Toward Truth

The Journey is relational.

We believe the Christian life should be lived out in relationship with Christ and His Church, for the glory of God and the good of humankind. Our relationship with God should be humble. Our relationships with each other should be edifying. Our relationships with others should be redeeming.

The Journey is rational.

We believe we can know truth and should seek to understand it through reason and revelation. God has revealed Himself through His creation so that we are aware of Him as our creator and the moral lawgiver to whom we are accountable. He has also revealed Himself through the Bible, in which the main character is the Lord Jesus Christ and the main plot is His coming kingdom and the redemption of humankind. Christ is the source of all reason; so, knowledge of Him is the foundation for understanding all other knowledge and wisdom, whether scientific, ethical, political, or otherwise.

The Journey is moral.

We believe that those who are convinced of the truth of Scripture and who trust Christ for forgiveness will, by God’s grace, continually strive to be holy and rid themselves of sinful habits. Not in our own strength, but with the power of the Holy Spirit, we resist the temptations of this world, the schemes of demons and our own sinful inclinations.

The Journey is powerful.

We believe we can experience the presence and power of the Living God in our lives as we seek Him and serve Him together. We expect God to draw near as we worship Him. And, though we desire to be empowered by the Spirit in order to serve one another and build His Church, we acknowledge that the Holy Spirit is a person who does not respond to His people mechanically, but mysteriously.