This is the simple declaration of what UFMCC believes, as stated
in our By-Laws, and accepted by our General
Conference:
Christianity is the revelation of God in Jesus Christ and is the religion
set forth in the scriptures. Jesus Christ is foretold in the Old Testament,
presented in the New Testament, and proclaimed by the Christian Church
in every age and in every land. Founded in the interest of offering a church
home to all who confess and believe, the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches moves in the mainstream of Christianity. Our faith is
based upon the principles outlined in the historic creeds: Apostles and
Nicene.
We believe:
wIn
one triune God, omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient, of one substance
and of three persons: God - our
Parent-Creator; Jesus
Christ the only begotten son of God, God in flesh, human; and the Holy
Spirit - God as our
Sustainer.
wThat
the Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God, showing forth God to every
person through the law and the
prophets, and
finally, completely and ultimately on earth in the being of Jesus Christ.
wThat
Jesus...the Christ...historically recorded as living some 2,000 years before
this writing, is God incarnate,
of human birth, fully
God and fully human, and that by being one with God, Jesus has demonstrated
once and
forever that all people
are likewise Children of God, being spiritually made in God's image.
wThat
the Holy Spirit is God making known God's love and interest to all people.
The Holy Spirit is God,
available to and working
through all who are willing to place their welfare in God's keeping.
wEvery
person is justified by grace to God through faith in Jesus Christ.
wWe
are saved from loneliness, despair and degradation through God's gift of
grace, as was declared by our
Savior. Such grace
is not earned, but is a pure gift from a God of pure love. We further commend
the
community of the faithful
to a life of prayer; to seek genuine forgiveness for unkind, thoughtless
and unloving
acts; and to a committed
life of Christian service.
wThe
Church serves to bring all people to God through Christ. To this end, it
shall arrange for regular services
of worship, prayer,
interpretation of the Scriptures, and edification through the teaching
and preaching of the
Word.
