OUR CORE DOCTRINAL VALUES

The Bible

                The Bible is God’s unique revelation to people. It is the inspired, infallible Word of God, and the supreme and final authority on all matters upon which it teaches. No other writings are vested with such divine authority.

The Trinity

                There is only one God, creator of heaven and earth, who exists eternally as three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each personally distinct from the other.

Jesus Christ       

Jesus Christ, second Person of the Trinity, was born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless human life, willingly took upon Himself all of our sins, died and rose again bodily, and is at the right hand of the Father as our advocate and  mediator. Some day, He will return to consummate history and to fulfill the eternal plan of God.

The Holy Spirit               

The Holy Spirit, third Person of the Trinity, convicts the world of sin and draws people to Christ. He also indwells all believers. He is available to empower them to lead Christ-like lives, and gives them spiritual gifts with which to serve the church and reach out to a lost and needy world.

Humanity

                All people are created in God’s image and matter deeply to Him. Central to the message of the Bible is that God loves people, and invites them to live in communion with Himself and in community with each other.

SALVATION AND ETERNITY

                Apart from Jesus Christ, all people are spiritually lost and, because of sin, deserve the judgment of God. However, God gives salvation and eternal life to anyone who trusts in Jesus Christ and in His sacrifice on his or her behalf. Salvation cannot be earned through personal goodness or human effort. It is a gift that must be received by humble repentance and faith in Christ and His finished work on the cross.  Once God births saving grace into a person’s life, it is permanent.  That person can never lose salvation.

                Death seals the eternal destiny of each person. At the final judgment, unbelievers will be separated from God into condemnation. Believers will be received into God’s loving presence and rewarded for their faithfulness to Him in this life.

The Church

                All believers are members of the body of Christ, the one true church universal.   Spiritual unity is to be expressed among Christians by acceptance and love of  one another across ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, national, generational,  gender, and denominational lines.

                The local church is a congregation of believers who gather for worship, prayer, instruction, encouragement, mutual accountability, and community with each other. Through it, believers invest time, energy, and resources to fulfill the Great Commission — reaching lost people and growing them into fully devoted  followers of Christ.

 

OUR CORE COMMUNITY VALUES

CORE VALUE 1: We believe the Bible is both God’s love letter to us and His instruction manual for life. Our lives and ministry is to be guided by the teaching of Scripture. 

CORE VALUE 2: We believe that the anointed teaching of Scripture is the catalyst for transformation in a person’s life and in the church.

CORE VALUE 3:  We believe that participation in anointed worship is a necessary response to a loving God.

CORE VALUE 4: We believe that prayer is absolutely essential for the spiritual health of the church and of each individual member.

CORE VALUE 5:  We believe that churches should be led by men and women with leadership gifts.

CORE VALUE 6: We believe in adjusting our priorities in such a way as to maintain a sustainable pace.

CORE VALUE 7:  We believe excellence honors God and inspires people.

CORE VALUE 8: We believe in submitting to Biblical authority.  

CORE VALUE 9: We believe the church should be culturally relevant while remaining  doctrinally pure so that truth is communicated in such a way it grips a life for Christ.

CORE VALUE 10: We believe lost people matter to God and are hopeless without Him; therefore lost people matter to His church.

CORE VALUE 11:  We believe every member should commit to a lifestyle of spiritual growth with honest accountability.

CORE VALUE 12:  We believe in every member living in moral, physical, spiritual, relational, and financial purity. 

CORE VALUE 13:  We believe that every member is a minister who has been given gifts by God to be discovered, developed and deployed. 

CORE VALUE 14: We believe that genuine, love and caring relationships should permeate every aspect of church and family life. 

CORE VALUE 15: We believe that the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His cause is normal for every follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

This statement reflects a contemporary summary of the central doctrines in the Bible, which are also presented in the historic creeds of the Christian church.