WE ARE
GOSPEL-CENTERED
PEOPLE
The Gospel has formed us as individuals and drawn us into community. It continues to shape us as we seek to fulfill our vision.
WE ARE
BIBLICAL
PEOPLE
Every aspect of our lives is suffused with Scripture, our message is the unfolding of Scripture, and our purpose is revealed in Scripture.
WE ARE
WORSHIPFUL
PEOPLE
Worship is first the song that God sings to us, and only then the song that we sing back to him. As God sings over us, a song rises from us.
WE ARE
INCARNATIONAL
PEOPLE
Our mission of transformation is an extension of the mission of Jesus who loved us, became one of us, lived among us, and gave himself for us.
RADICAL HOSPITALITY
through welcome and connection,
we comprehensively express the heart of God as yearning host to the stranger and friend, that all may BELONG
ROOTED THEOLOGY
through Word, Sacrament, and Discipleship, we establish deep Gospel roots for every child, student, adult, and family, that all may BELIEVE
RESTORATION
through Care, Counseling, and Recovery Groups, we comprehensively care for the broken and hurting, that all may BECOME WHOLE
WORLD RENEWAL
through Faith and Work in Culture, we contribute our gifts of service to the Father for the life of the world, that life may then ABOUND
Our Beliefs
What We Believe
- We believe the Bible is the written word of God, inspired by the Holy Spirit and without error in the original manuscripts.
- We believe the Bible is the revelation of God’s truth and is infallible and authoritative in all matters of faith and practice.
- We believe in the Holy Trinity. There is one God, who exists eternally in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
- We believe that all are sinners and totally unable to save themselves from God’s displeasure, except by His mercy.
- We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, who through His perfect life and sacrificial death atoned for the sins of all who will trust in Him, alone, for salvation.
- We believe that we are saved by God’s Grace alone through faith in Christ alone.
- We believe that God is gracious and faithful to His people not simply as individuals but as families in successive generations according to His covenant promises.
- We believe that the Holy Spirit indwells God’s people and gives them the strength and wisdom to trust Christ and follow Him.
- We believe that Jesus will return, bodily and visibly, to judge all mankind and to receive His people to Himself.
- We believe that all aspects of our lives are to be lived to the glory of God under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.