Beliefs & Values
What We Believe. Who We Are.
OUR MISSION
Connecting People to a Life-Changing Relationship with Jesus
Our Values
These are the values that drive our culture and define how we follow Jesus together.
Authentic Relationships
We are an easy community to enter where we treat you like we plan on being friends for a long time.
Every Person Has Value
Everyone is valuable to God, and we treat people accordingly.
Faith Disposition
We believe God's promises.
We believe he has good for us.
Grace Bias
We're not condemning.
We extend grace ... and receive grace.
Spirit-Led
It's how we worship.
It's how we lead.
Transformation
A relationship with Jesus is transformational, and he empowers us to change.
Our Beliefs
What we believe about God, people, and the Church shapes how we live and love.
Christ’s Crucifixion
We believe Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day, and personally appeared to His disciples.
I Corinthians 15:1-8; Romans 4:25
Christ’s Resurrection
We believe Jesus ascended to Heaven and will come to Earth again for the Church.
John 14:2,3; I Thessalonians 4:13-18
Communion
We believe in the Table of the Lord, commonly called Communion or the Lord's Supper for believers.
I Corinthians 11:23-32
Creation of Man
We believe in the creation, test and fall of man as recorded in Genesis; and his inability to attain righteousness on his own.
Romans 3:11; 5:12, 18
God
We believe that God is eternal, has revealed Himself as ONE God existing in THREE persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the trinity.
Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14
Healing
We believe in the healing of the body by Divine power, or Divine healing.
Acts 4:24-31; Rom. 8:11; I Cor. 12:9; James 5:14-15
Heaven & Hell
We believe in eternal life in Heaven for believers (John 5:24; 3:16) and eternal punishment or Hell for unbelievers.
Mark 9:43-50; Il Thess. 1:8-9; Revelation 20:10-15
Holiness
We believe in a life of separation from the world (in the world but not of the world (Romans 12:2; James 1:27; James 4:4), and perfecting of holiness.
Ephesians 5:18; Il Corinthians 6:14, 7:1
Holy Spirit Baptism
We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as an experience subsequent to salvation, typically evidenced by speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.
Acts 2:1- 4; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; 19:1-6
Jesus Christ
We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of men, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, very God and very man.
Luke 1:26-35; John 1:18; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6
Salvation
We believe in the salvation of sinners by grace, through repentance and faith in the work of the cross by which our sin was atoned.
Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 9:12, 22; Romans 5:11
Satan & His Judgment
We believe in the reality and personality of Satan and the eternal judgment of Satan and his angels.
Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10-15
Spiritual Gifts
We believe in the operations of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as described in I Corinthians 12 - 14.
The Bible
We believe that every word of the Bible was inspired by God and is infallible.
Il Timothy 3:16, I Corinthians 2:13
Water Baptism
We believe in the necessity of water baptism by immersion in order to fulfill the command of Christ.
Matthew 28:19; Acts 2:34-38; 10:44-48; 19:1-6