Mission
At Avenue, we are laser-focused on living out our mission. It's our purpose for existing as a church, it's our big "WHY." Simply put, our mission is "Together, we will help people find new life in Jesus Christ."
Vision
Our vision can be described as to "HOW" we accomplish our mission. Simply put, we live out our mission when we help people... Connect to Jesus, Become like Jesus and Proclaim Jesus over their lives.
Values
Our values are the qualities that you will see and experience within our church. We are defined by a people who see that life is best lived by grace, in community, with authenticity and on mission.
Essentials
We believe God has asked us to be unified and show love to each other. At Avenue, we do this by asking everyone to be united in our essential beliefs, accept and give liberty in non-essential matters and to show love in all situations. Listed below is a concise summary of our "Essential Beliefs." These are not intended to be a creed, but simply serve to present our essential beliefs in brief. For further details or Scripture references supporting our beliefs, please contact our church office.
God
We believe in one God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and
invisible.
Jesus
We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s one and only Son, our one and only
Savior, who was born Jesus of Nazareth, both fully human and fully divine,
conceived of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, who suffered and was
crucified under Pontius Pilate, who died and was buried, and who rose
again bodily from the dead on the third day, who ascended into Heaven
and now sits at the right hand of the Father and who will return to earth to
judge both the living and the dead.
Holy Spirit
We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is an active and operative part of the
triune God and who indwells every Christian.
The Bible
We believe in the Bible, God’s Holy Word, Scripture. We believe God
inspired the autographs (original writings) of Scripture and those
autographs were consequently without error.
We accept the Bible as the final authority for all matters of faith and
practice.
The Fall
We believe the Bible teaches that human beings, created by God, willfully sinned against God and are consequently lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
Salvation
We believe the Bible teaches that salvation and the forgiveness of sins is
only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ. We believe the Bible
teaches that one receives God’s grace by putting faith in Christ, repenting
of sin, confessing Christ and being immersed into Christ, but that none of
these is sufficient in and of itself for the assurance of salvation.
The Church
We believe in the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the Day of Pentecost
and consisting of all Christians everywhere. We believe the Bible teaches that the Elders are to exercise authority over
the local congregation.