About Us

OUR Values

We pursue our vision, guided by these values:

Ancient faith

We are a church that grounds its faith in scripture. We adhere to the creeds for the foundations of our faith, to the early church for inspiration, and to the church fathers and mothers for wisdom and understanding. We gather to worship on Sundays and ground our liturgy and theology in the Bible.

Context

While we are a people of ancient faith, we believe we are called to engage when and where we are in faithful ways. We believe we are gifted by the Spirit to engage in particular ways in our particular contexts. Our liturgy may look different from the Anglican church down the street as a way for us to be faithful to our context.

Discipleship

We are committed to intentionality when it comes to our growth as Christians into Christlikeness. Our identity as disciples of Jesus beckons us to follow in his footsteps, to learn from him, and order our lives in such a way that we are close to his heart and his ways. We believe in whole-life discipleship– the youngest and oldest of us can be intentional in our formation. We learn together through liturgy, teaching, and neighborhood groups and commit ourselves to the intentionality of formation.

Connection

We want to be a church where people feel seen and known. We desire for connection to be holistic– that people at Immanuel would feel connected to themselves, to others, and to God. We do this by encouraging emotional health, opportunities for meeting others, and through gatherings for prayer and learning. We want Immanuel to be a place where people find others to walk alongside as they follow Jesus.

Diversity & Equity

We believe all of God’s people are made in his image and are dearly loved by him. We acknowledge that, individually and systemically, the world and the church has not lived up to this belief. We are committed to creating a safe, diverse, and equitable space for people of all races and ethnicities and of all abilities and disabilities. We are an egalitarian church, which means we believe in the equal calling and empowering of women alongside men in ministry, in the workplace, and in the home.

Mission

We believe that this world belongs to God who is already at work redeeming it to himself. As disciples, we are called to co-labor with Jesus in this reconciling work that brings about his kingdom “on earth as it is in heaven." We believe that our relationship with Jesus ought to make us people of peace, justice, reconciliation, and empowerment. Our faith ought to be influential in the world around us. We want to be people who are called into our communities and workplaces to spread the gospel, to love others, and to help those around us flourish.