We Are a Christian
People
As
members of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers
in proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the
historic Trinitarian creedal statements of Christian faith. We
value our Wesleyan–Holiness heritage and believe it to be
a way of understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason,
tradition, and experience.
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We
Are a Holiness
People
God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that
the Holy Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called
by various terms including “entire sanctification” and
“baptism with the Holy Spirit”—cleansing us from
all sin; renewing us in the image of God: empowering us to love
God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors
as ourselves; and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness
in the life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
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We
Are a Missional People
We are a sent people, responding to the call of Christ and empowered
by the Holy Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship
of Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church
and the extension of His kingdom (2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission
(a) begins in worship, (b) ministers to the world in evangelism
and compassion, (c) encourages believers toward Christian maturity
through discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men for Christian
service through Christian higher education. |
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