OUR BELIEFS
About God:
We believe in one God who eternally exists in three distinct, equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity). God, the Father, is Creator and Ruler of the universe. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, became flesh to reveal God to humanity and to become the Lord of our lives and Savior of the lost world. Living a sinless human life, Jesus offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. After three days, Jesus rose from the dead to demonstrate His power over sin and death. He ascended to Heaven and will return again someday to earth to reign as King. The Spirit is present in the world to make people aware of their need for Jesus Christ, and provides Christians with the ability to understand spiritual truth and guidance in daily living.
About Humanity:
We believe that all people were created in the image of God to have fellowship with him, but became alienated in that relationship through sinful disobedience. As a result, people are incapable of regaining a right relationship with God through their own efforts.
About Salvation:
We believe the blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the sole basis for the forgiveness of sin. Therefore, God freely offers salvation to those who place their faith in the death and resurrection of Christ as sufficient payment for their sin.
About the Christian Life:
We believe all Christians should live for Christ and not for themselves. By obedience to the Word of God and daily yielding to the Holy Spirit, every believer should mature and be conformed to the image of Christ.
About the Church:
We believe that the Church is the body of Christ, of which Jesus Christ is the head. The members of the Church are those who have trusted by faith the finished work of Christ. The purpose of the church is to glorify God by loving Him and by making Him known to the lost world.
Hope Covenant Church is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church
The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is a rapidly growing multi-ethnic denomination in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the ECC values the Bible as the Word of God, the gift of God’s grace and ever-deepening spiritual life that comes through faith in Jesus Christ, the importance of extending God’s love and compassion to a hurting world, and the strength that comes from unity within diversity.
What makes the Covenant unique from other denominations is the fact that while it strongly affirms the clear teaching of the Word of God, it allows believers the personal freedom to have varying interpretations on theological issues that are not clearly presented in Scripture.