Our Understanding of the Faith Journey
We believe that every person is on a unique spiritual journey. For some, the goal is clear and the path easy to follow. Others may be less sure about where they are going and how to get there. Be assured that no matter where you are on your life’s journey, you are welcome here.
We are not a creed-based church. No one will tell you what you have to believe in order to be part of the UCG family. God truly is still speaking to each of us, and everyone is granted the elbow room to craft his or her own conversation.
Even as we encourage inquiry, engagement, growth and change, we do share some core values. We are committed to a vision of Christianity that is open, welcoming, and progressive. We are committed to exploring the Bible and the Christian tradition to discover ways to make this world a better place. We are committed to peace—peace with ourselves, amongst ourselves, and in the wider world. We’re committed to justice, standing up for those who have no political voice and speaking truth to power, whatever the consequences.
We are not a creed-based church. No one will tell you what you have to believe in order to be part of the UCG family. God truly is still speaking to each of us, and everyone is granted the elbow room to craft his or her own conversation.
Even as we encourage inquiry, engagement, growth and change, we do share some core values. We are committed to a vision of Christianity that is open, welcoming, and progressive. We are committed to exploring the Bible and the Christian tradition to discover ways to make this world a better place. We are committed to peace—peace with ourselves, amongst ourselves, and in the wider world. We’re committed to justice, standing up for those who have no political voice and speaking truth to power, whatever the consequences.
Our Affiliations
American Baptist Churches USA
American Baptist Churches USA is both the oldest continuing body of Baptist Christians in North America and the first fellowship of Christian churches organized independently on this continent. There is no single majority racial or ethnic group within the ABC/USA. American Baptists are Christ-centered and Biblically grounded, affirming that every person has the right and responsibility to interpret the Bible for him or herself and to express his or her faith in a way that is consistent with the leading of the Holy Spirit. The ABC/USA is the denominational home of Walter Rauschenbusch and H.E. Fosdick, early leaders of the “social gospel movement,” Helen B. Montgomery, the first female president of a major American denomination, and pastor and civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ was formed in 1957 when Congregational Christian churches and The Evangelical and Reformed Church in the US chose to unite. We in the UCC describe ourselves as “people of God's extravagant welcome who listen for the still-speaking God.” In UCC churches, Jesus the healer meets Jesus the revolutionary, and people work to grow a just and peaceful world. The UCC is the denominational home of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, famous theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich, journalist Bill Moyers, and President Barack Obama.
American Baptist Churches USA is both the oldest continuing body of Baptist Christians in North America and the first fellowship of Christian churches organized independently on this continent. There is no single majority racial or ethnic group within the ABC/USA. American Baptists are Christ-centered and Biblically grounded, affirming that every person has the right and responsibility to interpret the Bible for him or herself and to express his or her faith in a way that is consistent with the leading of the Holy Spirit. The ABC/USA is the denominational home of Walter Rauschenbusch and H.E. Fosdick, early leaders of the “social gospel movement,” Helen B. Montgomery, the first female president of a major American denomination, and pastor and civil rights leader, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The United Church of Christ
The United Church of Christ was formed in 1957 when Congregational Christian churches and The Evangelical and Reformed Church in the US chose to unite. We in the UCC describe ourselves as “people of God's extravagant welcome who listen for the still-speaking God.” In UCC churches, Jesus the healer meets Jesus the revolutionary, and people work to grow a just and peaceful world. The UCC is the denominational home of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe, famous theologians Reinhold Niebuhr and Paul Tillich, journalist Bill Moyers, and President Barack Obama.
The Alliance of Baptists
The Alliance of Baptists is an alliance of individuals and churches dedicated to the preservation of historic Baptist principles, freedoms, and traditions, and to the proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ and the calling of all peoples to faith, reconciliation, hope, and social and economic justice.
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
The BPFNA is a coalition of churches and organizations dedicated to gathering, equipping, and mobilizing Baptists to build a culture of peace rooted in justice.
Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
AWAB is a coalition of churches and organizations that envision a day within the Baptist family when no one will feel excluded from God's love in Jesus Christ because of their sexual orientation.
The Alliance of Baptists is an alliance of individuals and churches dedicated to the preservation of historic Baptist principles, freedoms, and traditions, and to the proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ and the calling of all peoples to faith, reconciliation, hope, and social and economic justice.
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America
The BPFNA is a coalition of churches and organizations dedicated to gathering, equipping, and mobilizing Baptists to build a culture of peace rooted in justice.
Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists
AWAB is a coalition of churches and organizations that envision a day within the Baptist family when no one will feel excluded from God's love in Jesus Christ because of their sexual orientation.
A copy of the church directory can be obtained through the church office
