About Us

YOU SHOULD KNOW

    That we believe God is more concerned with a person's heart than with outward appearances (First Samuel 16:7). The Bible is very clear about treating people kindly and respectfully regardless of their appearance (James chapter 2).

WE ARE ORDINARY FOLK

    A quick glance over the people who make up our church family will make it clear that we are just ordinary folk. We are the same people you meet everyday--your neighbors, co-workers, classmates. We are homemakers, teachers, students, machinists, farmers, business operators, unemployed, and the like. We are single people, single parents, blended families, nuclear families, grandparents. We span the generations from the newborn to the elderly. We span the personality types from the light and bubbly to the grouchy and cantankerous. So what does such a diverse group have in common? Our love for the Lord and our love for each other (First John 4:7-21). We are a family, warts and all!

WE ARE AN IMPERFECT-PERFECT CHURCH

    You can't be among us very long without noticing we make mistakes. Our mistakes serve as constant reminders that, even though we're Christians, we still sin (First John 1:8-10 and chapter 2:1-2). This truth keeps us humble and careful not to be judgmental of others. Yet even though we sin, we take comfort in the fact that God has a plan through which we are saved and made perfect (complete) through Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:28; 2:10). Such passages as Ephesians 5:25-27 and Romans 8:1,38-39 are very comforting to us. We are made perfect through Jesus' blood.

SOME OF OUR BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

    It is our understanding that the Bible alone is sufficient to inform us of God's Will and to equip us to serve Him (Second Timothy 3:14-17; Jeremiah 10:23). Because of that understanding, we have a few beliefs and practices that are not common among other churches or religious groups. Among them:

1. We have no separate "priest class" or "clergy/laity" distinctions. All believers are priests (First Peter 2:5-9; Revelation 1:4-6). We are all members of one body with different responsibilities or functions within the body. But no one is "higher" or better than anyone else (Ephesians 4:1-16).
2. There is only one head of the Church, our Savior Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:19-23; Colossians 1:18). He is who we answer to (Romans 14:4,10-12). We find no evidence in the Bible of any authoritative body (excluding the Apostles who lived in the First Century) beyond that of the local congregation. So we have no head but Christ, no earthly headquarters, no denominational structure or organization beyond the local, independent, undenominational congregation.
3. Jesus built the church (Matthew 16:18). God purchased the church with His own blood (Acts 20:28). The church is God's household (First Timothy 3:15). As builder and owner, God alone has the right to decide the names and organizational structure of His church. We no more have the right to choose a name for His church than someone else has to choose the names of our own children. The Bible condemns the use of man-made names as divisive (First Corinthians 1:10-13). Individually we only go by the name Christian (Acts 11:26; First Peter 4:16). Descriptively, we are a church of Christ (Romans 16:16).
4. We believe the Bible alone should guide God's people. We are not to add to it or take away from it (Deuteronomy 4:2; 12:32; Proverbs 30:5-6; First Corinthians 4:6). The Lord's church is to be based on the teachings of the Lord and His apostles (Acts 2:41-42; Ephesians 2:19-22). Therefore, we have no separate creed, manual, or handbook.
5. We meet each Lord's Day (Sunday, the first day of the week) to "break bread" (also known as the Lord's Supper) as a Biblical means of remembering Christ's sacrifice on the cross (Acts 20:7; First Corinthians 10:16-17; 11:17-34). This observance is one of the highlights of our Sunday meeting.
6. We do not badger people for money. The work we do and our facilities are maintained voluntarily by our members. Each week we take a low key, free will offering from among the members of the congregation who give as they have decided in their hearts (Second Corinthians chapters 8 and 9; First Corinthians 16:1).
7. It is our understanding that a person is freed from sin and joined to Christ in salvation when they have "died" to their old ways of sin, been buried with Christ in baptism, and raised to live a new life in Jesus (Romans 6:1-11). This is also known as "putting on" Jesus (Galatians 3:27). Bible baptism is a burial (immersion) in water (Acts 8:36-39; First Peter 3:20-21; John 3:3-5).

A NOTE TO OUR GUESTS

    If you have any questions after reading this this information, we invite you to write or call us for more information. We can send material to you through the mail, fax, or Email. Or if you prefer a more personal touch, as we do, one or two of our members would be happy to meet with you at a time and place of your choosing to address your questions. Just contact us at: