What we believe and how we mean to live it.

The Apostles' Creed

See also: CCEL — Apostles' Creed.

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Nicene Creed

Adopted at the Council of Nicaea (325) and revised at Constantinople (381). See also: CCEL — Nicene Creed.

We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only-begotten Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one being with the Father,
through whom all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary,
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again,
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.

Our posture

The posture of the place, inside and outside, is the full counsel of God. We are unashamed of the gospel. We speak of Christ's return as the hope it is. We name sin and name grace. We read Amos and Jeremiah as readily as Psalms and the Sermon on the Mount. We do not trade faithfulness for palatability.

And we also meet outsiders the way Jesus met them — with wisdom, with grace, seasoned with salt, shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. We press the hard words where pressing serves; we offer the water where water serves; we do not confuse volume with faithfulness or niceness with love.

The full statement of how this plays out in the life of the community is in our vision.

What we will not do

1. We will not surveil people who have not consented.
2. We will not coerce listeners. The gospel is an offer, not an ambush.
3. We will not let generative AI speak on God's behalf without retrieval anchored in Scripture itself.
4. We will not let revenue drive mission, nor mission drive revenue. The order is given.
5. We will not build anything whose privacy story we would not put on a sign at the gate.

What we welcome

1. Third-party audits of our privacy posture.
2. Pastors and theologians reviewing our AI output.
3. Critics who point out when we are falling short of what we have written here.
4. Visitors at the open evenings — Tuesdays and Thursdays.
5. Brothers and sisters in Christ who want to come and see.

The verses underneath all of it

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” — John 3:16

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men.” — Colossians 3:23

“If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” — James 4:15