A Congregational Church is one that is gathered together by covenant. Each church writes its own covenant. As a people of covenant, those who are members are said to "own the covenant," meaning that we are bound to God and one another through the words found therein.
We enter into this Covenant with God and with one another, believing that our faith in God is relevant to each day as it comes and affirming our desire to live and grow in fellowship as followers of Jesus Christ.
We believe in God the Father, our Creator; in Jesus Christ, His Son, our risen Lord and Savior; and in the Holy Spirit, alive and at work in the world today. We seek to know the will of God as taught in the Holy Scriptures and revealed to us in prayer. We recognize each person's freedom to interpret the Scriptures according to individual conscience. We strive to walk in the ways of Jesus Christ as we know them now or may come to know them.
We believe the mission of this Church is to lead people to commit their lives to Christ, to witness and minister to the world through involvement in the concerns of contemporary society, and to work to achieve social justice, equality and community.
We welcome to our Fellowship all who wish to worship and work with us. We pledge to participate in the life of this Church, to give generously of ourselves and of our substance, to sustain one another in time of trouble, and to worship together.
Adopted 05/12/68, revised
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