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| Mission Statement |
Helping people connect with God, connect with others, and grow in Christ. |
God |
| God is the One to whom all things point. He is our target! Everything is directed toward Him. The closer we get to Him, the more we value people. We know He values people because of the price He paid for them! |
| People |
| People are at the top of our priority list. We're all about people! When someone walks through our church door, we get excited and welcome that person with the love and kindness of God. There is a strong temptation in every church to become cliquish. This is a scheme of the enemy. God's desire is that "no one would perish, but that all would come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). The closer we get to God, the more people are on our hearts. |
| Helping |
Help refers to our desire to serve. Serving others is a blast! Serving is a magnet that draws people to Christ. We are born focused on ourselves; but as we get closer to God, we become more focused on serving and ministering to others. |
| Connect |
| Connect refers to life giving relationships. Jesus said, "I am the true vine, you are the branches" (Jn.15). We believe in passionate worship where we connect with an experience God. We believe that God has given His word as our daily bread, and that our intimacy and connection is deepened and strengthened through learning and receiving the Word. We believe God created us all with a built need for community, and that need is best expressed within the context of small groups. We believe life is better together. "God sets the colitary in families..."(Ps.68:6). |
| Grow |
| Grow refers to the fact that we believe discipleship is a process. Our focus is in progress, not perfection; grace and not law. If we truly want to mature and grow as disciples of Christ, we need to faithfully attend services, Life Groups, and growth track / equipping classes. |
| Christ |
| Christ refers to the most important relationship of every believer. Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes tto the Father except through Me."(Jn14:6) We believe that He is not only the door, but He is the journey and the life unto eternity. We believe that God sent His Son so that we could be forgiven and have a relationship with him. This should never be religious or lifeless, but an ongoiing, living and vital relationship that is lived out privately and publicly. Our relationship with Christ should attract others to Him! |
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| Statement Of Faith |
| Article 1: The Trinity |
It is the testimony of both Testaments and of the Christian Church that God is both One and Triune. The Biblical revelation testifies that there is only one God, and that He is eternally existent in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
A. God the Father
God the Father is the Creator and sustainer of all things, and created the universe in love to respond to Him. He created man in His own image for fellowship, and called man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man.
B. The Son
Jesus Christ is eternally God. He was together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from the beginning, and through Him all things were made. For man's redemption, He left heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the Virgin Mary; henceforth, He is forever one Christ with two natures, God and Man, in one Person.
C. The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life, who was active in the Old Testament, and given to the Church in fullness at Pentecost. He empowers the saints for service and witness, cleanses man from the old nature, and conforms us to the image of Christ. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, subsequent to conversion, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evidenced by the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit. |
| Article 2: The Scripture |
| We affirm that the Bible containing the Old and New Testaments is alone the only infallible, inspired Word of God, and that its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct. |
| Article 3: The Atonement |
Christ's vicarious death on the cross paid the penalty for the sins of the whole world, but its benefits are only applicable to those who receive Jesus as personal Savior. Healing - body, soul, and spirit - is provided for in the atonement, as well as all of God's provisions for His saints, but these must be appropriated. |
| Article 4: Salvation |
| The Word of God declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the death of His Son, and is appropriated by faith. Salvation is affected by personal repentance, belief in the Lord Jesus (justification), and personal acceptance of Him into one's life as Lord and Savior (regeneration). The new life in Christ includes the privileges of adoption and inheritance in the Kingdom of God's beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God's personal love for mankind. It is predestined only in the sense that God, through His omniscience, foreknew those who would choose Him. It is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God who does not lie and is forever the same. Salvation should produce an active lifestyle of loving obedience and service to Jesus Christ our Savior. |
| Article 5: The Christian Life |
| We believe that the Scriptures portray the life of the saint in this world to be one of balance between what is imputed to us as Christians and what is imparted to us according to our faith and maturity. Hence, God's provision for His children is total, and the promises are final and forever. The shortcomings of the individual and of the Church are because of the still progressing sanctification of the saints. The Christian life is filled with trials, tests, and warfare against a spiritual enemy. For those abiding in Christ until their deaths or His return, the promises of eternal blessing in the presence of God are assured. To remain faithful through all circumstances of life requires dependence upon the Holy Spirit and a willingness to die to personal desires and passions. |
| Article 6: The Church |
A. The goal of the Church is to make disciples of all nations and to present the saints complete in Christ.
B. The five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4 governs the Church, the offices of Elder and Deacon, as well as other offices mentioned in Scripture.
C. Church policy is a balance between congregation and Eldership authority, emphasizing the final authority of the Church leadership.
D. It is essential to the life of the Church that Scriptural patterns of discipline are practiced and that oversight for Church discipline, individual and corporate, is exercised by the leadership of the Church. |
| Article 7: Baptism and the Lord's Supper |
| The Word of God enjoins on the Church two perpetual ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first, baptism, is the outward sign of what God has already done in the individual's life, and is a testimony to all that the person now belongs to Jesus. It is identification with Jesus and is effected in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Lord's Supper is a commemoration of the death of the Lord and is done in remembrance of Him until He comes again; it is a sign of our participation in Him. Both institutions are restricted to those who are believers. |
| Article 8: Eschatology |
| We affirm the bodily, personal, second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the saints, the millennium, and the final judgment. The final judgment will determine the eternal status of both the saints and the unbelievers, determined by their relationship to Jesus Christ. We affirm with the Bible the final state of the new heavens and the new earth. |
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