OUR CORE BELIEFS AND VALUES

Believe - Core Beliefs

WE BELIEVE

  • The Bible is God’s Word and our instruction book for life
  • In one God, creator of all things
  • Jesus Christ is God’s Son and gave His life so we could have eternal life and abundant life
  • Salvation is a free gift obtained by God’s grace alone through personal faith alone in Christ’s atoning work alone
  • The Holy Spirit empowers us to live a life that pleases God and ministers to others
  • The Church is commissioned by God to reveal His Word, His Worship and His Ways to the world
  • Satan is the personal, spiritual adversary of God and His followers
  • God has a unique purpose for our lives and we should seek it
  • There will be a final judgment at which God will assign all people their eternal destinies
  • The term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union and God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other.


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Behave - Core Behaviors

BY GOD'S GRACE AND POWER, WE WILL

  • Study God’s word to know Him and to grow in Him
  • Pray to God to know Him and to find His direction for our daily lives
  • Worship God for who He is and what He has done
  • Faithfully attend and actively participate in Biblical Community
  • Show God to the world around us through our personal life, our family, and our relationships
  • Give our time to serve God and others
  • Use the abilities and gifts God gives us to serve Him and others
  • Give tithes and offerings from the money God gives us
  • Make fulfilling God’s purposes our highest goal


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Become - Core Values

BY GOD'S GRACE AND POWER, WE PURPOSE TO BECOME PEOPLE WHO

  • Love God above all and others above ourselves
  • Maintain joy and purpose regardless of circumstances
  • Seek to maintain peace with God and others
  • Are patient
  • Are thoughtful and considerate 
  • Are honest and ethical
  • Are faith-filled and faithful to find and fulfill God’s will
  • Are humble and regard others as more important than self
  • Submit all their dreams and desires to the Holy Spirit 

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