Strategic Priorities

We will embrace diversity and improve our practices related to welcoming and actively including and inviting others into our physical space and spiritual community. 

As CMCers of all ages seek to follow Jesus, we will deepen our faith, strengthen theological understanding – especially of our own Anabaptist traditions – and grow through spiritual practices. 

We will grow in our practice of love, caring and unity, respecting diversity within our congregation and community.

We believe that God exists and is pleased with all who draw near by faith. We worship the one holy and loving God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit eternally. God has created all things visible and invisible, has brought salvation and new life to humanity through Jesus Christ, and continues to sustain the church and all things until the end of the age. 

We believe in Jesus Christ, the Word of God become flesh. He is the Savior of the world, who has delivered us from the dominion of sin and reconciled us to God by his death on a cross. He was declared to be Son of God by his resurrection from the dead. He is the head of the church, the exalted Lord, the Lamb who was slain, coming again to reign with God in glory.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the eternal Spirit of God, who dwelled in Jesus Christ, who empowers the church, who is the source of our life in Christ, and who is poured out on those who believe as the guarantee of redemption. 

We believe that all Scripture is inspired by God through the Holy Spirit for instruction in salvation and training in righteousness. We accept the Scriptures as the Word of God and as the fully reliable and trustworthy standard for Christian faith and life. Led by the Holy Spirit in the church, we interpret Scripture in harmony with Jesus Christ. 

We believe that the baptism of believers with water is a sign of their cleansing from sin. Baptism is also a pledge before the church of their covenant with God to walk in the way of Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Believers are baptized into Christ and his body by the Spirit, water, and blood.

We believe that peace is the will of God. God created the world in peace, and God’s peace is most fully revealed in Jesus Christ, who is our peace and the peace of the whole world. Led by the Holy Spirit, we follow Christ in the way of peace, doing justice, bringing reconciliation, and practicing nonresistance, even in the face of violence and warfare.

Article 1. God
Article 2. Jesus Christ
Article 3. Holy Spirit
Article 4. Scripture
Article 5. Creation and Divine Providence
Article 6. Creation and Calling of Human Beings
Article 7. Sin
Article 8. Salvation
Article 9. The Church of Jesus
Article 10. The Church in Mission
Article 11. Baptism
Article 12. The Lord's Supper

Article 13. Foot Washing
Article 14. Discipline in the Church
Article 15. Ministry in Leadership
Article 16. Church Order and Unity
Article 17. Discipleship and the Christian Life
Article 18. Spirituality
Article 19. Marriage
Article 20. Truth
Article 21. Christian Stewardship
Article 22. Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance
Article 23. Church's Relation to Government and Society
Article 24. The Reign of God