OUR MISSION:  “To Make Disciples of Jesus Christ”

 

OUR VALUES: With a foundation of prayer and the leading of the Holy Spirit, God is calling Faith Church and its people to be characterized by a:

 

·        Commitment to be Christ-centered in all we do.

 

·        Strong emphasis on spiritual growth with particular attention paid to understanding the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

 

·        Concerted effort to share our faith in Jesus and help meet the needs of our communities.

 

·        A strong commitment to fellowship with each other and the enjoyment of being part of a church family.

Faith United Methodist Church shares a common heritage with Christians of every age and nation. This heritage is grounded in the apostolic witness of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, which is the source and measure of all valid Christian teaching. With Christians of other communities, we confess these.

Basic Christian Affirmation

We believe in the triune God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the mystery of salvation in and through Jesus Christ.

We believe that God’s redemptive love is realized in our lives by the activity of the Holy Spirit.

We understand ourselves to be part of Christ’s universal Church when, by adoration, proclamation, and service we become conformed to Christ.

We recognize that the reign of God is both a present and future reality.

We recognize the authority of Scripture in matters of faith, the confession that our justification as sinners is by grace through faith, and that the Church is in need of continual reformation and renewal.

We declare the essential oneness of the Church in Christ Jesus.

We emphasize the nurturing and serving function of Christian fellowship in the Church.

 

Wesleyan Emphases

    Although John Wesley shared the above beliefs with many other Christians, he combined them in a powerful manner to create distinctive emphases for living the full Christian life.

    We acknowledge God’s prevenient grace which prompts our first wish to please God and awakens in us an earnest longing for deliverance from sin and death and moves us toward repentance and faith.

    We believe that in justification we are, through faith, forgiven our sin and restored to God’s favor and that we receive assurance of our salvation as the Spirit "bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God."

    We hold that God’s sanctifying grace draws us from the time of our conversion toward the gift of Christian perfection, described by Wesley as a heart "habitually filled with the love of God and neighbor."

    We see that both faith and good works belong within an all-encompassing theology of grace, since they stem from God’s gracious love "shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit."

     We insist that personal salvation always involves Christian mission and service to the world.