What We Believe
A Theological Mission Statement
We live our lives in the conviction that God is at work today establishing the reign of God’s love, peace, and justice in this world. Jesus Christ inaugurated and embodied the reign of God in his life, taught what this kingdom is to be and promised its fulfillment in God’s future. We love him, cherish his vision and believe his promise.
God has called us together as St. Mark Church in this time and place to live toward the vision of the reign of God given us by Jesus. Our mission, therefore, is to act as God’s hands and voice, as agents of reconciliation and companions in our commitment to Jesus’ vision.
So, we worship and study to the end that we might grow ever more faithful and effective in doing Christ’s work in our time and place.
In worship on Sunday mornings we encounter the presence of the living God. This hour of celebration will be explicitly linked to our daily effort to be faithful in following the way of Jesus. It must challenge us to grow in faith and commitment and “re-charge our batteries” for “doing the Word”!
We nurture and equip ourselves - children, youth, and adults, - in a program of biblically-based education and fellowship that teaches us:
*the way of discipleship
*how to be instruments of peace and support to one another
*how to grow spiritually stronger and deeper.
We intend all we do in worship and study to engender in us a passion for the love and justice of Jesus Christ.
Believing that every group of people belongs to God and that every person is God’s creation and, therefore, sacred, we will actively seek to find ways to share the Good News with them all and invite them to listen to God’s call to them.
What We Believe
A Theological Mission Statement
We live our lives in the conviction that God is at work today establishing the reign of God’s love, peace, and justice in this world. Jesus Christ inaugurated and embodied the reign of God in his life, taught what this kingdom is to be and promised its fulfillment in God’s future. We love him, cherish his vision and believe his promise.
God has called us together as St. Mark Church in this time and place to live toward the vision of the reign of God given us by Jesus. Our mission, therefore, is to act as God’s hands and voice, as agents of reconciliation and companions in our commitment to Jesus’ vision.
So, we worship and study to the end that we might grow ever more faithful and effective in doing Christ’s work in our time and place.
In worship on Sunday mornings we encounter the presence of the living God. This hour of celebration will be explicitly linked to our daily effort to be faithful in following the way of Jesus. It must challenge us to grow in faith and commitment and “re-charge our batteries” for “doing the Word”!
We nurture and equip ourselves - children, youth, and adults, - in a program of biblically-based education and fellowship that teaches us:
*the way of discipleship
*how to be instruments of peace and support to one another
*how to grow spiritually stronger and deeper.
We intend all we do in worship and study to engender in us a passion for the love and justice of Jesus Christ.
Believing that every group of people belongs to God and that every person is God’s creation and, therefore, sacred, we will actively seek to find ways to share the Good News with them all and invite them to listen to God’s call to them.