Our Mission

"Helping people of all ages move closer to God by becoming fully-committed followers of Christ and His Church."

Our Mission

Our Mission

"Helping People of All Ages Move Closer to God By Becoming Fully-Committed Followers of Christ and His Church."

Our Objectives:

1. To be a worshipping congregation.
Where we as the Body of Christ gather close to one another and to God to be touched by Him, to touch Him and one another in depth (Ephesians 1:3-14; I Peter 2:5-10).

2. To be a healing fellowship.
Where there is a ministry to the whole person toward helping each person find wholeness (Luke 6:36-37; Galatians 6:2; Ephesians 4:2-3; I Thessalonians 5:23).

3. To be an equipping center.
Where the laypersons discover their gifts for ministry and are equipped for service (Ephesians 4:11-16; II Timothy 2:2).

4. To be an evangelizing agency.
To touch people with the good news of Jesus Christ, and to invite them to respond to His love (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8).

5. To be a deployment agency.
To send our people into the world living out the life of Christ as persons forgiven and forgiving, loved and loving, cared for and caring (Matthew 5:13-16; John 17:15-21).

Our "Church Goal:"

"Til we all come into the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: The we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body the edifying of itself in love."
-Ephesians 4:13-16

The Church of God movement holds the firm conviction that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative Word of God. In this context we accept all that is central and enduring in the faith of historic, orthodox Christianity as these essentials often have been stated in widely accepted faith affirmations.

In declaring our present understandings of Christian faith, experience, discipline, and fellowship, we gratefully acknowledge our particular indebtedness to the Protestant Reformation, to the Anabaptist free-church tradition, to the Puritan-Pietist movements, to Arminian-Wesleyan evangelicalism, and to the Holiness movement in the United States.

The Church of God believes in a cluster of biblical teachings which form a vision of the church. Specifically:

1. God’s church is the community of redeemed persons.
2. God’s church is a community of divine-human partnership with Christ as Head.
3. God’s church is a holy community.
4. God’s church is intended to be a unified community.

The Church of God believes that God calls his people to mission. All Christians are mandated to bear witness to God’s saving activity in Jesus Christ and to "make disciples of all nations.

The Church of God believes in the principle of openness to all affirmations of the Christian faith which are expressions of the biblical revelation. The intended unity among Christians is not based on the achievement of full agreement on all theological questions. Rather, it is based on a common membership in the church through the grace of God and is anchored by a common commitment to the centrality of Christ and the authority of the Word of God.

We believe in one God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 5:16, 45; 6:1, 4, 8, 9; James 1:17; John 1:1, 14:9; Genesis 1:2; John 4:24; 14:16-20; 2 Peter 1:21)

We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible.
(Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3)

We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s one and only Son, my one and only Savior.
(John 1:14; I John 4:9; John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:18)

	Who was born Jesus of Nazareth, both fully human and fully divine, conceived of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary (Matthew 21:11; John 19:19; 1:14; Romans 5:15-17; Colossians 2:9; 1 John 1:1; Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:26-38)
	Who suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate (Luke 23:1-46)
	Who died and was buried, and who rose again bodily from the dead on the third day (Luke 23:44-24:8; John 20:24-29; I Corinthians 15:3-8)
	Who ascended into Heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father (Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Colossians 3:1)
	Who will return to earth to judge both the living and the dead (Matthew 24:36-42; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11; 10:39-42; I Peter 4:5)

We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is an active and operative part of the triune God.
(John 16:5-15; Acts 1:7-8; Romans 8:26-27), and Who indwells every Christian. (I Corinthians 3:16; 6:19; 2 Timothy1:14)

We believe in the Bible – God’s Holy Word, Scripture. I believe God inspired the autographs (original writings) of the Scripture and those autographs were consequently without error!
(Mark 12:36; John 14:26; 16:12-15; Acts 1:16; I Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-16; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

We accept the Bible as the final authority for all matters of faith and practice
(Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; 24:35; Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12)
We believe the Bible teaches that man, created by God, willfully sinned against God and is consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ
(Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23)
We believe the Bible teaches that salvation – the forgiveness of sin – is only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ
(Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 2:8, 9; I Peter 1:18-19; I John 1:7)
We believe the Bible teaches that one receives God’s grace by putting faith in Christ, repenting of sin, confessing Christ and being immersed into Christ, but that none of these is sufficient in and of itself for the assurance of salvation
(Romans 5:12; Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; 2 Peters 3:9; Matthew 10:32; Romans 10:9; Philippians 2:11; I John 4:15; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-7; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12; I Peter 3:21)

We believe in the Church of God, founded on the Day of Pentecost and consisting of all Christians everywhere.
(Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:14-47)