What We Believe...

Faith Community Church is a church built on the foundations of authentic Christian faith.

We believe in the one true God and creator of the universe whose person and presence are experienced through the Divine Trinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that everyone has been offered salvation through the gracious work of God whose Son, Jesus Christ, made atonement for the sins of humanity by dying on the Cross and being raised to life through the Resurrection. By our affirmation of faith and a process of events leading to salvation we receive God’s grace which sets us free from sin and death and affords us the movement towards eternal life in the Kingdom of God.

We believe these matters are revealed to us through the Holy Scriptures which are divinely inspired by God through His Holy Spirit. We believe that all authority has been placed on scripture which has been fully informed by the ultimate authority, Jesus Christ. We also believe that there is a freshness of authority through the proclamation of scripture in preaching and teaching.

We believe in the one baptism of all believers, which bestows God’s promise of salvation and affects a washing and a purification of the believer. Adult baptism is made by an individual in response to their coming of faith. Infant baptism affords a child the promise of God’s salvation through the exercise of the parents’ faith, but suggests that renewal and purification are appropriate as the experience of faith is felt in the maturing child. It is hoped that a response to faith will be made by the baptized child through the process of a Confirmation ministry or through a personal confession of faith.

We believe that the Sacrament of Communion is essential in the Body of Christ as the unifying act of the fellowship of believers. By partaking of the bread and the cup we remember the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and share in His presence through the Holy Spirit. We believe that in all these things the Holy Spirit is actively present and that by the Holy Spirit our faith is strengthened and we are equipped with the appropriate gifts for our tasks in the body of Christ.

We believe that the local church is formed and united by a mutual covenant. Our covenant functions as the unifying promise we make to one another and to God to fulfill the mission of God that has been placed on this church. Each Sunday we reaffirm our covenant regularly in worship as a symbol of our united effort together.

Our covenant is:
To glorify our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we humbly submit our efforts to teach and preach God’s Word, become a spirit-filled community of faith and to uplift and support one another in God’s name. Amen