Statement of Belief
| We believe everyone is constantly
adapting to the world around him or her. We believe that an old
spiritual book, the Bible, is the only source for determining
how we can do this well and accomplish our purpose for life. We believe that life consists of both a present life and a life after death. The after life is composed of two different places, an eternal heaven and an eternal hell. Where a person will spend the after life is not determined by how well that person lived this present life, but the condition of his or her relationship with Jesus. We believe that the power to which some people ascribe the general name of god is a personal deity, which cares intimately for everything that exists. We understand this deity in three ways. We use the name Father to personalize the one who brought into existence all that is simply by speaking. We use the name Jesus to acknowledge the one who came to us in the middle of our mess and cleaned it up for us. We use the words Holy Spirit to remind us that the one who cleaned up our mess hasn't abandoned us because we keep messing up. An easy way for us to combine these appreciations of God is to say "Trinity" or "Triune God." We believe that life is a series of relationships. It is a relationship with the Triune God, a relationship with others, a relationship with creation, and a relationship with yourself (You know, you and that little person inside you who you are always talking to when no one else is around). Doing these relationships well is the purpose of life. --Pastor Kent Vant Hul-- |
