Methodist Doctrine

We are a community dedicated to the profound pursuit of worshipping God and making disciples of Jesus Christ. Our mission is to walk in the light of Christ, making disciples through soulful worship and intentional service. We believe that every member of our congregation is called to be a light in the world, reflecting the grace and love of Jesus Christ in every interaction and every act of faith. By living out our values of compassion and integrity, we seek to build a sanctuary where hearts can find rest and souls can be renewed.

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Our beliefs are founded in:

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• The Scriptures
  We believe that the Holy Bible is the inspired Word of God and that men of God “were moved by the Holy Spirit” to write the Scriptures. The Bible is therefore without error (inerrant) in its original form. God has preserved the Bible through the ages as the sole and final authority for faith and life providing encouragement, guidance, comfort and instruction for training in righteousness.

• The Trinity
  We believe in one God eternally existing in three distinct persons (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) each of Whom is fully and equally God.

• God the Father
  We believe that God the Father is the first person of the Trinity and is the eternal, unchanging, all-powerful, all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving, completely just and perfectly holy, sovereign Ruler and Sustainer of the universe. 

• God the Son
  We believe that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity and is the only begotten eternal Son of God. He became flesh to reveal God to man, to fulfill prophecy, and to become the Savior of the lost world. Jesus was miraculously conceived by the Holy Spirit; born of the Virgin Mary; lived a sinless life; died on the cross as the atoning sacrifice for all of the sins of all men of all time; was buried; bodily rose from the dead; physically ascended into heaven in His glorified, resurrected body; is seated at the right hand of the Father.

• God the Holy Spirit
  We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and seeks to empower humanity to glorify Christ and enable mankind to appropriate salvation. He is the primary agent for the conviction of sin and for regeneration. Simultaneously with salvation, the Holy Spirit imparts new life, baptizes the believer into the body of Christ (His church), permanently indwells the believer, and securely seals the believer unto the day of redemption. The Holy Spirit fills (directs and controls) those believers who are yielded to Him, enables believers to bear fruit, and empowers believers to live a life free from sin’s dominion. 

• Man
  We believe that man was created in the image of God by the direct action of God and did not come into being as the result of evolution. Man was created to glorify God, worship and serve Him, and have fellowship with Him. Man fell through sin by disobeying God, thus incurring both physical and spiritual death, which alienated him from God. 

• Satan
  We believe that Satan is the instigator of evil and a real being, not simply the personification of evil. He is a fallen angel who, under the sovereign permission of God, has been given temporary authority on the earth. He was utterly defeated at the cross, but the execution of his judgment is postponed by God until after the Millennial Kingdom when he will be cast into the eternal lake of fire. In the meantime, he deceives the world and seeks to establish his counterfeit kingdom on earth to discredit and blaspheme God and to tempt, accuse, attack and destroy believers. 

• Salvation
  We believe that the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross provides the sole basis for forgiveness of sins and salvation, which is the free gift of God’s grace. Salvation is affected by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit and cannot be secured by man’s works or personal merit. Salvation is only appropriated by a person placing his faith in the finished work of Christ. “The Gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” and those who receive Jesus Christ by faith are born again, have their sins forgiven, become children of God, are a new creation in Christ, and “are sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption”, being kept by the power of God.

• The Christian Life
  We believe that every Christian should live for Christ and not for himself and should, by the power of the indwelling Spirit, allow Christ to manifest Himself through creation for the glory of God. By ever increasing obedience to the Word of God, each believer should mature and progressively become more like Jesus. 

• The Church
  We believe that the church is the body of Christ of which Jesus is the Head and whose members are those who have truly received Christ by faith. The local church is a tangible expression of the body of Christ in a particular location. Since all members of the body of Christ are united in Christ by the same Spirit, they should live in love, harmony and unity, being intent on the same purpose and accepting those practices that are based on a sincere interpretation of the Bible. The purpose of the church is to make Christ known to the lost, to make disciples, and glorify God on earth.

• The Sacraments
  We believe that there are two ordinances in the church recognized by Scripture; baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism is an act of obedience that emulates the believer’s death to sin and resurrection to new life. The Lord’s Supper celebrates fellowship and communion with Christ, symbolically commemorates His death, and anticipates His second coming.