We Believe
- We believe in one God who has many names and faces.
- We believe that God is love and reject any theology rooted in fear.
- We believe in Jesus who is the incarnation of God’s love and whom we follow as our teacher, guide and example.
- We affirm the teachings of the Bible as the foundation of our faith.
- We take the Bible seriously, but not literally.
- We believe the Bible should never be used to support any type of harm.
- We believe that God continues to speak through many people and many faith traditions.
- We believe that God stands with all people and especially with the oppressed, broken, poor and hurting.
- We believe that all people are of sacred worth. Period.
- We hold as a core method of theological interpretation the analysis of Scripture through tradition, reason and experience.
- We honor each individual’s understanding of, and experience of God as unique.
- We believe in using inclusive language for God.
- We understand God’s grace to be unbounded and so believe in universal salvation.