About Us

Our Core

OUR BELIEFS

1. Scripture: We believe the Bible (the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments) is God’s Word, completely trustworthy and without error in the original manuscripts. It is the ultimate authority for all that we believe and practice. The Bible’s truth is timeless and speaks to us today.

2. Trinity: The Bible teaches that one real and personal God exists eternally in three persons: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3. Humanity: The Bible teaches that every person was created in the image of God to glorify him and enjoy him forever. The human race, however, is separated from God because of our sin (choosing a life/path independent from God and His perfect design for us). Left to ourselves, we would never seek a relationship with God or fulfill the magnificent purpose for which we were created, but instead choose a self-destructive future.

4. Jesus: God the Son became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ. He lived a sinless life, obeying God’s law fully, suffered and died on the cross for the sins of His people, and was then physically raised from the dead on the third day. He did all of this to accomplish the salvation of His people. Jesus will return at the end of history to judge the living and the dead.

5. Salvation: Salvation is received by faith in Jesus Christ alone, not by good works. Anyone who trusts and believes in Jesus’ death for their personal sins is forgiven and accepted by God, and is restored to a personal relationship with Him as His sons and daughters.

6. Church: We believe that all those, anywhere and in all times, who have trusted in Christ (the head of the church) as their Savior make up the one true Church. The purpose of the local church is to worship God, share the gospel, strengthen believers, and be a place of prayer and mercy.

These and other truths are affirmed in various statements of faith, such as the Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed, from the early church. We also stand within the rich tradition of the Reformation of the sixteenth century, which is anchored in the gospel of grace. The Westminster Confession of Faith is a beautiful expression of the central teachings of the Bible, and has served as the doctrinal standard for Presbyterians since the seventeenth century.

OUR PURPOSE

We exist to glorify God and make Him known.

OUR VISION

To join God in bringing life-changing transformation to individuals, families, and communities, wherever we live and serve. 

OUR VALUES

1. Gospel-centered Biblical truth: We rest and rejoice in Jesus alone for our salvation, significance, and security, and look to His power to change us and to make all things right, as guided by His truth, revealed in Scripture.

2. Dependent Prayer: We seek to experience the presence and power of God through his Spirit by making kingdom prayer central to the way we relate to God as individuals and as a gathered community.

3. Authentic community: We seek to be an ethnically-diverse community for real people from every tribe, language, people, and nation with real stresses and life challenges, who faithfully worship God together, lovingly care for each other, and mercifully reach out to those in need.

4. Kingdom reproduction: We join God in His mission to make disciples through evangelism, facilitating spiritual growth, developing leaders, planting churches, and participating in cross-cultural and global missions.

5. Cultural engagement:  Heeding the words of Jesus that we are not of the world but are sent into the world, we seek to speak the truth in love as we engage with contemporary issues in culture and society. 

OUR MISSION

Transformed disciples live UP, IN, and OUT: cultivating relationships with God, one another, and with the world to which we are sent. Therefore, we will carry out our ministry by:

• Praying: Because we join God in His mission, we commit to encouraging kingdom-prayer in all gatherings. 
  
• Preparing: Because transformation occurs through discipleship, we will equip individuals and families to live up, in, and out where they live, work, and play.
  • UP: By cultivating God-glorifying and Christ-centered worship.
  • IN: By enriching relationships within the body of Christ through intentional community, hospitality, assimilation of newcomers, and regular play and celebration, AND by shaping and equipping God’s people so that they increasingly bear the likeness of our Savior.
  • OUT: By personally and communally engaging in evangelism and outreach AND by sacrificially investing our personal and church resources to advance God’s Kingdom.
• Participating: Because disciples are ambassadors for Christ, sent for the sake of the world, we will engage and partner for community and global impact.