Our Mission:

To glorify God and build His kingdom

Our Vision:

To see the love of God transform people into mature disciples of Jesus Christ who love God above all else and who sacrificially love others

Our Core Beliefs:

We believe in the essentials of Christianity including:

• The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
• The sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption and final judgment.
• The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
• Redemption from the guilt, penalty, dominion and pollution of sin, solely through the sacrificial death (as our representative and substitute) of the Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God.
• The bodily resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead and his ascension to the right hand of God the Father.
• The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering everyone subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
• The full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God; his virgin birth and his real and sinless humanity; his death on the cross, his bodily resurrection and his present reign in heaven and earth.
• Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of our representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and humanity.
• Justification as God’s act of undeserved mercy, in which sinners are pardoned all their sins and accepted as righteous in God’s sight, only because of the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, this justification being received by faith alone.
• The need for the Holy Spirit to make the work of Christ effective to individual sinners, granting them repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.
• The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in all those thus regenerated, producing in them an increasing likeness to Christ in character and behavior, and empowering them for their witness in the world.
• The one holy universal church which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers belong.
• The future personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge everyone, executing God’s just condemnation on the impenitent and receiving the redeemed to eternal glory.

Our doctrine and organizational structure would be recognized as coming from the rich heritage of historic Presbyterianism. We are part of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), www.pcanet.org. The regional body of the PCA is the Heritage Presbytery.

An extensive presentation of our understanding of the teaching of the Bible can be found in the historic documents known as the Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism. Click here to learn more about these documents.

Our Core Values:

Grace-Centered Living - We understand Biblical grace to be a gift from God we do nothing to deserve. Our salvation is by faith alone in Christ's sacrifice on the cross for us. We come to hold this gospel truth exclusively through God's grace. There is nothing we can do to make God love us more.  There is nothing we can do to cause God to love us less.  It is all of him.  So, we serve him not to "try harder" to gain his love, but we serve him only because we have first been loved by him. We resist the temptation to judgmental behavior, remembering "there but for God's grace go I."  Having been recipients of this grace we are compelled to share with others the hope we have found in Jesus. 

Servant Leadership - Jesus said that the greatest in His kingdom would be the servant of all.  We believe, counter to our culture, that Christian leaders should be characterized by being servants. There are no special parking places, no special seats, and no special privileges for leaders. We do not lead to control; we lead to serve. There is no legitimate task in the church that is below the dignity of a church leader. Church leaders should all be as accessible to congregants as reasonably possible.

Authentic Loving Relationships  - In a world of increasing isolation, we want to be a community of genuine biblical love. This love must overcome any and all barriers of race, social position, economic standing, or differences in perspective.  We believe ministry flows best from relationship.  We will seek open and honest relationships even when we are afraid to be exposed.   We will strive to love when it is hard to do so and to speak truth even when it’s easier to ignore it.  We believe gathering in small groups is essential for this kind of biblical community.   We will seek to pray with and for one another and bear one another’s burdens.  We believe biblical community is both a testimony and an invitation to those who do not know Christ. 

Life Transformation - We believe that God’s grace never leaves us where we are but is at work within us shaping us into the image of Christ.  We believe that gospel-centered grace is the instrument by which we are changed and therefore no person is beyond the reach of grace.  We resist the temptation to apply quick fixes and easy answers knowing that spiritual growth is both a lifelong journey and a heart-level process.   We believe the greatest life transformation anyone could experience is to come to faith in Christ and therefore we seek to share our faith with others.