Beliefs

Our Membership Covenant

As disciples of Jesus Christ, we covenant with each other and with God to aspire to be a faithful expression of the Body of Christ in this world, welcoming all to participate in our life together and to join us in making this covenant. To this end, we:

Confess our brokenness and self-centeredness, and our need for God’s rescuing and transforming love, embodied in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, our Lord.

Commit to carry on Jesus’ ministry of love, forgiveness, and reconciliation through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Pledge to one another at First Mennonite Church: to give and receive counsel, to extend mutual care, and to share our talents, resources, and prayers as God enables us.

Embrace the value of an Anabaptist understanding of the gospel as articulated in Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective.

Inclusion Statement

 

First Mennonite Church embraces Jesus’ ministry of reconciliation, calling all people into a community of faith, hope, and love. Therefore . . . 

  • We seek to be a compassionate and inclusive Christian community, opening our arms to people of different ages, races, ethnicities, political affiliations, gender identities, sexual orientations, physical and mental abilities, economic circumstances, legal statuses, and beliefs.  

  • We confess that we are still dismantling in ourselves and in our structures the barriers that hinder and harm God’s beloved community.  

  • We offer baptism, membership, marriage, and leadership without discrimination through our standard church discernment procedures as we follow Jesus in covenant together.  

Core Values

In following Jesus, we seek to

Welcome all

Extend value and compassion to everyone

Pursue justice and peacemaking

Serve those in need

Discern together

Do no harm

Live humbly

Learn more

Church Statements

These statements were written and approved through a variety of congregational study, involvement, and leadership. Agreeing fully with a statement is not a criteria for membership (only the Covenant functions in that way), but statements are descriptive of our mission and vision as the Body of Christ in the world.

….

…..