Mission + Core Convictions

Apostles' Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; 

He descended to the dead. 

On the third day He rose again; 

He ascended into heaven, He is seated at the right hand of the Father, and He will come to judge the living and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Spirit, 

the holy catholic church, 

the communion of saints, 

the forgiveness of sins, 

the resurrection of the body, 

and the life everlasting. 

Amen.

Nicene Creed

We Believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. 

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, begotten from the Father before all ages, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one substance with the Father, through Whom all things came into existence, Who because of us men and because of our salvation came down from the heavens, and was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man, and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scripture and ascended to heaven, and sits on the right hand of the Father, and will come again with glory to judge living and dead, of Whose kingdom there will be no end; 

and in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and life-giver, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son is together worshiped and together glorified, Who spoke through the Prophets; 

in one holy Catholic and apostolic Church. 

We confess one baptism for the remission of sins; 

we look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.

Amen.

“We believe that the Word contained in these books (66 books of the Bible) has proceeded from God, and receives its authority from Him alone, and not from humans. And inasmuch as it is the rule of all truth, containing all that is necessary for the service of God and for our salvation, it is not lawful for people, nor even for angels, to add to it, to take away from it, or to change it. Therefore it follows that no authority, whether of history, or custom, or human wisdom, or judgments, or proclamations, or edicts, or decrees, or councils, or visions, or miracles, should be opposed to these Holy Scriptures, but, on the contrary, all things should be examined, regulated, and reformed according to them.”

Jesus inaugurates the Wedding Feast of God, the joy of the kingdom and the Sabbath rest all creation was made for. We join Jesus through the grace of communal worship and the submission of holy rest, cultivating an experience of gratitude, intimacy with God, celebration with others, and hope in the coming consummation of his kingdom. We gather on Sundays to celebrate through our collective worship. We sing prayers of praise, confess our sins and hear and obey God’s Word.

It is in our collective worship that we participate in the sacraments of the Lord’s Supper and baptism. We come to the Lord’s Supper (Communion or, The Eucharist) weekly to participate in the holy meal of bread and wine that we believe sacramentally and mysteriously gives us Jesus’ broken body and shed blood for our sins. In eating and drinking the bread and wine we testify that Jesus indeed died for our sins in a physical body, and we experience the grace of Christ’s presence in the bread and the cup, through the Holy Spirit as we worship God at the table.

We participate in baptism, which is the identification with Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. In entering the water, we mysteriously participate in the burial and death of Jesus, and in rising out of the water we participate in His resurrection. Both those in the water and those witnessing the act of baptism mysteriously encounter the Living Christ in this sacrament.

We also celebrate by keeping the Sabbath holy, receiving it as a gift given to us by our gracious God. This means we set apart a time for rest, ceasing from work, seeking to be present with God and one another, and remembering that this is God's world—He is in control.

*To read our full doctrinal statement on communion click here and for our full baptism statement click here.

To read our whole statement of faith, click here.