Statement of Faith
The God of the Bible is our all-sufficient source for faith and life. Everything we do will be compatible with His Word, the Bible and His scriptures.
God's original design was that mankind would live by the spirit in communion with him (Gal. 5:25). We are created in God’s image and are to rule and reign with Him (Gen. 1:26-28).
Sin damaged God's original design, breaking our intimate communion with God, causing us to live under law (Gal. 5:18; Rom. 8).
Jesus restored humanity to God's original design and modeled God’s original intent, living in intimacy with God, doing nothing of his own initiative, but only what He heard and saw His Father doing (Jn. 5:19,20,30; 8:26-38).
Jesus’ death and resurrection released many provisions, including freedom from sin’s power (Rom. 8), restored intimacy with God (Jn. 10:27; Rom. 8:14), and restored capacity to rule and reign (Eph. 2:6), and gifts of the Holy Spirit (1 Jn. 3:8; Matt. 12:27; Lk. 11:20).
We live by the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; 2:1-4; Eph. 5:18) and manifest His fruit and power (Gal. 5:22-25; 1 Cor. 12:7-11). The Spirit anoints us to fulfill the Great Commission to disciple all nations (Matt. 28:19; Gal. 5:25).
John Wesley followed a time-tested approach: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity." Wesley believed that the spirit of charity needs to take into consideration the limits of human understanding. He observed, "To be ignorant of many things and to be mistaken in some is the necessary condition of humanity" and therefore, "As to all opinions which do not strike at the root of Christianity, we think and let think."