Mission Statement: A place where Christian love is modeled.

Our Mission:
To be a place where Christian love is modeled through:
1. Understanding, celebrating, and sharing God’s Word.
2. Following obediently where God is leading us
3. Leading, nurturing, and serving our community for Christ

What we Believe: This church is…

  • Christian (we follow the Word of God made known in and through Jesus Christ, as recorded in Scripture)
  • Protestant (we trace our history back to the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, upholding the five “solas” or “alone’s” – Scripture alone (sola scriptura) teaches that Christ alone (solus Christus) saves us by faith alone (sola fide) through grace alone (sola gratia) for the glory of God alone (soli Deo gloria))
  • Reformed (we confess our sin and affirm our faith together by making use of historic creeds and confessions)
  • and a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA)

Our Confessions of Faith: As Presbyterians (PCUSA), we affirm 12 historic confessions, creeds, and catechisms of the Christian faith. As a community of faith, these form and reflect our sense of community by describing our shared story and common values:

  • The Nicene Creed – an ancient creed, affirming Jesus’ divinity and humanity, and serving as a guidepost for the ancient church.
  • The Apostles’ Creed – an ancient creed, outlining the doctrinal emphases of the Bible.
  • The Scots Confession – a reformation confession, condemning the selling of indulgences and emphasizing the full presence of God’s Word in Scripture.
  • The Heidelberg Catechism – an early reformation catechism, teaching the faith in 52 Q&As and designed to increase our theological knowledge over a year’s time.
  • The Second Helvetic Confession – an early Calvinist confession, affirming the Church’s conformity with the ancient church.
  • The Westminster Confession of Faith – a systematic exposition of covenant theology, this confession stands as the bedrock to a large plurality of Reformed thinking and teaching.
  • The Westminster Larger Catechism – A lengthy Q&A, teaching the Westminster confession.
  • The Westminster Shorter Catechism – A shorter Q&A, teaching the key points of the Westminster confession.
  • The Theological Declaration of Barmen – While under the atrocious reign of the Third Reich, this declaration called for the Confessing Church to know and practice the truth that “Jesus is Lord” and that means worldly powers like Adolf Hitler are not. 
  • The Confession of 1967 – In the context of the civil rights and social change movements of the 1960s, this confession affirms God’s work in reconciliation over and against racial discrimination, international conflict, enslaving poverty, etc. while also calling on the Church to temper the prevailing anything goes, free love mindset of the day. 
  • The Confession of Belhar – Affirming that our God is the God of the marginalized, this confession calls us to work for justice and resist any and all forms of segregation.
  • A Brief Statement of Faith – Presbyterian Church (USA) – A brief outline of our faith, noting both our beliefs and addressing contemporary concerns such as sexism, racism, and care for the environment.

Why we believe what we believe: The great ends of the church are:

  • The proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind
  • The shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God
  • The maintenance of divine worship
  • The preservation of the truth
  • The promotion of social righteousness
  • The exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world

Catechisms we like (Q&As designed to teach the Christian faith):

  • A First Catechism Designed for school children, it presents 60 questions and answers.