Values
Our vision is to experience and express God’s unconditional love. Our mission is to know and make known God’s unconditional love revealed in Christ through our worship, witness, teaching, service, stewardship, fellowship, and personal walk with God. The key to who we are is the unconditional love of God. We are committed to manifesting God’s love in our relationships with one another in the community of faith and in the larger community and through tangible acts of mercy and compassion.
Some basic values we hold:
- The centrality of Christ as the supreme revelation of God to humanity. We acknowledge that God may reveal God’s self in other ways and through other religious traditions, but as Christians we believe that God’s full revelation came through Jesus Christ.
- The importance of scripture for understanding and experiencing God’s redemptive purpose in the world. We do not worship the Bible and believe that the Bible must be understood and interpreted in light of the character of God, in particular the love and grace and goodness of God as it has been mediated through Jesus Christ.
- The freedom of the individual to interpret scripture and discover God’s will and the freedom of the church to discern God’s mission without hierarchical influence. We uphold the freedom to disagree on matters of faith and practice with the utmost respect for each person and their unique perspective.
- We are an inclusive fellowship committed to the equality of all the children of God, welcoming and affirming of all persons without regard to race, gender, class, or sexual orientation.
Affiliations
We support and affiliate with the following Baptist bodies:
- Baptist Seminary of Kentucky
- Baptist Women in Ministry
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
- Kentucky Council of Churches
- Kentucky Baptist Convention
- Kentucky Baptist Fellowship