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Who We Are
Covenant And Mission Statement
Our Members' Covenant is an integral part of our Constitution, and also contains our mission statement, shown below in italics:
"We covenant with one another to seek and respond to the Word and Will of God, and to walk together in the ways of the Lord, made known and to be made known to us. We hold it to be the mission of this church that:
Relying on the Holy Spirit to lead us and empower us,
we worship God, and witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ
with loving service and commitment to justice and peace.
We pray for the coming of the Kingdom of God, and we look with faith toward the triumph of righteousness and eternal life."
Our Statement of Faith:
"This church acknowledges as its sole Head, Jesus Christ, Son of God and Savior. It acknowledges as kindred in Christ all who share in this confession. It looks to the Word of God in the Scripture, and to the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, to prosper its creative and redemptive work in the world. It affirms the responsibility of the church in each generation to make this faith its own in reality of worship, in honesty of thought and expression, and in purity of heart before God." |
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The United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ, or UCC, is a worldwide community of faith that seeks to respond to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed.
One of the most diverse Christian churches in the United States, the UCC was founded in 1957 as the union of several different Christian traditions, among them New England Congregationalism. From the beginning of our history we have been a church which affirms the ideal that Christians do not always have to agree to live together in communion. The motto of the UCC, is Jesus' prayer for the unity of the church.
Like the Congregational Church before it, the UCC stresses freedom of conscience among believers and requires no tests of faith, and has no creed to which members must swear. The UCC has only a general Statement of Faith.
The UCC is much more than historical orthodoxy. We are:
- an ecumenical church, seeking unity of all Christians
- a justice church, committed to equality for all persons
- open to women and men of all ages and all lifestyles
- a case study in North American mainstream Protestantism
The core belief central to the mission of the UCC can be expressed as simply as this:
"In essentials, Unity;
In nonessentials, Diversity;
In all things, Charity."
The UCC is an open and inclusive denomination, focused on the welfare of all human beings on Earth. We believe in the responsibility of all members to ponder and reinterpret Scripture for each new generation. The following is as true today as the day it was first uttered:
There is yet more light and truth
to break forth from God's Holy Word.
For more information on the United Church of Christ, please visit their website at http://ucc.org.Pastor John Robinson
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