What We Believe
Our Vision
To proclaim the Gospel to our hearts, our homes, and the hopeless.
The Gospel is our only hope and power, and what a power it is—it is the power of God for salvation.
Our Mission
To see God’s love and grace so deeply rooted in the lives of His people that genuine covenant community is cultivated and the overflow of this is seen in missional action toward the local community and the world. In this mission statement are three realms where we believe God has called us to make a significant impact:
Changed individuals (“see God’s love and grace deeply rooted in the lives of His people”)
Changed church (“genuine covenant community is cultivated”)
Changed community/world (“missional action”) (See The Missional Church)
This is an impossible task for man, but our hope is not in ourselves but rather in the power of the Gospel.
Our Purpose
We exist as a church family to glorify and enjoy God. This may sound simple, but this is exactly why we exist as a church family. Many of us have had past church experiences that tell us we must jump through many hoops in order to truly glorify God. Yet the Gospel teaches us that it is actually our need of, dependence on, and reliance upon Christ that best glorifies God. We come as those who are terribly thirsty and need to be refreshed. Christ is that ever-flowing source of living water who alone can satisfy our dry and parched hearts. Thus, as we drink of Him and enjoy Him thoroughly, He is most glorified.
For an expanded look at our vision statement, click here.
Statement of Beliefs
We believe in the Trinity. There is one God who exists eternally in three Persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
We believe that the Bible is the written Word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is our infallible and divine authority in all matters of faith and life.
We believe that all men are sinners and are totally unable to save themselves or even to cooperate with God in efforts to earn their salvation.
We believe that salvation is by the sole action of God, who sovereignly chooses out of the fallen race of mankind those whom He will save. God alone saves the people whom He draws to Jesus by His Holy Spirit. He convinces them of their sin and enlightens them so that they repent of their sins and trust in Jesus Christ as He is offered in the Gospel. Because God alone knows who are His, we call on people everywhere to repent and to trust in Jesus Christ.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, who became man and lived and died and rose again to atone for the sins of those who trust Him alone for their salvation. Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man.
We believe that God’s Holy Spirit gives Christians the daily strength and wisdom that they need to walk according to His will and to grow in holiness.
We believe that Jesus Christ shall return personally, visibly, and bodily to judge all mankind and to receive His people unto Himself.