The Full Story
About
We’re a community of people, just like you, meeting together each week to learn, pray and grow together. We want you to encounter God and people who care about you. You don’t need to have all the answers, and you don’t need to be perfect to attend our church. We invite you to come… just as you are, and be a part of something new.
We are a group of people that truly believe the Word of God. We believe that God offers to everyone forgiveness, peace, joy, purpose, love, meaning in life, and the promise of heaven when life is over by entering and experiencing a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. We believe that Christians can experience a deeper level of life in which there is victory over sin, power to witness and serve, and a richer fellowship with God, all through the Holy Spirit. Our goal is to connect others to Christ.
What we believe
We believe in one God-the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by plenary inspiration, contain all truth necessary to faith and Christian living.
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We believe that man is born with a fallen nature, and is, therefore, inclined to evil, and that continually.
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We believe that the finally impenitent are hopelessly and eternally lost.
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We believe that the atonement through Jesus Christ is for the whole human race; and that whosoever repents and believes in the Lord Jesus Christ is justified and regenerated and saved from the dominion of sin.
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We believe that believers are to be sanctified wholly, subsequent to regeneration, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We believe that the Holy Spirit bears witness to the new birth, and also to the entire sanctification of believers.
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We believe that our Lord will return, the dead will be raised, and the final judgment will take place.
Our Core Values
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We Are a Christian People
As members of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the historic Trinitarian creedal statements of Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.
We Are a Holiness People
God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by various terms including "entire sanctification" and "baptism with the Holy Spirit"-cleansing us from all sin, renewing us in the image of God, empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves, and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
We Are a Missional People
We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church and the extension of His kingdom (Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission (a) begins in worship, (b) ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, (c) encourages believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men for Christian service through Christian higher education.
