Values Statements

While these values are not unique to us, they do describe us and our aspirations.

Grace: We believe as an expression of his unmerited favor God sent his son, Jesus, to die as a sin offering.  We believe he was raised triumphantly from the grave and is seated in the heavenly realms interceding for his followers. (Eph 2:1-6) We believe that through trust in Christ we know the assurance of restored relationship with God.  This salvation comes to us as a free gift of grace through faith--not the result of our own work. (Eph 2:8) Obedience is rather empowered by the Spirit, and central to our obedience to God is graciously accepting, loving and serving others upon this same unconditional, undeserved basis.

Open Community: The grace of Christ makes it possible for us to risk knowing others and risk being deeply known.  Since our worth as persons depends entirely upon the value God places on us rather than on how well we live or how others perceive us, this is a community where we are free to discuss convictions, confess sins, and openly share our dreams together so that we may be of deep support to one another seeing Christ formed in each person to the glory of God.

Unity: Barriers between Christians are contrary to the will of God and harmful to the church's witness; thus, we are committed to building bridges in the Kingdom of God.  We seek to be an undenominational group of disciples who accept differing believers just as Christ accepted us to the glory of God.

Christ-Centered, Biblical Authority: We believe the Bible is the inspired word of God, and thus, all of its teaching is internally consistent and fully authoritative.  The Bible's primary purpose is the bear witness to the saving work and person of Jesus Christ.  We find our common bond in a shared relationship with him rather than any particular understanding of theology or scripture.  While we are not the only ones belonging to Christ, we do seek to make manifest our allegiance to him by being more focused on him than on ourselves or any other lesser object.

Worship: In order to glorify God we constantly seek more communicative and sincere ways to encourage one another.  We believe openness in worship allows for growth and provides opportunities for individual expressions of love, praise, awe and devotion.

Family Ministry: We are dedicated to finding creative ways to assist parents in teaching their children and providing opportunities for intergenerational discussion.  Generation gaps and conflicts in the church and the world have been all too real, and we seek to build bridges between generations in stead of further segregating them.