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Moving to Connect Ourselves and Others to God
Crossroads Covenant Church wants to make an impact on your life, in our community, and in the world. |
Our Values
What drives us forward
We believe the Bible is the Word of God and our standard for living.
We follow Jesus.
We are welcoming and loving.
We embrace and support our community worldwide.
We are a church in motion.
We believe the Bible is the Word of God and our standard for living.
We follow Jesus.
We are welcoming and loving.
We embrace and support our community worldwide.
We are a church in motion.
Our Faith Lived Out
What does Following Jesus look like?
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ‘This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’- Matthew 22:37-39
UP | LOVE GOD | We receive the promises of God and reorient oneself to God.
This looks like | Worship, Prayer, God's Word, Sacraments, Baptism, Communion, and other Spiritual Habits.
IN | LOVE ONE ANOTHER | We become persons in the fullest sense in our relationship with God and with others.
This looks like | Groups, Discipleship, and Fellowship
OUT | LOVE LIVED OUT | We believe that God is love and the best way to reflect God in the world is to live out his love through our thoughts, words, and actions
This looks like | Serving, Giving, Evangelism, Stories, Missions, and Outreach
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ‘This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’- Matthew 22:37-39
UP | LOVE GOD | We receive the promises of God and reorient oneself to God.
This looks like | Worship, Prayer, God's Word, Sacraments, Baptism, Communion, and other Spiritual Habits.
IN | LOVE ONE ANOTHER | We become persons in the fullest sense in our relationship with God and with others.
This looks like | Groups, Discipleship, and Fellowship
OUT | LOVE LIVED OUT | We believe that God is love and the best way to reflect God in the world is to live out his love through our thoughts, words, and actions
This looks like | Serving, Giving, Evangelism, Stories, Missions, and Outreach
Our Identity
We are part of the worldwide Christian church.
We are an apostolic church. We confess Jesus Christ and the faith of the apostles as recorded in the Holy Scriptures. We believe the authority of the Bible is supreme in all matters of faith, doctrine, and conduct, and it is to be trusted. “Where is it written?” and is the Covenant congregation’s touchstone of discussion with regard to faith and practice.
We are a catholic church. The word catholic literally means universal. This means we understand ourselves to be a part of the community of believers that began with Jesus’s first followers, is alive today, and will continue until Christ comes again.
We are a Reformation church. We stand in the mainstream of a church renewal movement of the sixteenth century called the Protestant Reformation. Especially important is the belief that we are saved by God’s grace alone, through faith alone, not by anything that we can do. The Covenant Church is also shaped by Pietism, a renewal movement that originated in seventeenth-century Europe and emphasized the need for a life that is personally connected to Jesus Christ, a reliance on the Holy Spirit, and a call to service in the world.
We are an evangelical church. A series of religious awakenings flowered in Europe and America during the nineteenth century and provided rich soil for the early growth of the Covenant Church with our passion for mission. Evangelicals historically have been characterized by a strong insistence on biblical authority, the absolute necessity of new birth, Christ’s mandate to evangelize the world, the continuing need for education and formation in a Christian context, and a responsibility for benevolence.
We are an apostolic church. We confess Jesus Christ and the faith of the apostles as recorded in the Holy Scriptures. We believe the authority of the Bible is supreme in all matters of faith, doctrine, and conduct, and it is to be trusted. “Where is it written?” and is the Covenant congregation’s touchstone of discussion with regard to faith and practice.
We are a catholic church. The word catholic literally means universal. This means we understand ourselves to be a part of the community of believers that began with Jesus’s first followers, is alive today, and will continue until Christ comes again.
We are a Reformation church. We stand in the mainstream of a church renewal movement of the sixteenth century called the Protestant Reformation. Especially important is the belief that we are saved by God’s grace alone, through faith alone, not by anything that we can do. The Covenant Church is also shaped by Pietism, a renewal movement that originated in seventeenth-century Europe and emphasized the need for a life that is personally connected to Jesus Christ, a reliance on the Holy Spirit, and a call to service in the world.
We are an evangelical church. A series of religious awakenings flowered in Europe and America during the nineteenth century and provided rich soil for the early growth of the Covenant Church with our passion for mission. Evangelicals historically have been characterized by a strong insistence on biblical authority, the absolute necessity of new birth, Christ’s mandate to evangelize the world, the continuing need for education and formation in a Christian context, and a responsibility for benevolence.
Our denomination
We are part of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
The Evangelical Covenant Church seeks to form and nurture communities that are deeply committed to Jesus Christ and passionately engaged in Christ’s mission in the world. The purpose of Covenant affirmations is to make clear the values and principles that have guided the Evangelical Covenant Church since its founding in 1885.
If you want to learn more about the Evangelical Covenant Church, visit www.covchurch.org for more information.
The Evangelical Covenant Church seeks to form and nurture communities that are deeply committed to Jesus Christ and passionately engaged in Christ’s mission in the world. The purpose of Covenant affirmations is to make clear the values and principles that have guided the Evangelical Covenant Church since its founding in 1885.
- We affirm the centrality of the Word of God.
- We affirm the necessity of the new birth.
- We affirm a commitment to the whole mission of the church.
- We affirm the Church as a fellowship of believers.
- We affirm a conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.
- We affirm the reality of freedom in Christ.
If you want to learn more about the Evangelical Covenant Church, visit www.covchurch.org for more information.
