Peoples Faith and Purpose

Faith – Our Church acknowledges as kindred all who confess Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior.  We look to the Word of God in the Scriptures, and to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, to prosper our creative and redemptive work in the world.  We claim as our own the faith of the historic church expressed in the ancient creeds and reclaimed in the basic insights of the Protestant Reformers.  We affirm the responsibility of the Church in each generation to make this faith our own.  In accordance with the teaching of our Lord and the practice prevailing among evangelical Christians, we recognize two sacraments:  Baptism and the Lord’s Supper or Holy Communion.

Purpose – The avowed purpose of our Church shall be to worship God, to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to celebrate the Sacraments; to realize Christian fellowship and unity within this Church and the Church Universal; to render loving service; and to strive for righteousness, justice and peace.