About

We help members to Christian maturity by supporting them physically with Christ’s love through His called servants, nourishing them spiritually with the word of God, and building discipling relationships for continued development of a Jesus-shaped life (Discipleship).

Members commit to:

• Begin

  • To start and help others start to follow Jesus Christ.

• Belong

  • To connect in community and commit to each other.

• Believe

  • To grow in our understanding of Jesus and what it means to follow Him.

• Become

  • To be transformed in every way to reflect Jesus in our lives and to lead others.

Our Ministering Deacons lead through service, providing an example of Christian maturity to follow. They tend to the needs of the church by maintaining the facilities, managing its use, and administering the finances. They tend to the needs of our people with hospitality and benevolence. They are peacemakers, seeking any cause of division and fostering agreement to protect the unity of our church. They support the elders by carrying out tasks necessary to allow prayer and ministry to remain their primary focus.

Their commitment is to:

• Encourage

  • To share the love of Christ instilled in them by the Holy Spirit through acts of kindness, mercy, and peacemaking.

• Enable

  • To enable and accelerate the mission by tending to tasks that distract from prayer and ministry of the word.

• Serve

  • To provide for the needs of our people to allow unimpeded growth in Christian maturity.

Our Ministering Elders serve by leading. They model Christian maturity. They ensure the messages given to our people are scripturally sound, relevant to our current situation, and relevant to our mission. They administer the sacraments of baptism and communion to keep our members connected to God and spiritually healthy. They teach the Word to promote spiritual growth to Christian maturity. They shepherd God’s flock by seeking the lost, tending to the sick or injured, and correcting the errant. They pray for our church, joining Jesus in asking the Father for his grace and mercy to be given in abundance to our members.

Their commitment is to:

• Teach

  • To help people grow in Christian maturity by exclaiming Jesus’ commands through scripture.

• Protect

  • To guard from false teaching through vigilant monitoring, and to ensure continued obedience through administration of Christian discipline and constant prayer to the Father.

• Nourish

  • To guard from false teaching through vigilant monitoring, and to ensure continued obedience through administration of Christian discipline and constant prayer to the Father.

See the Apostles’ Creed, The Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed, The Heidelberg Catechism, The Belgic Confession, and The Canons of Dort for a more in-depth theological understanding of what we believe.

• God: There is one eternal, knowable, sovereign God who knows and oversees all things. God is merciful and just, loving and holy, all-powerful, and good. (Deuteronomy 6:4, Isaiah 45:5-6, 1 Timothy 1:17, Hebrews 1:1-2, Daniel 4:34-35, Psalm 139:1-4, Matthew 10:29-31, Exodus 34:6, Acts 17:31, 1 John 4:8, Revelation 4:8, Psalm 147:5, Romans 8:28)

• Trinity: God exists in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. All three are uncreated, coeternal, and equal in power, glory, and honor. They are rightly worshiped as the one true God-three in one, and one in three. (Genesis 1:1-2, Genesis 1:26, Matthew 28:19, 2 Corinthians 13:14, John 14:16-17)

• Scripture: God has revealed himself, his will, and his ways in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. Scripture is breathed out by God, holy, complete, and without any error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is our shared and final authority in life, doctrine, and godliness. (John 14:25-26, Deuteronomy 6:6-7, 2 Timothy 3:16, John 10:35, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Matthew 4:4, 2 Peter 1:3-4)

• Creation: We believe God created the entire universe out of nothing. Men and women are the crown of God’s perfect creation, being created in his own image. As image-bearers, we were created to worship God and reflect him in true knowledge, righteousness, and holiness. (Genesis 1:1, Hebrews 11:3, Genesis 1:26-27, Colossians 3:9-10, Psalm 139:13-14, Hebrews 3:4, Ephesians 2:10, Isaiah 40:28)

• Fall: God’s perfect creation was shattered by the first sin of Adam and Eve, who rebelled against God and brought sin into the world. We share in Adam’s sin, born into the world as sinners who are unable to please God on our own. We are hopelessly lost and thoroughly corrupted by our sinful natures, spiritually dead until God makes us alive in Christ. (Genesis 3:1-19, Romans 5:12-21, Psalm 51:5, John 6:44, Romans 3:10-18, Ephesians 2:1-5)

• Jesus Christ: Jesus of Nazareth was and is the Christ, the promised Son of the Living God. He is fully man and fully God. He was born of the virgin Mary, lived a perfect life, taught the Kingdom of God, worked miracles, suffered, was crucified, and rose from the dead three days later. Jesus lived a perfect life and died a shameful death so that we could be counted righteous and forgiven of our sins. He was our sacrificial substitute in death and resurrection. He defeated the devil, removed our guilt, and endured God’s wrath in our place. (Matthew 16:16, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Corinthians 15:1-8, 2 Corinthians 5:21, 1 Peter 3:18, Revelation 12:9, Isaiah 53:4-6, Galatians 3:13, 1 John 1:8-2:2)

• Salvation: We believe that we are declared righteous, not guilty before God, only through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone and by his grace alone. The only way to be adopted into the family of God is through union with his Son, Jesus Christ, in whom God’s fullness dwells. Salvation gives both assurance of God’s presence and power to those who believe in this life and eternity in heaven after this life ends. (Galatians 2:16, John 14:6, Ephesians 1:3-6, Revelation 21:1-8, Matthew 28:20, Matthew 19:25-26, Romans 10:9-10)

• Holy Spirit: The Holy Spirit, working through Scripture, changes the hearts of God’s people by making alive what was spiritually dead. The Spirit convicts us of sin, leads us to repentance, causes us to grow in holiness, seals us for the day of redemption that we might be assured of our salvation, and equips us with spiritual gifts for the building up of the body. (Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 1:23, John 16:8-11, Ezekiel 36:26-27, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 1:13-14, 1 Corinthians 12:7)

• The Church: We believe the church is the communion of God’s people drawn from every tribe, language, people, and nation. This invisible body, of which Christ Jesus is the head, exists imperfectly as the visible church. Jesus Christ has given his church two sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. (Ephesians 2:11-12, Revelation 5:9-10, Matthew 28:19-20, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26)

• Our Purpose: We exist to bring glory to God. God’s people should be marked by Christlikeness, prayerfulness, joyful obedience, love of God, and love of neighbor). We believe the mission of the church is to make disciples by declaring the gospel of Jesus Christ in the power of the Spirit to the glory of God the Father. As salt and light, we seek to save the lost, love others authentically, work for righteousness and justice, and care for the hurting and needy. (Ephesians 5:1-2, Romans 12:12, John 14:15, Matthew 22:37-44, Matthew 28:19-20, Matthew 5:13-16, 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, 1 Peter 4:11, Amos 5:24, Micah 6:8, 1 John 3:16-18)

• End Times: We believe Jesus Christ will return to earth personally, visibly, and bodily as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. At his appearing, the dead shall be raised and the living and the dead will be judged. The wicked and unbelieving will be consigned to eternal punishment. Those belonging to Jesus will have eternal life in the new heavens and the new earth and live in ever-increasing joy to the glory of God. (Acts 1:11, 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, Revelation 20:10, Revelation 14:15, Matthew 25:21, Revelation 21:1-5)