We believe in God the Father Almighty maker of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified, dead, and buried. The third day He rose from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Church of all believers, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
adapted from: The Apostles’ Creed, traditional version
BASIC BELIEFS
These include:
- The virgin birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
- The inerrancy of the God's Holy Word, the Bible
- The fact that God inspired the Scriptures
- The Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. Basically, that Jesus is God in human
form
- The fact that Jesus Christ died on the cross for the forgiveness of sin:
that He died in our place, for the sins of the world
- Jesus was raised bodily and ascended back into heaven
- And we believe in the rapture. That one day, maybe real soon, Jesus is
coming personally to take His Church out of the world
GOD IS PRO LIFE!
We believe in the Sanctity of Human Life.
God's Word says, "This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him."
Deuteronomy 30:19-20a TNIV
WHO WE ARE
The local church provides the most significant arena through which disciple-making occurs. It is a community of true believers under the Lordship of Christ. It is the redemptive fellowship in which the Word of God is preached by persons divinely called and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ's own appointment. Under the discipline of the Holy Spirit, the church exists for the maintenance of worship, the edification of believers, and the redemption of the world.
from paragraph 201 of The 2004 United Methodist Book of Discipline
OUR SOCIAL CREED
We believe in God, Creator of the world; and in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of creation. We believe in the Holy Spirit, through whom we acknowledge God's gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing these gifts to idolatrous ends. We affirm the natural world as God's handiwork and dedicate ourselves to its preservation, enhancement, and faithful use by humankind. We joyfully receive for ourselves and others the blessings of community, sexuality, marriage, and the family. We commit ourselves to the rights of men, women, children, youth, young adults, the aging, and people with disabilities; to improvement of the quality of life; and to the rights and dignity of all persons. We believe in the right and duty of persons to work for the glory of God and the good of themselves and others and in the protection of their welfare in so doing; in the rights to property as a trust from God, collective bargaining, and responsible consumption; and in the elimination of economic and social distress. We dedicate ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among nations, and to individual freedom for all people of the world. We believe in the present and final triumph of God's Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world. Amen.
from paragraph 166 of The 2004 United Methodist Book of Discipline
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John Wesley icon by Edward Moultrie, adapted from a photo by Peter Wyart of a stained glass window in Wesley's House, London.