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What
We Teach and Believe at Zion
God
is three persons yet one God. The title we use to express this mystery
is the Trinity. God has always existed.
God the Father created
the cosmos and continues to provide for the needs of every aspect
of it, including each of us. We believe that God knows us by name.
God the Son, Jesus Christ,
is true God and true human. At the right time, he was born into
our humanity, lived among us proclaiming God’s love, died
to pay the price for human sin, and came back to life on the day
we call Easter. In doing this, he has saved us from sin and death
and has given us formidable forgiveness, absolute acceptance and
limitless life.
God the Holy Spirit gives
us the power to follow Christ and live each day fully and joyfully.
The Bible is God’s
revealed truth and shapes all that we believe about God and our
relationships with God and one another.
We are a sacramental
people. That is, the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion are
important to us and are a central part of our life.
When this earthly life
is completed, there is a never-ending life, amazingly beyond the
joys of our imagination, that awaits the people of God in Jesus
Christ.
The
church is not a denomination nor is it a building. The church is
the body of Christ, which includes all who believe that Jesus Christ
is their Lord and Savior. No walls, no boundaries, all believers
across the globe and throughout time are the church.
The people at Zion are
not members with names on a roster. They are each gifted to serve
in unique and beautiful ways. As we join our God-given spiritual
gifts together, we bring love and hope to our community and the
world in the name and through the power of Jesus Christ.
The
people of God at Zion care for each other and value one another
in a real way that is not based upon outward appearances, but inner
worth and importance. It is the way of Jesus.
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