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OUR PHILOSOPHY
1) Our journey of life is truly as important as
our destination!
2)
In our
relationships, mercy and grace triumphs over judgment.
3)
Our gatherings are nothing more than fellow sojourners coming together
to commune with God and with each other, in an organized time
of learning, worship, discussion, and friendship.
4) We celebrate that
every believer has a vital contribution to make to the health and
well-being of the whole church.
5) We endeavor to foster an environment that gives room for
people to make mistakes as they grow in their relationship with God.
6) We embrace children and youth as part of the believing community, and
include them in our gatherings as fellow worshipers and ministers.
OUR BELIEFS
1)
True Christianity
boils down to love ... a reckless, abandoned love for God and
compassionate, active love for others.
2)
The sole basis of our belief is the Bible
(the 66 books of the Old and New Testament). The Scriptures are
authentic, infallible and inerrant in their original manuscripts.
They are the final authority on all matters of faith, and there are no
other writings similarly inspired by God.
3) The God of the Old Testament was
incarnated in the New Testament, and today offers to fill us with his
Spirit. He is wildly loving, safe but not
tame, unfathomable, uncontainable, unpredictable, and yet able to be
known intimately.
4) Conversion is punctilious: faith,
repentance, baptism in Jesus' name and being filled with his Spirit.
However, spiritual transformation takes place over the course of a
believer's life ... as we learn and grow in the knowledge of God and
ourselves.
5) There is no distinction between the
sacred and secular in a believer's life ... everything is sacred ...
devoted unto God. Thus, worship
is not an event, but a lifestyle.
6) God has given each person creative
talents and abilities that should be explored, developed, and
intricately woven into life.
7) All believers are called to a personal,
unique
ministry and have a purpose specifically designed by God.
8) We believe in developing relationships with the churches and
social ministries in and around Anchorage for the purposes of following God’s heart,
leading to city and regional transformation. |
