THE VISION-MISSION OF THE UCCP
LIFE PURPOSE:
To unite and establish a community of
faith to proclaim the Gospel for the transformation of God's Creation.
VISION:
A responsible, empowered self-reliant
community of Christian believers committed to pursuing an abundant and
meaningful life for all..
MISSION:
To deepen and broaden our experience
and understanding of the Christian Faith and heritage that we collectively
and invididually become living witnesses
and responsible stewards of God's creation.
To actively participate in sharing the
Good News of Jesus Christ and in building a just social order.
To design and sustain a responsive and
functional organizational structure and aprocess to promote a continuous
learning and growing together.
To develop, mobilize and optimize the
use of human and material resources in sustaining our integral ministry.
To seek oneness and solidarity with
other Christian communions.
To foster understanding, partnership
and fellowship with other groups and communities of faith.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe
In One God: Creator, Redeemer and Sus-tainer, who provides order, purpose,
meaning and fulfillment to all creation.
That in Jesus Christ God became human and is Sovereign Lord of life
and history.
That in the Holy Spirit God is present in the world, empowering and
guiding believers to understand and live out their faith in Jesus Christ.
We Believe
That persons are created in the image of God and destined to live in
community with God, with other persons and with all creation;
That, by disobedience, they have become sinful, but, by grace through
faith, they are redeemed in Jesus Christ;
That being entrusted with God's creation, they are called to participate
in the establishment of a just and compassionate social order.
We Believe
In the Church, the one body of Jesus Christ, the whole community of
those reconciled to God through Jesus Christ and entrusted with God's ministry.
We Believe
In the Holy Bible as a faithful and inspired witness to God's self-revelation
in Jesus Christ and in history -
- to illumine, guide, correct and edify believers in their faith and
witness.
We Believe
That God seeks to make each person a new being in Christ, and is at
work in the whole world, God's kingdom in which love, justice and peace
prevail.
That the Kingdom of God is already present
where faith in Jesus Christ is shared,
where food is given to the hungry,
where healing is given to the sick,
where light is given to the blind
and where liberty is given to the captive and oppressed.,
We Believe
That the resurrection of Jesus Christ has overcome the power of death
and gives assurance of life eternal after death.
And we look forward to His coming again in all fullness and glory and
to gather all the faithful into the Kingdom of God
Amen.
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