I believe that...
...God is the Creator of all things, bringing order out of chaos. God
created humanity to be in relationship with God and with one another. It
is living in that relationship that we best display what it means to be
made in the "image of God." God is faithful, God is good, God will
provide.
...Jesus Christ is our Redeemer and through Christ, we are reconciled to
God. Jesus, fully human, fully divine, came as the ultimate example for
humanity preaching justice, liberation and love; teaching through living
example and spoken word. In obedience to the Creator and love of
humanity, Jesus accepted a suffering death only to live again, breaking
through the barrier of death. Christ's victory frees humanity from the
bondage of sin and gives new life.
...the Holy Spirit is the Sustainer of our faith and our life in Christ.
The Spirit binds us together in relationship as community, as the Body
of Christ. The Spirit inspires through the Word proclaimed and empowers
all Christians to love and serve God and neighbor.
...the church is the community of believers, bound by the Spirit, called
to proclaim through word and deed God's love for all people.
...the Bible is the story of God's relentless, gracious quest to
reconcile the human community so that we might know a life defined by
justice, love and peace for all people regardless of ethnicity, race,
religion, social status, sexual orientation or gender. This same
message is expressed in the Torah, the prophets, the psalms, the gospels
and the epistles.
...the sacraments are the "outward and visible signs of God's inward and
spiritual grace." Celebration of the sacraments is one way that the Body
of Christ is kept alive in community. The sacraments serve to remind the
faithful that the community was formed in response to the life, death,
resurrection and saving grace of Jesus Christ.