The
Core Values are also available
online translated into numerous languages.
We Are a Christian People
As members of the Church
Universal, we join with all true believers in proclaiming the
Lordship of Jesus Christ and in embracing the historic
Trinitarian creedal statements of Christian faith. We value our
Wesleyan-Holiness heritage and believe it to be a way of
understanding the faith that is true to Scripture, reason,
tradition, and experience.
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We Are a Holiness
People
God, who is
holy, calls us to a life of holiness. We believe that the Holy
Spirit seeks to do in us a second work of grace, called by
various terms including "entire sanctification" and "baptism
with the Holy Spirit"-cleansing us from all sin, renewing us in
the image of God, empowering us to love God with our whole
heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbors as ourselves,
and producing in us the character of Christ. Holiness in the
life of believers is most clearly understood as Christlikeness.
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We Are a Missional
People
We are a sent people,
responding to the call of Christ and empowered by the Holy
Spirit to go into all the world, witnessing to the Lordship of
Christ and participating with God in the building of the Church
and the extension of His kingdom (Matthew 28:19-20; 2
Corinthians 6:1). Our mission (a) begins in worship, (b)
ministers to the world in evangelism and compassion, (c)
encourages believers toward Christian maturity through
discipleship, and (d) prepares women and men for Christian
service through Christian higher education.
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