Beliefs More

Evangelical

We proclaim the good news that Jesus died for our sins and rose bodily. Scripture is authoritative, conversion is necessary, and every Christian is sent to share the gospel with truth, courage, and love.

Anabaptist

We follow Jesus in everyday life. We emphasize believer's baptism, a voluntary church, shared discipleship, enemy-love, peace, simplicity, and freedom from merging the church with any nation or political power.

Wesleyan

God's grace calls for a real human response. The Holy Spirit does not merely forgive us; he keeps transforming us, freeing us from sin's control and teaching us to love God and neighbor with a holy life.

Pietistic

Christian faith must be personally experienced and visibly lived. We value prayer, Scripture, heartfelt worship, accountable community, practical service, and a relationship with Jesus that changes the whole person.

God and Jesus Christ

There is one God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus is the eternal Son who became truly human without ceasing to be divine. He lived without sin, died as our substitute, rose bodily, reigns as Lord, and will return. See Matthew 28:19, John 1:1-18, and 1 Corinthians 15.

Scripture and interpretation

The Bible is inspired, trustworthy, and authoritative. Faithful interpretation seeks the author's meaning, respects context and genre, reads each part within the whole, and lets Jesus bring the story into focus. See 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and Luke 24:27.

Grace, faith, and human response

Salvation is God's gift, not our achievement. We receive it through faith in Christ, and repentance and regeneration begin a transformed life. God calls and gives grace first; people are genuinely responsible to respond. See Ephesians 2:8-10, John 3:3-8, and 1 Timothy 2:4.

The Spirit, holiness, and gifts

The Holy Spirit indwells believers and continues the work of sanctification. Christian maturity is not instant perfection, but it is real transformation. The Spirit still gives gifts for service, practiced with love, order, humility, and testing. See Galatians 5:16-25 and 1 Corinthians 12-14.

Human dignity and unborn life

Every human being bears God's image; worth never depends on age, health, ability, race, income, usefulness, citizenship, or agreement with us. Human life deserves protection from its earliest stage, so we regard abortion as normally morally wrong. We also offer truth, practical care, mercy, forgiveness, and a real path forward. See Genesis 1:27, Psalm 139:13-16, and Jude 2.

Marriage, sexuality, and singleness

Marriage is God's covenantal union of one man and one woman, intended for lifelong faithfulness. Sexual intimacy belongs within that covenant. Chastity outside marriage and fidelity within it protect people. Singleness is a faithful Christian vocation, not a lesser life. See Genesis 2:24, Mark 10:6-9, and 1 Corinthians 7.

Male, female, and gender

Male and female are meaningful realities of embodied creation, not merely identities we invent. We will not redefine the body to follow every feeling, and we will not use conviction as permission for ridicule, cruelty, fear, or rejection. Truth and compassion belong together. See Genesis 1:27 and Matthew 19:4-6.

Divorce, abuse, pornography, and addiction

Divorce should never be treated casually. When relationships fracture, especially through betrayal or abuse, the church should pursue truth, safety, accountability, wise counsel, and restoration where restoration is genuinely possible. Pornography and addiction call for repentance, honesty, community, and often skilled professional help. See Mark 10:1-12 and James 5:16.

Peace and nonviolence

Jesus commands enemy-love, rejects vengeance, and forms a people who overcome evil with good. Our Anabaptist heritage therefore calls Christians toward peacemaking and nonviolence, even when that commitment is costly. See Matthew 5:9, 38-48 and Romans 12:17-21.

Church, state, and nationalism

Jesus' kingdom is not another nation-state. We value separation of church and state and reject Christian nationalism: no flag, party, candidate, or country may claim the loyalty that belongs to Christ. See John 18:36 and Philippians 3:20.

Politics, race, and the person

Christians may disagree about policy, but party platforms are not the gospel. Racism contradicts God's image and Christ's reconciliation. We should listen before reacting, tell the truth about personal and structural sin, and refuse to bury a person's soul beneath labels and arguments. See James 1:19, Luke 10:25-37, and Revelation 7:9.

Justice and neighbors across borders

Biblical justice protects the vulnerable, confronts evil, and seeks restoration without revenge. Governments debate laws and borders; the church's obligation to welcome, serve, tell truth, make disciples, and love the person in front of us does not disappear. Difficult applications require careful discernment rather than slogans. See Micah 6:8, Leviticus 19:33-34, and 2 Corinthians 5:18-20.

Evidence, truth, and morality

Christian belief can be examined. The resurrection, Scripture, morality, creation, history, and philosophical arguments deserve investigation. Truth is not created by preference, power, or majority vote; humility means submitting ourselves to truth. See Acts 17:2-4, John 14:6, and 1 Peter 3:15.

Creation and an old earth

God is Creator. We are comfortable with an ancient universe and old earth and do not believe Genesis requires a young-earth timetable. The age of creation matters, but it is not a gospel essential, and bad scientific arguments can damage Christian witness. See Genesis 1-2 and Psalm 19:1-4.

Evolution, science, and naturalism

We reject the claim that unguided natural processes explain away God, purpose, or the image of God. We also avoid pretending every biological mechanism is settled. Science should be followed honestly; philosophical naturalism should not masquerade as science. See Romans 1:19-20 and Colossians 1:15-17.

Other religions, doubt, and questions

We respect every person's freedom and dignity, but do not believe all religions teach the same truth or lead to the same destination. Reconciliation with God is through Jesus and must be shared without coercion or contempt. Honest questions can purify faith when they seek truth and rebuild on Christ. See John 14:6, Acts 4:12, and Acts 17:11.

Work, rest, and family

Work can honor God when it serves people with honesty and excellence. Laziness and workaholism both deform us. Diligence, limits, Sabbath rhythms, and service belong together. Families should become places of nurture, wise boundaries, repentance, patience, and grace. See Colossians 3:23-24, Mark 2:27, and Ephesians 6:1-4.

Money, debt, and generosity

Money is a tool and a powerful rival god. Christians should cultivate wise spending, patient saving, honest work, freedom from needless debt, contentment, and open-handed generosity. We reject both greed and prosperity teaching that treats God like a slot machine. See Matthew 6:19-24 and 1 Timothy 6:6-10, 17-19.

Poverty and practical compassion

Care for people in need is not optional. The church should give, serve, share responsibility, and address both personal choices and conditions that trap people, without reducing anyone to a project or political symbol. See James 2:14-17 and 1 John 3:16-18.

Technology, social media, AI, and compulsions

Applying our convictions: technology is a tool, not an authority. We judge media, algorithms, and AI by truth, human dignity, wisdom, neighbor-love, and the fruit they produce. We resist addiction, deception, outrage, and outsourcing moral responsibility. Christian freedom is never permission to be mastered. See Philippians 4:8 and 1 Corinthians 6:12.

Believer's baptism and communion

Baptism is for people who personally confess faith in Jesus. It does not earn salvation; it publicly identifies a disciple with Christ and his church. In communion we remember and proclaim Jesus' once-for-all sacrifice through the bread and cup. See Romans 6:3-4 and 1 Corinthians 11:23-29.

Prayer, healing, and spiritual gifts

God still hears prayer, guides, acts, and heals. Healing is not automatic and cannot be controlled by a personality or formula. The Spirit gives gifts for the church's good, and those gifts must be practiced with love, order, testing, and humility. See James 5:13-16 and 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22.

Leadership and women in ministry

No pastor is the church's owner or unquestioned ruler. Leadership should be shared, accountable, character-tested, and focused on equipping others. Women and men are gifted by the Spirit for meaningful ministry; our Brethren in Christ family licenses women for ministry. See Ephesians 4:11-16, Acts 2:17-18, and Romans 16:1-7.

Evangelism, unity, and discipleship

Every Christian is a witness. We explain the gospel, share our story, love our neighbors, and trust God to produce conversion. We pursue unity around historic Christian truth while accepting that secondary disagreements remain. Church is a community of disciples, not an audience gathered around a personality. See Matthew 28:18-20, John 17:20-23, and 1 Corinthians 3:5-9.

Suffering and providence

Not every tragedy is a direct punishment or something God delights to cause. God can work through suffering, redirect trust, form character, and advance his purposes. We should never use those truths as glib answers for someone in pain. See John 9:1-3 and Romans 8:18-39.

Mental health and wise care

Anxiety, depression, trauma, and serious mental illness are not simple proof of weak faith. Prayer, Scripture, community, medical care, medication, and qualified counseling can work together as gifts of God's common grace. Serious needs deserve serious care. See 1 Kings 19:1-18 and Galatians 6:2.

Death, judgment, and hell

Death is an enemy, and God will judge the living and the dead. Hell is real retributive judgment, not a second chance to earn salvation after death. We speak about judgment with sobriety, not fascination, and invite people to the mercy offered in Christ. See Matthew 25:31-46 and Hebrews 9:27-28.

Resurrection and new creation

Jesus rose bodily, and those who belong to him will also be raised. Christian hope is not escape from creation. God will defeat death, judge evil, heal creation, dwell with his people, and make all things new. See 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 and Revelation 21:1-5.

We speak clearly

We are clear about the Trinity, the deity and resurrection of Jesus, Scripture's authority, salvation by grace through faith, the need for new birth, the Spirit's transforming work, the church's mission, human dignity, sexual faithfulness, enemy-love, resurrection, and judgment.

We keep learning

Christians can faithfully disagree about details such as the mechanics of election and perseverance, how atonement images fit together, particular evolutionary mechanisms, the imagery of hell, end-times charts, the practice of gifts, some ministry structures, and difficult policy applications. A secondary disagreement is never permission for contempt.

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