About

About God

We believe that God is the loving creator of all that exists, both seen and unseen. God is eternal and completely good, knowing all things , having all power and majesty. God exists as a Trinity in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

God passionately desires relationships with us and towards this end continually invites us into a relationship of faith, friendship, learning and service. ( Genesis 1:1; Matthew 28:19; John 14:6-9, 15-17, 16:7-15; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 John 4:9-10 )

About Jesus Christ

We believe that God expressed Himself in human form through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified for the sins of us all, was buried, rose again from the dead, and ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of God and fufills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor and Advocate. ( Matthew 22:36-40; John 14:1-3; Acts 10:42-43; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, Colossians 1:13-2, 2:8-14; Hebrews 1:1-3, 7:25, 9:24; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; 1 John 2:1-2 )

About the Bible

We believe the primary way God speaks to the world is through the Bible, and that it is our priviledge to seek to understand God's message and apply it responsibly to our lives. The Bible is our standard in all we say and do. God's unchangeable biblical message ought to be presented in relevent and contemporary ways, free of religious jargon and understandable to the people in our community. We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in original writings, without error and completely trustworthy. (Joshua 1:7-8; Psalms 19:7-11, 119:9-16; Matthew 5:17-19, Acts 17:11; 1 Timothy 2:15; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:16-21; 3:14-18 )

About Salvation

We believe that all people are created with diginity and value in the image of God, to live in vital relationship with God. However through our sin ( failing to live by God's moral standards ) we break our intended relationship with God and we experience the destructive consequences of that broken relationship, spiritually and socially, in this life and beyond. However God sent His Son, Jesus Christ to rescue us from these consequences and restore our broken relationships with God and others, through Christ's death on the cross, a perfect act of redemption for each of us. Salvation comes to people on the basis of God's grace through faith in Jesus alone. They receive the free gift of forgiveness and are spiritually reborn through repenting of their sin and believing in Jesus Christ. Good works and a holy life, although totally unable to save anyone, are the natural product of repentant believing people. (John 3:16, 5:24; Romans 3:9-28; 10:9-10, 6:23; Ephesians 1::1-10; Titus 3:3-8; James 2:14-28; 1 Peter 2:24, 3:18)

About the Ordinances of the Church

We believe thre are two ordinances of the church - baptism and communion. Water baptism by immersion is an outward sign of an inward decision to follow Christ personally. Communion is to be a regular reminder of Christ's body and blood, death and resurrection that were given to us voluntarily so that we might experience life, hope, love and forgiveness as we eagerly await His return to the earth. ( Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15-16; Acts 8:12, 36-38, 9:18, 10:47; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 )

About Servant Leadership

We believe that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church. We are His servants to love our world. We mutually submit one to another. We put the needs of others above ourselves. Leaders who lead at Mosaic will do so on their knees ( as they pray to Christ and serve others by "washing their feet" ). Decisions are made at Mosaic by our team of elders as they listen to the voice of God, align our church by the scriptures and walk alongside our staff. Mutual submission to one another is expected from our leaders as we all strive to hear God's voice on each matter that concerns Mosaic. Mutual submission to one another is expected from our leaders as we all strive to hear God's voice on each matter that concerns Mosaic.

About Financial Stewardship

We believe that we are managers of things, not owners of anything. Whatever we have been given ( time, talents, possesions or money ) should be used first and foremost to honor God as His Kingdom comes to earth. We practice joyful, regular and sacrificial giving of our finances to vision and mission of Mosaic. Mosaic's finances are reviewed throughout the year by a team of qualified men and women. Our records are always open for review for our Mosaic members. The elders are ultimately responsible for the integrity of our financial dealings and the investments of God's ressources to the things that are closest to His heart as we bring the most glory to Him and the most good to humanity.

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About Community

We believe that God created us to belong to others. Life is never lived best alone. In our seeking of building community that God is pleased with, we place a high value on loving others unconditionally, encouraging them to honesty with others and Christ, serving the poor, needy and lost ( those who don't yet know Christ ) around us and living out lives that are authentic, approachable and transparent. We value the hurts, pain, suffering and destruction of the world in an effort to remind ourselves and others that only through Christ can humanity and society be made whole again. We believe that Christ died for the Church and that being a follower of His means that you pursue biblical community as one of your highest values.

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About Unity with Other Believers in Jesus

We believe that the Church is made up of many different types of followers of Christ. Many who have different backgrounds, cultures, belief sysytems and even practices on how they model the historic Christian faith. We will value these brothers and sisters of Christ. We will not seek to discredit them for our own good but instead honor how God has used all of the believing community of faith to help establish His Kingdom on earth. We will not be divisive about others and will attempt to seek and keep unity among the believing community as much as we can. In this attempt we believe that we will help fulfill the commands of Christ found in John 17 and towards that end we believe that the entire world will know about the love of God.

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About Marriage, Gender and Sexuality

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complimentary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Gen. 1:26-27). Rejection of one's biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.

We believe that the term "Marriage" has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in scripture. (Gen. 2:18-25)

We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Corinthians 6:18, 7:25; Hebrews 13:4)

We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of marriage between a man and a woman.

We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, beastiality,incest and use of pornography), seeking His mercy and forgi is sinful and offensive to God. (Matt 15:18-20, 1 Cor 6:9-10)

We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (Acts 3:19-21; Rom !0:9-10; 1 Cor 6:9-11)

We believe that every person be afforded compassion, love,kindness,respect and diginity. (Mark 12:28-31); Luke 6:31) Hateful and harrasing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of Mosaic Church. Mosaic Church will be a welcoming church to anyone who is looking and longing for Jesus and the Kingdom, but we will not be an affirming church to those who wish to deviate from the boundries of Holy Scripture.

We believe that in order to preserve the function and integrity of Mosaic Church as the local body of Christ, and provide a biblical role model to the Mosaic Church members and the community we are called to love, serve and lead, it is imperitive that all persons employed by Mosaic Church in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender and sexuality. (Matt 5:16; Phil 2:14-16; 1 Thess 5:22)

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