Sunday Worship
Contemporary - 8:30 a.m.
Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.
Traditional - 11:00 a.m.
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Our Beliefs
United Methodists share a common
heritage with all Christians. According to our foundational
statement of beliefs in The Book of Discipline, we share the
following basic affirmations in common with all Christian
communities:
- God
- We believe in one God, who created the world and all that
is in it.
- We believe that God is sovereign; that is, God is the
ruler of the universe.
- We believe that God is loving. We can experience God's
love and grace.
- Jesus
- We believe that Jesus was human. He lived as a man and
died when he was crucified.
- We believe that Jesus is divine. He is the Son of God.
- We believe that God raised Jesus from the dead and that
the risen Christ lives today. (Christ and messiah mean the same
thing, God's anointed.)
- We believe that Jesus is our Savior. In Christ we receive
abundant life and forgiveness of sins.
- We believe that Jesus is our Lord and that we are called
to pattern our lives after his.
- The Holy Spirit
- We believe that the Holy Spirit is God with us.
- We believe that the Holy Spirit comforts us when we are in
need and convicts us when we stray from God.
- We believe that the Holy Spirit awakens us to God's will
and empowers us to live obediently.
- Trinity
- We describe God in three persons. Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit are commonly used to refer to the threefold nature of God.
Sometimes we use other terms, such as Creator, Redeemer, and
Sustainer.
- Human Beings
- We believe that God created human beings in God's image.
- We believe that humans can choose to accept or reject a
relationship with God.
- We believe that all humans need to be in relationship with
God in order to be fully human.
- The Church
- We believe that the church is the body of Christ, an
extension of Christ's life and ministry in the world today.
- We believe that the mission of the church is to make
disciples of Jesus Christ.
- We believe that the church is 'the communion of saints', a
community made up of all past, present, and future disciples of
Christ.
- We believe that the church is called to worship God and to
support those who participate in its life as they grow in faith.
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Ivey
Memorial United Methodist Church
