ECC's Core Values
We’re glad that you’ve chosen to discover more about Eastside Community Church. If you’re searching for a place where you can belong and be accepted, look no further. ECC is a place you can feel safe; a place where people are loved and valued. People often comment on our family atmosphere.
Eastside is a Christ centered church designed for all people, regardless of religious background. Through exciting worship, preaching, teaching, prayer and a number of specialized ministries, our focus is to see lives of all ages renewed by the Power of God. Our desire is that God will use our church to impact our community for Jesus Christ, and to bring a message of hope and healing to all. To give you a better understanding of what we are about, here are our Core Values, the principles that guide us:
· Every word of God’s Word is true and relevant to life.
· Everyone is important to God and therefore, valued by us.
· A life of worship and devotion to Christ brings honor to God.
· All believers discover their true identity only in Christ.
· Christ-centered relationships create a sense of unity and belonging.
· A commitment to excellence glorifies God and inspires people.
· Spiritual gifts are given to every believer to serve the church in love.
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Common Values/Core Beliefs
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The Church of God movement holds the firm conviction that the Bible is the inspired Word of God. In this context we accept all that is central and enduring in the faith of historic, orthodox Christianity as these essentials often have been stated in widely accepted faith affirmation.
In declaring our present understandings of Christian faith, experience, discipline, and fellowship, we gratefully acknowledge our particular indebtedness at many points to the Protestant Reformation, to the Anabaptist free-church tradition, to the Puritan-Pietist movements, to Arminian-Wesleyan evangelicalism, and to the Holiness movement in the United States.
The Church of God believes in a cluster of biblical teachings which form a vision of the church. Specifically:
1. God’s church is the community of redeemed persons.
2. God’s church is a community of divine-human partnership with Christ as Head.
3. God’s church is a holy community.
4. God’s church is intended to be a unified community.
The Church of God believes that God calls his people to mission.
All Christians are mandated to bear witness to God’s saving
activity in Jesus Christ and to "make disciples of all nations.
The Church of God believes in the principle of openness to all affirmations of the Christian faith which are expressions of the biblical revelation. The intended unity among Christians is not based on the achievement of full agreement on all theological questions. Rather, it is based on a common membership in the church through the grace of God and is anchored by a common commitment to the centrality of Christ and the authority of the Word of God.