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Core
Beliefs and Values: The Heart and Soul of BPC
BPC members
and attendees come from a variety of religious backgrounds, including
Presbyterian, and do not always agree in all areas of theological
interpretation. But transcending and holding together this healthy
divergence of opinions, is the heart and soul of BPC - the core
beliefs and values of the congregation.
Our
Core Values:
- Acceptance
and Inclusiveness that welcomes all people and calls us to
act lovingly and without judgment toward everyone.
- Partnership
among members, staff and pastors, using our gifts to lead and
serve the church, caring for all people. We are all ministers.
- Joy
in our faith journey, worship, ministry and church-family life.
- Mission
by sharing our time, talent and resources inside and outside the
church
Our
Core Beliefs:
- Jesus
Christ is our Lord and Savior and the Head of our church.
Above all else, BPC is a Christ-centered community of faith.
- God's
saving grace extends to all. Though we all fall short, we
gratefully and humbly receive God's grace and strive to follow
Christ's teachings.
- God speaks
to us through Scripture. The Bible is regarded as the divinely
inspired Word of God expressed by humankind, and the Scriptures
as the "roadmap for life" that we use to guide us as we seek to
understand God and how to live our lives.
- God wants
a personal relationship with each of us, based on trust in God.
We are God's divine creation, created in God's image, and we are
God's beloved. We trust that our heavenly Creator yearns for a
close and loving relationship with each of us. We yearn for that
relationship, too, and strive to make it the first priority in
our lives.
- We are
all called to be Christ's disciples. As we come to know God
through Christ more fully, we understand that we are called to
model our lives after Christ. This means actively living out our
faith as we seek to extend God's love to the world.
 To
learn more about our national denomination, Presbyterian Church
(U.S.A.), please visit www.pcusa.org.
To learn more
about what Presbyterians believe, visit http://www.pcusa.org/today/believe/believe.htm.
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