Summary of Our Christian Beliefs

• We believe that all persons are called by God into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as their Savior, to put their whole trust in his grace, to serve him as Lord of their lives, in union with the church which Christ has opened to people of all ages, nations and races.

• We believe that the Bible is God’s divinely inspired Word to the world and contains all things necessary for salvation. We advocate the encouragement and engagement of all persons consistently reading and understanding the Bible, affirming that God uses it to transform lives.

• We summarize the basics of our Christian beliefs and theology in the expression of The Apostle’s Creed.

• We believe that the ever-present power of the Holy Spirit is infinitely greater than all the spiritual forces of wickedness, and we actively reject all the evil powers of this world, passionately opposing evil, confident that strongholds of darkness can be destroyed through Christ.

• We believe that prayer is the core foundation of all Christian life and ministry, provides us with the most consistent way of communicating with God, and has the absolute power to change physical, emotional and spiritual realities.

• We believe that all Christian churches comprise the Christian Community of Faith in the world and represent God’s primary community for sinners, like us all, to experience the grace, love and forgiveness of Jesus Christ. All churches experience struggles due to sin, but are called by God to administer the Word & Sacraments, to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to send disciples forth in effective ministries to the world.

• We believe that all Christian Leaders (both clergy and laity) are in covenant with God and one another, and are called to hold one another accountable in the spirit of divine love and forgiveness.

• We believe there exists in many churches today an enormous need for excellent and effective ministry training and modeling. We are committed to provide churches with comprehensive ministry training, development and modeling of effective ministry strategies.