| theological affirmations |

God is at work around the world in amazing ways!

It is in the very character of God, the One who in love sent the Son into the world and poured out the Spirit upon the disciples, who is blessing all the peoples of the earth, that the church discovers its mission purpose.

We believe that God is calling us into a new alliance to connect congregations in vital ways to the proclamation of the kingdom among unreached peoples and the strengthening of the church for God's mission to the world.  We seek to fulfill this calling in a way that reflects the holistic, incarnational ministry of Jesus, who sends us even as he was sent. (John 20:21)

We believe that the Bible is our final authority for faith and practice.

Along with believers from the early days of Christianity until now, we believe in the triune God and affirm the faith confessed in the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed.

As Presbyterians in the body of Christ, we stand within the historic Reformed faith as set forth in the confessions of the church.  We believe with these confessions that Jesus Christ, the word made flesh, is the only Lord and Savior

As part of the global Christian community, we affirm the Lausanne Covenant of 1974.

As participants in God's mission to the world, we affirm our willingness to share in mission "with all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."  (1 Cor 1:2)  We will seek to honor others in the body of Christ while affirming that each partner must discern the nature of their own service.  

• We affirm that the Holy Spirit is at work in the world and in the church, distributing gifts as the Spirit wills for the building up of the body for God's mission.
• We believe that God calls both women and men and equips both with gifts for leadership in the body of Christ.  
• We believe that all Jesus' followers are called to bear witness to him in their communities and in the world.
• We believe that God’s creation of diverse cultures around the world reflects his glory and grace and that each culture is able to receive the gospel, be shaped by the gospel, and express the gospel in ways that are authentic to its unique cultural context.