Beliefs and Denomination

Church on The Ave is a confessional church in the Reformed tradition, though our community gathers people from a wide variety of faith backgrounds. Along with Christ’s Church worldwide, we affirm the Christian faith as it is summed up in the historic creeds.

The Apostles Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty,

creator of heaven and earth.

I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting. Amen.

In addition, we affirm the following fundamental truths:

God’s creation is fundamentally good and points toward the goodness of its Creator.
All people are created in God’s divine imagine and have inherent dignity and worth.
All people sin, alienating themselves from God, one another and the rest of Creation.
God’s solution to the problem of sin was to come in the person of Jesus, whose life, death and resurrection make reconciliation possible.
All who confess faith in Jesus are adopted as children of God, forgiven of their sins, blessed with the indwelling of God’s Holy Spirit, and joined to a worldwide body of believers, Christ’s Church.
As Christians, we are called to announce and embody his peaceable Kingdom. This means sharing the good news about Jesus widely in both word and deed.
One day, Jesus will bring his Kingdom in all its fullness and put an end to death, pain, injustice and suffering.