TRINITY

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, who know, love, and glorify one another. This one true and living God is infinitely perfect both in his love and in his holiness. He is the Creator of all things, visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy to receive all glory and adoration. Immortal and eternal, he perfectly and exhaustively knows the end from the beginning, sustains and sovereignly rules over all things, and providentially brings about his eternal good purposes to redeem a people for himself and restore his fallen creation, to the praise of his glorious grace.

JESUS CHRIST THE SON

Jesus Christ is the unique Son of God. He lived a sinless human life and died on the cross to atone for our sins. He rose from the dead and ascended to heaven and one day, will return again to earth.

HOLY SPIRIT

The Holy Spirit is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ. When we receive Jesus as the leader  and Lord of our lives and the forgiver of our sins, the Holy Spirit comes to live within us. He provides us with power for living, enables us to understand spiritual truth and guides us in doing what pleases God. As Christians, we seek to live in daily surrender to His leading.

THE BIBLE

The Bible is God’s Word written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the final authority for determining our Christian beliefs and how we are to live. We believe that Christians need to know and study the Old Testament and the New Testament.

HUMANITY

People are made in the spiritual image of God — we are rational and moral beings. Because we are God’s creation made in God’s image, each person possesses great self-worth. Although every person has tremendous potential for good, all of us are marred by an attitude of self-centeredness which the Bible calls “sin” and theology refers to as “original sin”. This attitude and its resultant actions, separate us from God, others and ourselves. It also means that we cannot save ourselves. We need a Savior.

THE CHURCH

We believe that the church is the body of Christ, an extension of Christ’s life and ministry in the world today. We believe that the mission of the church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who spread scriptural holiness. We believe that the church is “the communion of saints,” a community made up of all past, present, and future disciples of Christ. We believe that the church is called to worship God and to support those who participate in its life, as they grow in faith.

THE KINGDOM OF GOD

We believe that the Kingdom of God is both a present reality and future hope. We believe that wherever God's will is done, the Kingdom of God is present. It was present in Jesus' ministry, and it is also present in our world whenever people and communities experience God’s power and presence. We believe that the fulfillment of God's kingdom - the complete restoration of creation - is still to come (Revelation 21-22). We believe that the church is called to be both witness to the vision of what God's kingdom will be like and an active participant in helping to bring it to completion.

SEXUALITY, SINGLENESS & MARRIAGE

We believe God created human beings, male and female, in his own image. We believe that human sexuality is a gift of God.

Not all persons are called to be married; singleness is a vocation of dignity, value, and worth with its own ways to serve the kingdom of God and contribute to the life of the world. In many ways, singleness can be a preferable calling in God’s Kingdom.

Marriage is designed by God to be one man and one woman. Adam and Eve were made to complement each other, as male and female, in a “one flesh” union with both a uniting dimension (the ability to unite two bodies as one), and a procreation dimension (the vehicle through which children are brought into the world). Marriage is thus the foundation for family, the sacred building block of society that builds up humanity, and is designed to image God in a covenant of faithful and sacrificial love.

Jesus affirms the “one flesh” union of male and female as the normative pattern for sex and marriage and highlights the sacred indissolubility of the bond. God intends sex to be only practiced within marriage and prohibits any sexual activity outside of this one-man and one-woman covenant (such as, pornography, adultery, pre-marital sex, same-sex sexual activity). As followers of Jesus, we give our bodies to God, pursuing sexual fidelity as an avenue of faithfulness.

SALVATION

Becoming right with God and having our relationship with God restored is what the Bible calls salvation. Salvation is God’s free gift to us. We can never earn it or achieve it by self-improvement or good works. We accept God’s gift of a new life when we turn from our self-ruled life and accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord. The new life that God gives us is an abundant life in this world and eternal life in the world to come.

SANCTIFICATION

This is the beautiful reality that being saved by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8) and salvation, is not the finish line. It’s only the beginning. Sanctification is a journey and a process that characterizes the life of serious Christian discipleship as believers grow in grace. In this process, believers should become more patient, more kind, more peaceful and more holy. In other words, believers become more and more like Jesus.

But we don’t do this on our own. Before Jesus died on the cross, He promised His followers that He would send a helper (Greek: parakletos, the Holy Spirit) to actually live in us to help us live the Christian life (John 14:17). This is where the adventure of sanctification with the Holy Spirit really begins, as we surrender daily to His leading.

BAPTISM

Baptism is our initiation into the church and our identification as children of God. It is a symbol of God’s grace. It’s a sign of God's love and forgiveness of our sins. It’s an outward symbol of an inward grace. God initiates a relationship and chooses us as daughters and sons, beginning our lifelong journey of faith. God’s grace over us happens regardless of our age or our response. We should all be baptized if we have put our faith and trust in Jesus as Lord.

It’s important to note that baptism doesn't save us. God saves us by faith. So those that are baptized as children must make the choice to confirm their belief in Christ to continue as members of the church. If your child was baptized young or as a baby, he/she can later make the choice to profess his/her own faith in Christ in our Confirmation program for youth (6th-12th grades). If you were baptized as a child or earlier in your Christian journey, there is no need to be baptized again. We are not always faithful to God, but God has always been faithful to us in our baptism.

COMMUNION

 (Lord’s Supper,  Lord's Table, Eucharist)

Communion is an opportunity for us to renew our relationship with Jesus Christ. On His last night before His death, Jesus ate a special meal with His disciples. This is a holy meal of bread and cup that symbolizes the body and blood of Christ. He charged His church with repeating this meal to remember His sacrifice and celebrate our new life through His death and resurrection. God offers this relationship to everyone, so all who desire to receive are welcome to participate. 

We normally practice Communion on the first Sunday of each month.

Our service is a unique blend of new and ancient styles as we come to worship God. You will often hear hymns alongside more modern worship music. This is intentional. We believe the future of the church is ancient and alive. It’s vibrant, yet deeply rooted in the historic Christian orthodoxy. 

We regularly affirm our faith by reciting the ancient creeds of the church including the Apostles’ Creed & Nicene Creed.

We will also use liturgy in our services. Liturgy can refer to different things in the life of the church. Generally speaking, liturgy might refer to the style or form of the worship service and whether a church is liturgical (more traditional) or not. When we refer to liturgy in our services, we are mostly referring to moments that we say certain things in unison to help give us a language for our faith formation. This is often what we mean when we say ‘liturgy’. It's the things we recite together during our service. This could include the Apostles Creed referenced above, the Lord’s Prayer, the Generosity Liturgy, etc.

Foundation Church is proud to be a member of the Global Methodist Church. The Wesleyan-Methodist tradition is a beautiful heritage in God’s church. It connects us on many levels to the faith entrusted to the saints and to historic Christian orthodoxy. It offers powerful resources for growth in faith and holiness.

Methodism's original purpose was to spread scriptural holiness across the land. Its focus was the salvation of sinners, meaning not just that they would receive eternal life, but that they would be transformed into holier people in the here and now through the Holy Spirit. There were expectations for Methodists: that their lives would be different, that in the midst of a sinful world the love of God would truly transform their hearts. They would strengthen one another in the faith. They would walk together in the way of Jesus. They would serve and give to the poor. They would live differently.

The Methodist movement was founded by John Wesley (1703-1791), a brilliant preacher, theologian and leader, who organized thousands of new believers into small groups where community, theology and accountability were central to early Methodism. Wesley’s sermons and influence still ripples through the global church today, not just within Methodism.

Methodist Catechism

Global Methodist Church Doctrine

Global Methodist Church Website