Beliefs
Testimony
I am excited to join a church that will integrate the best of the evangelical tradition I left behind and the liberal mainline tradition to which I now loosely be ...
What We Believe
We believe that God reaches out to us in different ways. God is the creator of the universe and giver of all that is good. God is the savior—known boldly and intimately in Jesus and his life, death, and resurrection—who shows us how to live and love. God is the Spirit who enables us to make a difference in our world and in the lives of others.
We believe that every human being is created and gifted by God; therefore, every human being is invited to be a real part of the church, regardless of background, belief, sexual orientation, class or any of the other categories people use to separate or exclude.
We believe that the goal of church is not to make people more religious but to help people be more fully human.
We believe that the Bible is a beautiful, God-inspired, complex, and challenging book. We believe that its message of grace matters most when we live it out in a way that people’s lives are changed (our own lives included).
We believe that we need each other. It’s a lot easier to follow God with friends than it is by ourselves.
We believe that we don’t have all the answers and that disagreement and discussion is healthy. Whatever specific things you believe about God or Jesus aren’t as important to us as is your desire to explore and be in community.
We believe that we are called to reach out to our neighbors both locally and globally and serve them in ways that make a difference.
We believe that spiritual practices like prayer, reading the Bible, participating in small groups, fasting, and tithing are vital to our faith.
We believe that this church is only the beginning. Our hope is that we can start other communities of faith throughout the city in the coming years.
