We Are Christ’s Church.
We are a community of believers connected to Christ and to His churches around the world and throughout the ages (John 17:20-23). As His church, we believe:
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Matthew 3:16-17, Matthew 28:19
Romans 3:10-12, Ephesians 2:8-10
John 3:16-21, Romans 3:23-26, Romans 6:1-10
John 15:26-27
Acts 2:46-47, Hebrews 12:28-29, Acts 1:6-9, Acts 2:44-45
We Are Presbyterian.
We are a Presbyterian church within the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). The Bible teaches that Christ is the head of His church (Ephesians 1:22-23), and He vests His authority in the local church (Matthew 16:18-19) where it is exercised by the elders (Acts 15:2; Titus 1:5-9).
Christ also connects local churches to one another through councils of elders—Presbyteries and General Assemblies—which serve the church by answering questions of biblical doctrine (Acts 15:1-35), ordaining pastors (1 Timothy 4:14), and coordinating missionary work (Acts 21:17-26).
We Are Confessional.
We believe in the historic creeds and confessions that Christians have found trustworthy for centuries to summarize the teachings of the Bible. Each week in worship, we profess our faith using a portion of one of the following documents:
- The Apostles’ Creed (developed during the 2nd through 4th Centuries)
- The Nicene Creed (4th Century)
- The Westminster Confession of Faith (17th Century)
- The Westminster Larger Catechism Part 1 (1-115) (17th Century)
- The Westminster Larger Catechism Part 2 (116-196) (17th Century)
- The Westminster Shorter Catechism (17th Century)
We Are Liturgical.
We believe that when we sing during worship, we are “addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart” (Ephesians 5:19). Our worship includes:
- Psalms from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal. When we sing psalms, we are singing God’s Word that was the hymnal of Israel and our Savior when He worshiped at the Temple and the synagogue. The psalms were sung during Christian worship for most of church history, and more and more churches, especially church plants, are returning to the practice of including psalms during worship.
- Historic hymns from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal are those hymns that many generations of Christians have found trustworthy and comforting. We also sing the historic hymns that are being rediscovered by the church when they are set to new tunes by Indelible Grace and Matt Merker, among others.
- New hymns written for congregational singing by Keith & Kristyn Getty, Matt Boswell & Matt Papa, Sandra McCracken, and CityAlight.
