what we believe
In the simplest terms, we confess: Jesus is Lord. (Romans 10:9) This is central to our teaching and our very existence. We seek to be fully devoted followers of Jesus who live and act in such a way that we reflect God’s love revealed in Jesus.
We teach that our God:
We believe that all people are created in God's image and all people matter deeply to God. Central to the message of the Bible is that God loves people, and invites them to live in communion with Himself and in community with each other.
We believe God wants to remove the sin separates that us from God and from one another and heal our brokenness. This God accomplished through the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because we have been reconciled to God in Christ as a gift, we now are free to live in such a way that we reflect God's love in all we do and say. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
We accept the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of what we preach, teach, and live.
We confess the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scripture and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain God’s people (i.e., “the Church”) for God’s mission in the world (1 Corinthians 1-3).
- is present and active in our world today and is on a quest to love and bless the whole world;
- hates the sin that separates us and seeks to reconcile the whole world to Himself
- sent Jesus as our crucified and risen Savior so that we might know we are loved, forgiven, saved and empowered by God's grace alone
- works through the power of the Holy Spirit to change lives through the Gospel of Jesus Christ calling Christians to:
We confess that there is only one God, creator of heaven and earth, revealed in the Holy Bible as three persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each personally distinct from the other. As such, God is our Creator, our Redeemer, and our Sanctifier.
- lives of discipleship
- discovery of new ways to communicate and live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ
- welcome and witness to all no matter where they are on life's journey of faith
- practice compassion and justice as signs of Christ's presence in the world
We believe that all people are created in God's image and all people matter deeply to God. Central to the message of the Bible is that God loves people, and invites them to live in communion with Himself and in community with each other.
We believe God wants to remove the sin separates that us from God and from one another and heal our brokenness. This God accomplished through the life, death, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because we have been reconciled to God in Christ as a gift, we now are free to live in such a way that we reflect God's love in all we do and say. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
We accept the Holy Bible as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of what we preach, teach, and live.
We confess the Gospel, recorded in the Holy Scripture and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain God’s people (i.e., “the Church”) for God’s mission in the world (1 Corinthians 1-3).
We are a Christ-first community church with biblically faithful Christian theology anchored in a Lutheran heritage, enlivened by the evangelical passion of the Willow Creek Association, and blessed by an apostolic Christian spirit of generosity and grace.