.

  • We are called by God to share the good news of Jesus in the world.

 

LONG ANSWER

  • The Bible is given to us today as the perfect, inspired Word of God, purposed to guide our faith with Jesus Christ acting as the authoritative norm for interpretation.  

  • There is one God, the Creator of all things existing eternally in three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who are of one substance and equal in power and glory.

  • God created Adam and Eve in God's own image. They fell from their sinless state which afflicted humanity and creation with the brokenness of sin. We can be saved only by the grace of God, through faith, on the basis of the work of Christ, through the Holy Spirit.

  • Jesus, who has always existed, became a person, born of the Virgin Mary. In Jesus Christ, divine and human natures were united in one Person, both natures being whole, perfect, and distinct. To bring us salvation, Jesus lived a sinless life and died on the cross for the forgiveness of sins and to be in solidarity with all who suffer. On the third day, Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to the right hand of the Father. He will come back, personally and visibly, to complete his saving work- the eternal plan of God.

  • The Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity. The Spirit continues the work of Jesus, and shapes us into the person God intended us to be. Empowered by the Spirit, we are called to love and serve our neighbors, our cities, and the world as we pursue mercy and justice.

  • When we turn to God in faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we are brought into a new life and are called by God to live lives characterized by the fruit of the Spirit resembling the way of Jesus. 

  • Because we believe that all are created in God’s image, we uphold the uniqueness, dignity and intrinsic value of everyone (regardless of age, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity).

  • At the end of the age, all those given to and claimed by the enduring love of Jesus will be in the presence of God forever.