We believe that God’s Word is living and active (Hebrews 4:12), and that God works through His Word and Spirit to cause us to be born again (James 1:18) draw us closer to Jesus (Luke 24:44-45) and to root and ground us in love for Him and others (Ephesians 3:16-19)

We believe that God answers prayer, and that prayer is an acknowledgement of our dependence and need for God to work in our lives (Ephesians 1:16-19) and in the world around us (Matthew 6:10).

We believe that the Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection frees us from self-centered living so that we can live lives of loving, sacrificial service toward our neighbor (Mark 10:45). We are able to love sacrificially because God first loved us (Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:11-12).

We believe that God has called his people to follow Jesus together (1 Thessalonians 2:8). Only in biblical community can we live out the other three values on this list (Colossians 3:16, James 5:16, 1 John 3:16), and the Bible warns against failing to meet regularly (Hebrews 10:24-25).