Purpose

Recognizing that the Church is the organization for carrying on that work among all people which Jesus Christ inaugurated, the purpose of this Church shall be to help individuals live as Christians, to maintain a Christian Congregation upon a community basis and to promote the Kingdom of God; specifically:

1. To provide for the public worship of God in spirit and truth,
2. To teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the perfect way of life,
3. To help individuals exemplify Christ in their lives through pure and righteous living and constant manifestation of friendliness to all people,
4. To express the Christian spirit through the support of worthy benevolences, both at home and abroad,
5. To enlist the interest and support of the youth of the congregation through provision of a broad and vital program of Christian education and fellowship,
6. To work toward the moral and spiritual upbuilding of the entire community.

Statement of Faith

The St. Paul Community Church acknowledges the Lord Jesus Christ as the great Head of the Church and receives the Holy Scriptures as authoritative in matters of faith, order and discipline, and bases its faith upon the following principles:

1. We believe that God is our Creator, the Lord Jesus Christ is our Savior, and the Holy Spirit is our Comforter and Guide,
2. We believe we are saved by a living faith, the fountain of this faith being the Bible, the living word of God,
3. We believe that for this experience of a living faith, a full measure of religious liberty and freedom of conscience is necessary,
4. We believe that it is in accordance with the spirit of Christ to cooperate with churches of all faiths in the work of the ecumenical church.

Excerpted from the Official Constitution, Revised at the Annual Meeting of January 25, 1998