Does God care “how” we worship him? Modern church culture has spent the last fifty years telling us that God is only concerned “that” we worship him and the “how” is irrelevant. We believe Scripture, as well as church history, teaches otherwise. Certainly, there are cultural considerations that display the beauty of the diverse body of Christ across all nations and languages but the standard, moti...  Read More

What does this title even mean? It means that we will not have multiple services, even if we outgrow our space (outside of extenuating circumstances which may require it temporarily).It is often said, "You don’t go to church, you are the church;” while we understand what is meant by this and can agree in part, it isn’t technically true and we believe it to be modernly unhelpful. The Greek word tra...  Read More

The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread - 1 Corinthians 10:16–17Whereas baptism acts as the New Covenant sign of initiation, communion acts as the ongoing covenant sign of belonging. In t...  Read More

“So, I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you.” - 1 Peter 5:1-3Elder Led Congregationalism is the church authority structure that derives from the Bible’s clear teaching of two truths: Each church is to be led by multiple elders (pastor/she...  Read More

"And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts" – Ac 2:46Immediately after the first clear gospel sermon is preached at Pentecost, Luke gives us a little cameo into what this new spirit filled church looks like: radical community. People didn’t get their salvation and then just leave off as individual Christi...  Read More

"I will give you the keys of the kingdom, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven." – Matt 16:19The Bible assumes meaningful, local church membership. There are no Christians in the Bible who are converted and then just wander around following Jesus alone, they are immediately connected to a physical local body of believers as ...  Read More

"For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance o...  Read More

For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and also great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. -1 Tim 3:13-There are only two offices in the church that the Bible lays out: Elder/Pastor/Overseer (all words used interchangeably for the lead and teaching office) and Deacon. Now, this word Deacon just means servant or to serve and that is the way it is used th...  Read More

Baptism is where one makes a public declaration to the world and the cosmic powers and authorities that he or she now belongs to Christ.  Read More