Our mission is to birth and develop mature disciples of Jesus Christ characterized by faith, hope, and love.

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Our congregation is:

Christ-Centered

Jesus Christ is our focus as our Lord and Savior. What we mean by that is that we do our best to “follow him” just as we were invited to, living our lives so that, if people look at us, they can see the influence of Jesus on who we are and what we do. We listen to his teachings, we emulate his actions, we submit ourselves to his way of life. We want to be “Christ-like” by, well, being like Christ. Most importantly, we have a living relationship with Jesus, so we can always be growing more like him.

Biblically-focused

Jesus is the best way to know God. And one of the best ways to know about God’s story is reading it. The Bible is our guide, and we believe it was inspired by God’s Holy Spirit. Do humans always understand it perfectly? No. But we try to read everything through the focus of Jesus, whose love shines in every passage. The Bible has lots of different kinds of writing in it, from lots of different people and places, so it’s important to study it properly. (We don’t go to a pastry cookbook to learn how to fix our carburetor, do we? lol) And the Bible tells us a lot of things, like what should happen, what shouldn’t happen, what did happen… it tells us in plain language, in parables, in symbols, in poetry, in history, in genealogy… whew, there’s a lot there!

But that’s ok – we read the Bible together, and we learn from how others have read it too, from all through history and all around the world. Besides, we still have the same Holy Spirit with us now who inspired it before to help us understand! We believe that, though the Bible doesn’t tell us everything we want to know about specific or modern topics, all we NEED to know, we will be able to fully understand. And hey, questions are a part of learning and growing, aren’t they?

Committed to discipleship

A disciple is a lifelong student. As disciples, we commit to growing and serving as people who love Jesus. We try hard as a church family to find opportunities for each member to grow spiritually and use their skills and gifts to help others serve and grow in Jesus too. Our relationships with each other and our communities are important to us, and we work hard to make them real, sincere, and loving, the way Jesus would. And if it takes a lifetime? That’s fine – it just means we have more time to love people and let them know how VERY much God loves them too.

Mission-minded

We believe if you have more than you need, you build a longer table and invite more people to it. Our church has a strong tradition of reaching out to the world with the love of Jesus Christ in word and deed. We work hard to be generous with our money and resources in support of many international, national and local Christian missions. Through church service projects and on their own many folks in our church family volunteer their time to work with local and global organizations to meet the physical and spiritual needs of others. We’d love it if you want to join us!