We are a non-denominational church that seeks unity among God's people. We believe that Christians should lay aside the traditions of men and go back to the church described in the New Testament. We are a part of "The Restoration Movement." We want to unite with others around the essentials of the Scriptures. A phrase developed through this movement is "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, and in all things love."

What do we believe? President James A Garfield, our twentieth president, lived and died a member of the Christian Church, and was for some years a preacher in the church. He was once requested to formulate a statement which would give a more definite idea of our position in matters of faith. Here it is:

1. We call ourselves Christians. We do not claim to be the only Christians, but we want to be Christians only.

2. We believe in God the Father.

3. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and our Savior. We regard the divinity of Christ as the fundamental truth of the Christian system.

4. We believe in the Holy Spirit, both as to His agency in conversion and as a dweller in the heart of the Christian.

5. We accept the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God.

6. We believe in the future punishment of the wicked (hell) and the future reward of the righteous (heaven).

7. We believe that Deity is a prayer-hearing and prayer-answering God.

8. We observe the institution of the Lord's Supper every Lord's Day. To this Table we neither invite nor debar. It is his table. (If you have accepted Jesus as Lord you are welcome to partake of communion.)

9. We plead for the union of God's people.

10. The Bible is our only discipline. (The Bible alone is our reference and guide for life decisions.)

11. We maintain that all ordinances should be observed as they were in the days of the apostles. (Among those ordinances are marriage, communion, tithing.)