Primary to any and every Christian church is the belief that Jesus Christ is Lord! We believe that Jesus was the Son of God and that He is, in fact, God incarnate in the flesh. We believe he was born of a virgin, that his death was the Justifying Grace allowing us the opportunity to claim the name of Jesus and secure God’s salvation. We believe that he was raised from the dead and rules in heaven as the third part of the Trinity. Jesus Christ is central to everything that we are; hence we take the name, “Christians” which means “Little Christs”.
God
We believe that there is One God and this God is eternal and everlasting. God created humanity so that we might serve God in covenant relationship. All God has ever wanted was to love us as God and have us love God as his children. Throughout biblical history God has proven God’s self faithful in this covenant while humanity, time and again, has broken the covenant. Jesus was God’s final word of love to heal our broken relationship.
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is God’s presence with us in this life. The Holy Spirit convicts us, empowers us, protects us, heals us and blesses us. This Spirit is the active presence of God and Jesus in our daily lives.
Baptism
We accept and practice all modes of baptism, immersion, pouring and sprinkling. The mode of sprinkling is traditional to our heritage and is most often what we practice. We believe that baptism is an outward sign of an inward grace and that the primary agent of baptism is God. Therefore, we do not practice re-baptism and accept the baptism of all Christians from other Christian denominations.
Communion
We believe the communion table belongs to God and should be open to all persons. No one is excluded from the table of the Lord. We celebrate communion the first Sunday of every month.
The Purpose of the Church
The church is not a building, the church is people. The calling of the church is to serve God and each other in love and seek to build God’s kingdom of love here on this earth. That kingdom will be fully realized when every knee bows and every tongue confesses that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God. When we serve and love God and seek to love our neighbors as ourselves, we are “Being” the church.
Unity, Liberty, and Charity
As United Methodists we have a specific belief in regards to biblical interpretation and living the authentic Christian witness that has been passed down from the founder of Methodism, John Wesley, “In the essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; and in all things, charity.” Put simply, we believe that we should be of unity when it comes to those beliefs that are central to the Christian faith, Jesus as God’s son, the crucifixion, the resurrection, etc. We believe that there are some things that are not central to the Christian faith that should be open to discussion and that each individual should have the liberty to believe as their faith journey has led them. But we believe that everything we do, especially in regards to personal faith and belief, must be centered in love; our love for God and our love for each other.
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