Beliefs

CORE VALUE: GOSPEL-CENTRALITY

The gospel news: The King is victorious! The enemy is defeated! The "Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost" (Luke 19:10). That Jesus Christ reconciles His wayward masterpiece back to the Father through His life of perfect obedience and His sacrificial work on the cross is earth shaking news!

But He goes even further through His bride, His family, His hands and feet–the church, by reconciling us to one another (Ephesians 2:14-17) and then reconciling all of creation unto Himself (Colossians 1:19-22)!

So you have the very personal side of the coin and one the other side of the coin you need to zoom way out to see because it’s cosmic! And both sides of the Gospel are rooted in Christ’s finished work vs. what we need to do.

Therefore, the four "movements of the Gospel" (Creation, Fall, Redemption, Reconciliation) shape who we are and what we get to do as Jesus followers. As a church, our sermons, our worship service, our bible reading, our shared lives, our personal lives, our disciple making tools–it’s all done in light of Creation, Fall, Redemption, Reconciliation–Christ's work. The Gospel.

CORE VALUE: MULTIPLICATION

We want to see the gospel fill every crack and crevice of Wyoming and the surrounding communities. We want to make Jesus famous on every block. That requires more disciples of Jesus, more leaders in the church, more groups of Jesus followers and more churches who are rooted in the gospel.

Multiplying Disciples: I want to be like Jesus and see love, joy, peace etc in my life. How do I get that? Jesus says “If you love Me you will obey My commands.” So a disciple of Jesus will…
1. Hear the words of Jesus and…
2. Put them into practice.

Jesus commanded much in the gospels. Summarized into five He commanded us to Be, Forgive, Serve, Give & Go. And it all begins with our being…

CORE VALUE: ROOTED + RELEVANT.

1. We are united by a vintage faith, rooted in the inerrant Scriptures and the “Great Tradition” (the Apostles’ Creed, the two Nicene Creeds, the Athanasian Creed, and the Definition of Chalcedon), the Reformation (The Three Forms of Unity is a collective name for the Belgic Confession, the Canons of Dort, and the Heidelberg Catechism). That means we don’t argue about those historic beliefs of the church.

2. Our vintage faith is expressed through relevant, modern music, classic hymns and passionate teaching.

3. And we will not be divided by secondary issues (baptism, spiritual gifts, end times, etc). 

CORE VALUE: EXCELLENCE + HOSPITALITY 

We value the warmth and ability to be known you find a small church combined with the excellence you find in a large church. So we invite and when they respond it’s “You belong here”–especially people who live near our building (we will be good news to our local community of Wyoming, MI), especially dudes (we skew masculine in order to reach men) and EXTRA specially the lost, broken, & hurting (especially those outside the family of God who are leaning in). We welcome church people too but they need to know if you are a believer you’re here to roll up your sleeves and to feed others.

CORE VALUE: GENEROUS COLLABORATION

Out of gratitude we use our resources for the sake of the Kingdom –especially the poor–while partnering with like-minded churches for Gospel saturation of our city through proclamation and demonstration.  

Five churches use our building. Two para-church ministries too. Plus the Family Resource Center. We like our building being busy, being good news for our community.