OUR BELIEFS

We’re passionate about helping you to know Christ and make Him known.

Reformed Christianity

Our heritage is in the Reformed tradition, with emphasis on God’s sovereignty, salvation by grace alone, a high view of Scripture as authoritative, the importance of Biblical preaching and the priesthood of all believers.

Presbyterian Church (USA)

Our church is a member of The Fellowship Community, a network of evangelical churches within the Presbyterian Church (USA).

The Fellowship Community is a network of churches and leaders called together to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ by growing in Christ’s likeness, living by God’s word, and joining in God’s mission in the world.

The Fellowship Community is the next chapter in a rich history of mission and ministry among Presbyterians. In 1989, the Covenant Fellowship of Presbyterians and Presbyterians United for Biblical Concerns merged to form Presbyterians for Renewal (PFR)—a broad based advocacy and ministry organization.

In 2011, a movement began that would come to be known as the Fellowship of Presbyterians—reclaiming a covenanted biblical community within the PC(USA) where unity is derived from a clearly articulated theology, where the common mission is making disciples of Jesus Christ, and where a new generations of leaders could be nurtured to speak the gospel into a rapidly-changing world.

In 2014, these two organizations blended the best of their ministries together to form The Fellowship Community.

We are an evangelical church, not in today’s political use of that word but rather demonstrating the historical marks of evangelicalism:

  • The importance of experiencing a personal relationship with God and inviting others to as well.

  • Considering Scripture as indispensable in knowing God and growing in faith.

  • Focused on the person of Jesus Christ, whose life, death and resurrection changes everything in both daily life and for eternity.

  • Living out a missional activism that cares for people, reaches to those on the margins, seeks justice through God’s grace and helps the broader community to flourish.

  • We believe Jesus Christ must be at the center of our lives, and making disciples of Jesus at the core of our ministry.

  • We believe the Bible is the unique and authoritative Word of God, which teaches all that is necessary for faith and life. The prominence of God’s Word over our lives shapes our priorities, and the unrivaled authority of the Bible directs our actions to be in concert with Christ’s very best for our lives.

  • We believe in theological education, constant learning, and the life of the mind, and celebrate this as one of the treasures of our Reformed heritage.

  • We believe guidance is a corporate spiritual experience. We want to connect leaders to one another in healthy relationships of accountability, synergy, and care.

  • We believe in unleashing the ministry gifts of women, men, and every ethnic group.

  • We believe in living out the whole of the Great Commission – including evangelism, spiritual formation, compassion, and redemptive justice – in our communities and around the world.

  • We believe in calling people to the core of what it means to be followers of Jesus – what “mere Christianity” is and does – and not fixate on the boundaries.

  • We believe identifying and developing gospel-centered leaders is critical for the church, and a great leadership culture is risk-taking, innovative, and organic.

  • We believe congregations should vigorously reproduce new missional communities to expand the Kingdom of God.

To see more about what we believe check out The Fellowship Community’s Essential Tenets.