Calendar Registration News Invites Media Giving blank
The Branch
About The Branch : Who Are We?
About The Branch : Who Are We?

Why does The Branch exist?

To help people live in an intimate relationship with God.

 

How do we help people do this?

We accept you where you are and encourage you to engage in an intimate relationship with God by growing in the Core Beliefs, Core Practices, and Core Virtues.

 

Core Beliefs
Growing Core Beliefs

Our relationship with God becomes more intimate as we grow in these Core Beliefs:

God
There is one God, eternally existing in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
(Romans 8, Ephesians 1:13-14)

Bible
The Bible is the inspired Word of God, and therefore the final authority in our understanding of God and life.
(2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:19-21)

Humanity
God created human beings in His image for the purpose of living in an intimate relationship with Him. Through our sin, though, we are separated from an intimate relationship with God.
(Acts 17:24-28, Isaiah 59:1-2)

Salvation
God sent His son, Jesus Christ, to offer His righteous life as payment for our sin. Salvation is a free gift of God received through faith and expressed through confession, repentance, and baptism.
(1 Corinthians 15:1-8,
Romans 1:16-17; 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9, John 3:16, Acts 2:38)

Transformation
God not only wants to save us, He wants to transform us into the image of His Son.
Transformation is initiated by salvation, sustained by God’s grace, and gathers momentum as our will is brought into ever-increasing alignment with God’s will.
(Philippians 2:12, Romans 12:1-2)

Church
The church is the body of Christ on earth, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to reach those separated from God and mature those who have been restored to God through Christ.
(Ephesians 4:1-16)

Eternity
Christ will one day return, final judgment will be rendered, the image of God will be completely restored within us, and we will reign with Christ forever.
(1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, 1 John 3:2)

 

Core Practices
Engaging Core Practices

Living in an intimate relationship with God is enhanced as we grow in these Core Practices:

Pray daily

Read the Bible daily

Attend Celebration Worship weekly

Connect with believers in a small group regularly

Tell others of our experience with God

Invite others to engage in an intimate relationship with God

Contribute tithes and offerings to God

Exercise our talents to serve others

Speak honorably of others

 

Core Virtues


Developing Core Virtues

As we live in an intimate relationship with God, we grow in these Core Virtues:

Love

Joy

Peace

Patience

Kindness

Goodness

Faithfulness

Gentleness

Self-Control

 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)