We are committed to Biblical Unity
amongst ALL the saints.
We hold to our distinctive convictions on
several very important matters (see below). However, we also take
very seriously the Biblical command to “walk worthy of the calling
with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with
longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." (Ephesians
4:1b-3) This unity of God's people in the Spirit is grounded in the
fact that “there is one body and one Spirit,... one hope of your
calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all,
who is above all, and through all, and in all.” (Ephesians 4:4-6)
We thus desire to co-labor with, pray for/with, and maintain sincere,
earnest, loving, and edifying relationships between ourselves and
other Christian churches who hold fast with us to the foundational
doctrines of the Christian faith in order to hold forth the light of
Christ in our communities through the proclamation of the gospel of
Jesus Christ by our words and good works. We are committed to
maintaining doctrinal/ethical purity by God's grace, but not by
becoming another isolated local church “island” which is
useless/tasteless salt trampled underfoot by men or a covered lamp
unable/unwilling to shine the light of God's truth, grace, and glory
into the darkness of the world around us which so desperately needs
to see God's people living in unity (cf. Matthew 5:13-16; Psalm 133;
John 17:20-21).
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