Get to know us.
We are a non-denominational church, but a member of a network of other churches through the Ecclesia Network. To learn more about the network and the associated churches, please visit EcclesiaNet.org. The sections below provide a brief overview and introduction.
Our Purpose
To form people who practice the presence of Jesus for the sake of their neighbors.
Our Beliefs
SCRIPTURE
The Bible is God’s true story about who he is, what he has done, what he is doing, and what he will do. It was given by God to human writers and so reflects their culture and language, background and style yet bears the stamp of divine authority on all matters to which it speaks.
JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ was completely human and completely divine. He lived a perfect life in place of our imperfect lives; died, as our substitute, the death that we deserved to die because of our brokenness; and physically rose from the dead. He offers us life to the full by the promise of his own resurrection. He then ascended into heaven and today, is our representative, intercessor, and advocate with God the Father.
TRIUNE GOD
There is one God who exists as three persons living in perfect community – Father, Son, and Spirit. God created everything and sustains everything. He is holy and just, loving and patient, full of mercy and grace.
THE HOLY SPIRIT
We experience the presence of God in our relationship with God the Spirit, who reveals our brokenness, leads us to Christ, and applies Christ’s work of redemption to our lives. The Holy Spirit reveals truth and guides our lives, individually and collectively.
REDEMPTION
We are connected to God in only one way – by accepting the offer of reconciliation that God freely gives to us through Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. God treats us as if we were Christ, because he treated Christ as if he were us. God’s gift of grace makes us his adopted sons and daughters. There is nothing we can do to deserve it – it is all a gift of God, and our responsibility is to respond by simply receiving it. God then begins the process of transforming our hearts and minds from the inside out, so that we increasingly reflect the character of Christ.
THE CHURCH
We become a part of the body of Christ, or the church, when we enter into a relationship with Christ. The church is universal, but is always expressed locally. The church is the visible and local demonstration of the new community that Christ came to create. The main responsibility of the church is to connect people outside of relationship with Christ by sharing God’s love and grace, helping those who respond to become people who follow Christ with their whole lives.
ETERNITY
In his own time and in his own way, God will bring this world as we know it to an end. According to his promise, Christ will return personally and visibly to judge the living and the dead, and to begin the new era of God’s universal reign which will last forever.
Our Practices
Throughout the Bible, we see an invitation to humanity to partner in God’s purpose of setting things right in this world. Our practices define and direct our purpose as a church and offer structure to what we do from Sunday Gatherings to discipleship as well as how we reach out to our neighbors.
TRANSFORMATION
We engage in spiritual practices that followers of Jesus have done for centuries. Through discipleship, we seek to encounter God together in new ways for the purpose of becoming mature apprentices of Jesus.
GENEROSITY
All that we have is a gift from God. We respond to God’s generosity to us by joyfully offering all of our resources back to God. Our time, abilities, money, and property are stewarded generously and sacrificially.
COMMUNITY
Our connection to one another comes from our identity as members of God’s family. We come together around our common mission to partner with God in the making of all things new. We find joy in our differences, celebrate unity without demanding uniformity, and we learn to trust God and each other in new ways.
HOSPITALITY
Flowing out of Jesus’s desire that we welcome the stranger, we humbly seek to invite others, being open to receive from and give to everyone. We open our hearts, homes, and church to the lonely, those on the margins, as well as to newcomers.
WHOLENESS
God is in the process of restoring our lives, those around us, and all creation to shalom, or wholeness. Whether through spiritual disciplines, practicing mercy, creation care, offering forgiveness, or encouraging wholeness, our pain is transformed. We become bearers of the good news, actively participating in God’s ongoing work of renewal.