What We Believe
“We are a Jubilee community, inclusive and united to celebrate God’s grace through worship, to demonstrate Christ’s love by caring for one another and all people in need, to cultivate the Spirit’s gifts in all people, and reach out and disciple others in the Good News of our faith. We invite all people to join us in ministries of praise, love, and concern.”
From the United Church of Fayetteville “Statement of Mission,” By-laws: Article III
The United Church of Fayetteville (UCF) is a welcoming, inclusive community of faith that demonstrates Christ’s love by seeking justice and nourishing each person’s spiritual journey. With God’s help, we seek to realize this vision through vibrant worship, caring fellowship, challenging study, open and democratic governance, and active partnerships in mission and service – locally, nationally and internationally. (From our New Vision Report: A Mission Study in Ministry 2005)
Though we have members from many denominations and church backgrounds - or no church backgrounds - our roots grew from the Presbyterian Church USA and the American Baptist Churches USA, two churches that united during a coal shortage in 1933 to form one congregation. This interesting marriage believes God’s stories in the Bible remain relevant.
Though our Christian faith is more than 2,000 years old, we believe God is still speaking today. We believe in the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer). The Bible is our standard of faith and practice. We realize that our responsibility is to rethink, claim, and bear witness to our beliefs as God’s word continues to be revealed. The Bible helps us understand the good news of God’s grace that we know through Christ and we are to emulate Christ in our own day-to-day living. We are to embody the love of Christ in the world!
Reflective of our heritage in both the American Baptist Churches USA and the Presbyterian Church USA, we practice both infant baptism and dedication and believer’s baptism, and have available means to offer baptism by sprinkling or immersion. Baptisms and dedications are celebrated in services of public worship.
For more information, visit:
American Baptist Churches USA: What We Believe
Presbyterian Church USA: What We Believe