OUR PURPOSE is
To WIN people to Christ,
Engage them in meaningful WORSHIP,
Equip them to WITNESS effectively,
and provide opportunity to WORK for Christ and others.
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CORE VALUES
WE ARE A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE
WE ARE A HOLINESS PEOPLE
WE ARE A MISSIONAL PEOPLE
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WE ARE A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE
As members of the Church Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the
Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the historic Trinitarian creedal statements of the
Christian faith. We value our Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of
understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason, tradition, and experience.
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WE ARE A HOLINESS PEOPLE
God, who is holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy Spirit seeks to do in
us a second work of grace, called by various terms including "entire sanctification" and "
baptism with the Holy Spirit" - cleansing us from all sin; renewing us in the image of God;
empowering us to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors
as ourselves; and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the life of believers is
most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
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WE ARE A MISSIONAL PEOPLE
We are a " sent people" responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit to
go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of Christ and participating with God in the
building of the church and the extension of His kingdom (2 Corinthians 6:1). Our mission (a)
begins in worship, (b) ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, (c) encourages
believers toward Christian maturity through discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men
for Christian service through Christian higher education.
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