• We believe God’s very existence is community – God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

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• We believe and profess the teachings of historical Christianity.

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• We believe and teach that the Bible is the inspired and authoritative word of God.

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• We believe that the church is a community of believers that gather to grow and to go into the world inspired and empowered to tell others of God’s love for them.

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• We believe that God created all people in His image and should therefore matter to us. 

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• Everyone is welcome at New Hope Church, no matter where they are on their spiritual journey.

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• We believe that God’s grace is available to all persons.

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• We believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the second person of the Trinity and that He makes forgiveness possible for everyone – His sacrificial life, death, and resurrection is a gift from God that gives us freedom from the mistakes and failures of our past and freedom to be what God created us to be. 

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• We believe embracing faith in Jesus is the only way for this restoration to happen.

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• We believe that taking time to investigate the claims of Christ is important; doing so within the context of community provides for a rooted spiritual life.

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• We believe that as followers of Jesus we are called to holiness and to bring our lives under the leadership of Jesus.  As we follow Jesus, the Holy Spirit, our comforter, our guide, our teacher, our empowerer and the third person of the Trinity, the one that raised Jesus from the dead lives within us and works to transform us with sanctifying grace.

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• We believe that the celebration of Holy Communion is a significant way we remember Christ’s sacrificial lifestyle and anticipate His return. When we participate in the Lord’s Supper as a community, it is a time of both celebration and reflection.

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• We believe that baptism is an initiation into the Christian community and a proclamation of the saving work of God through Jesus Christ.    The sacrament is a gift of God’s grace that is available to persons of all ages.  While no one needs to be re-baptized, we do offer frequent opportunities to remember your baptism.