What We Believe


Core Beliefs

We affirm the core doctrines which have united all of the historical, biblical, worldwide church from its beginning, most commonly found in the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. A simple summation of these beliefs are as follows:

  • We believe in one God eternally existing as three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — equal in power and glory, creator of heaven and earth and who holds all things together;
  • We believe that Jesus Christ is the eternally begotten Son of God, one Lord, fully divine and fully human, born of a virgin, lived among us without sin to declare his kingdom, was crucified, died, was buried, descended to the dead, rose again, ascended to heaven to reign as King at the right hand of the Father, and is coming again to judge the living and the dead;
  • We believe that the Holy Spirit is the living and active presence of God who leads us into truth, equips us for service, sanctifies us from sin, and imparts spiritual gifts for the edification of the church and the work of the ministry;
  • We believe that the Bible points us toward Jesus, divinely inspired by God, reliable, authoritative, and useful for spiritual growth;
  • We believe that the Church is one holy, global, and Spirit-empowered family — called to disciple, serve others, bear witness to the Kingdom of God, and joyfully testify of Jesus’ imminent return to make all things new;
  • We believe that by grace through faith in Jesus we are forgiven, reconciled, and invited into God’s eternal life.


What Makes Us Unique

The following distinctives are not essential for being in fellowship with us, but do reflect our charismatic, evangelical, and egalitarian heritage:

  • As a Spirit-led, Spirit-filled church, we welcome the active guidance and expression of the Holy Spirit in our worship, leadership, and daily lives. We invite all to experience the baptism of the Holy Spirit, often with the evidence of speaking in tongues, as an empowering experience available to every believer. We believe the supernatural gifts of the Spirit — including prophecy, healing, and interpretation of tongues — are active and essential for the Church today.
  • We affirm the calling of both men and women to preach and lead in the Church, according to their individual gifting by the Spirit and not by gender, and we uphold mutual submission in marriage as the Kingdom pattern of Christlike love.
  • We proclaim our highest allegiance to Jesus as Lord and our primary citizenship to the Kingdom of God, which transcends nationalism, partisan politics, or the quest for earthly power.
  • We take Christ at his own word that he is present, however mysteriously, in the bread and cup of the Lord’s Supper.
  • In our worship we draw equally from the fresh, spontaneous work of the Holy Spirit today and from ancient practices gifted to us by our spiritual fathers and mothers of the church.

We welcome all who are curious about Jesus, whatever degree to which you affirm these doctrinal distinctives of ours, to worship Him and to pursue his kingdom with us.