Our Values

Our Values

We Follow the Blueprint.

                        – God is the Designer; Jesus is the Builder; We are the parts; and the

                        Holy Spirit is the power for all that we do.

 

We Live Out Unity.

                        – Jesus prayed that we might be unified through Him, so we protect the

                        unity of the Body diligently. We think that we should “prefer one another”

                        above ourselves.

 

We Give.

                        – Giving is to so much about money as it is a matter of the heart.

                        John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten

                        Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting

                        life.

 

                                    He Loves.

                                                He Gave.

                                                            We Believe.

                                                                        We Live.

We Bear Good Fruit.

                        -The fruits of the Holy Spirit are produced in us, and we display them for

                        God’s glory.

 

We Keep First Things First.

                        -Knowing Jesus

                        -Being found in Him

                        -Give praise to God for His splendor, majesty, strength, and power

                        -Reach our world with the love of Christ and hope in Christ, in order to make

                        a lasting impact in our city.

 

Our Beliefs

We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, that He was conceived and born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, and sacrificed Himself to be punished in substitution for sinners. By the blood of His cross and His resurrection from the dead, He obtained for us eternal redemption, the forgiveness of sins, and life everlasting. He was raised bodily and ascended to the right hand of the Father. He will return to the earth personally and visibly to consummate His kingdom.

 

We believe that the Holy Spirit regenerates and forever indwells all Christians. Jesus Christ baptizes believers in the Holy Spirit to empower believers for ministry and witness. We also believe that the gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament, are operative today and are designed to testify to the presence of the kingdom and to empower and edify the church to fulfill its calling and mission. These gifts are subject to judging and are to confirm, and never supersede, what has been revealed in the Bible.

 

We believe that salvation is by grace, through faith in Christ. No ritual, work, or any other activity is required in order to be saved. This saving grace of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, also enables us to do what is pleasing in God’s sight in order that we might be progressively conformed to the image of Christ. We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God’s power and are thus secure in Christ forever. Salvation is an act of God to all who call on Him.

 

We believe that water baptism and the Lord’s Supper are to be observed until the time of Christ’s return. They are not a means of salvation. Baptism in water is by immersion and a direct commandment of our Lord for believers only. Water baptism is a symbol of the Christian’s identification with Christ in death, burial and resurrection. Matthew 26:26-29; 28:19; Acts 8:36-39; Romans 6:3-11; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34; Col 2:12; 1 Peter 3:21.

 
 

We believe that the church is God’s primary instrument through which He is fulfilling His redemptive purposes in the earth. To equip the saints for the work of ministry, God has given evangelistic, pastoral and teaching gifts to the church. We also affirm the priesthood of all believers and the importance of every Christian being joined with and actively involved in a local community of the saints. God has called the church to preach the gospel to all nations, and especially to remember the poor and to minister to their needs through sacrificial giving and practical service. Matthew 16:17-19; Acts 2:17-18,42; Ephesians 3:14-21; 4:11-16; 1 Timothy 2:11-15; Hebrews 10:23-25; 1 Peter 2:4-5,9-10.