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GOD IS LOVE
God is personal, relational and full of love, and He shows that love by being in close fellowship with people.
GOD IS FATHER, SON and SPIRIT
God is eternally one God who has revealed Himself as existing in three persons. God is Father, Son, and Spirit. He is not three separate or distinct gods, nor is He one God who morphs into three phases or forms. He is three persons, one God. This is the mystery of the Christian faith. Belief in God as Trinity reflects orthodox Christian theology and sets Christianity apart from all other religions and faiths.
GOD CREATED THE WORLD
God made the world and everything in it to reflect His perfect and glorious character.
GOD CREATED US
God made humans to live in this world in peace and joy, so that people come to know Him and His ways.
GOD GAVE US FREEDOM TO CHOOSE HIM
God has given people the freedom to say YES or NO to His invitation to live under His gracious rule. Sadly, humanity’s collective NO has led us down the road to alienation, self-destruction and death.
GOD SENT JESUS TO SHOW US HOW TO LIVE
God so wanted us to find the road back to Him in wholeness, healing, and life that He sent his beloved son, Jesus, to show us the way.
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JESUS GAVE HIS LIFE TO RESTORE US TO GOD
Jesus is the greatest person who has ever lived. Although as God’s Son He was fully divine, He put on full humanity in order to perfectly identify with us. He taught us how to live with Him in God's Kingdom. Because He lived a perfect life, God placed on Him all of humanity’s sins and the curse associated with it. He gave His life to take the punishment for our sinful ways. He did this so that we might be restored to a right relationship with God, with others, and with ourselves. After He was killed, Jesus was raised back to life and then ascended to heaven to be with the Father.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A GIFT TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN JESUS
After Jesus ascended to heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to be with every person who receives Him. Jesus’ work is still active in the world today through His Spirit, inviting everyone everywhere to join Him in loving God and loving others.
THE CHURCH CONTINUES JESUS’ WORK ON THE EARTH
All who follow Jesus are a part of a worldwide community of believers which is our spiritual family. Jesus calls it His body. We call it the church. Because it continues Jesus' work of loving all people and helping them find new life in God, it is the hope of the world.
THE EVIL ONE SEEKS TO UNDERMINE GOD’S PLAN
There is an evil presence in the world that seeks to undermine all the good things God is doing. We are called to resist this spiritual enemy by standing on Christ’s work on the cross, which involves prayer, perseverance, and the support of fellow Christ followers.
WE AWAIT JESUS’ RETURN
God is guiding human history according to His own perfect plan. One day Jesus will come back to earth to gather God’s people and heal creation. On that day, all will be made new, all evil will be soundly defeated, all brokenness and disease will be fully healed and He will perfectly reveal His love.
THE BIBLE IS GOD’S TRUE STORY
This awesome story of God and His purposes are told in the Bible, which we recognize as God's written Word. The Bible reveals Jesus as God’s Son, the tangible and living expression of God’s Word.
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