God

We believe that there is one true and living God, revealed in Scripture as the almighty, all-knowing, and all-everywhere God, eternally co-existent as three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—yet there is only one gracious and loving God.

Revelation

We believe that God has made himself known to the world through his his written word, the Scriptures; through his natural word, the creation; and supremely through his living word, Jesus Christ, who is the fullness of God in bodily form.

Creation

We believe that God created the world and everything in it“good” as a reflection of his own power, glory, and gracious character, and now he loves, sustains, and rules over it for all time and eternity.

Humanity 

We believe that human beings, both men and women, are created in the image and likeness of God, and therefore possess intrinsic significance, dignity, and value as God’s highest order of creation.

Sin

We believe that sin has fractured and spoiled all things in God’s good world, alienating human beings from God, creation, each other, and themselves, leaving the world in desperate need of spiritual rescue.

Salvation

We believe that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, who has reversed the alienations caused by sin, and now is restoring humanity and creation to its original intended beauty in Christ.

Church

We believe that the Christian faith is best nurtured in a community of gospel-centered believers, where worship and witness are embodied through the spiritual gifts and graces of its members, all of whom are on mission in Christ’s work of restoration.

Formation

We believe that the Holy Spirit, who graciously indwells believers, gives the followers of Christ a growing ability and desire to follow the ways of the Lord in their personal lives and in society, such that all might flourish in this life and the next.

Eternity

We believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead, ascended back to the Father, and will come again to the world in power and great glory to inaugurate the final judgment and restore all things in his eternal kingdom.

Further Information 

For a fuller articulation of our doctrinal beliefs, click here. For more information about the Evangelical Congregational Church, click here.

Philip Yancey has said, “Grace means there is nothing I can do to make God love me more, and nothing I can do to make God love me less. It means that I, even I who deserve the opposite, am invited to take my place at the table in God’s family.” In our congregation, Christian doctrine is not a club we use bludgeon others, it’s the perimeter of light from which we shine forth the grace and greatness of God in Jesus Christ.