A firm foundation.
God is holy, loving and perfect. We are fallen, sinful and broken. There is nothing that we can do apart from God to redeem our lives. It is only through God's generous grace that we are redeemed. He is the foundation for everything we do.
Grace 242 doesn't exist for itself, we exist to glorify God. We are not interested in conforming to the will of the world, instead we seek God's will in all that we do and have faith that He will use us as a part of His plan.
We believe in one holy, sovereign, and eternal God, Creator of all things, who exists (somehow) in three equally divine persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
God planned that His Son, Jesus, would enter the world He created as one of us. In a profound mystery, Jesus is fully God and fully human. Jesus lived the only perfect life, shed his blood on the cross to make atonement for our sins, rose bodily from the grave on the third day and ascended to the Father’s right hand in heaven where He reigns as King of kings and Lord of lords. Now we eagerly await the future return of King Jesus.
The Holy Spirit is the abiding presence of Jesus who lives inside all those who belong to King Jesus. His work includes, but is not limited to: drawing people to Jesus; illuminating the Bible so we can understand it; giving gifts to believers for the building up of the church; regenerating; empowering; guiding; sanctifying; comforting. The Holy Spirit also inspired human authors to write the Bible which brings us to the next point.
God reveals Himself to us through the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. The Bible is the ultimate authority and is sufficient for living the way God desires us to live. As God’s word to us, the Bible is to be believed in all it teaches, obeyed in all it requires, and trusted in all it promises.
In an astonishing act of loving grace, God saves humans from sin, death, and hell through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and therefore, the only way to salvation. Salvation, from beginning to completion, is God’s gracious work drawing us to Himself, transforming us from death to life, adopting us into His family, conforming us to the image of Jesus, and securing an eternal home for us with Him.
Because Jesus told us to do so, we practice two sacraments: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. When children of believing parents are baptized, the Holy Spirit claims the child as one who will someday profess saving faith in Jesus and thereby come into the family of God. Those who were not baptized as infants are baptized when they profess faith in Jesus Christ. In the Lord’s Supper, we remember Jesus’ sacrifice for us as we are united with Him and nourished by Him.
Follow Jesus.
Being, Making and Multiplying Disciples.
Jesus left us with a mission. He commissioned us to go out into the world and to make disciples of people everywhere. The mission doesn't end there. We are called to teach them to obey the commands we have been given. Our mission reflects the mission we have been given, we seek to make disciples and help them to grow in their faith.
Matthew 28:19-20
Biblical.
As God's Word, the Bible is trustworthy. It is the heart of what we preach and teach, how we relate to one another, and how we reach the world around us.
2 Timothy 3:16; James 1:22
Missional.
Jesus has given us the greatest, and most important mission in the world! We exist first and foremost to take the Gospel, in message and action, to the world to make disciples.
Matthew 28:19; Acts 20:24
Relational.
We really do belong to each other. God is love and we love one another with a love that flows from the Gospel. We share our lives; serve, encourage and support one another; and commit to being the Body of Christ.
Acts 2:42-47; Romans 12:5
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