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Faith Church has adopted a number of core values on which our faith and fellowship are founded. While they do not completely define Faith CRC and its members, they provide a foundation of shared beliefs on which our fellowship is built.
| The word of God is central and applicable to our everyday life. |
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All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3: 16-17 |
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| All people matter to God and, therefore matter to us. |
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3: 16, 17 |
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| Members must be challenged and trained how to serve God and others |
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Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24 |
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| Christ-centered education in home, school, and church is important. |
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These commands I give to you are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6: 6, 7 |
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Pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5: 17, 18 |
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| Proclaiming God's unconditional love to everyone is necessary. |
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You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1: 8 |
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| All members will discover and develop and use their spiritual gifts. |
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There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12: 4, 7 |
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