In essential beliefs we have unity. “There is one Body and one Spirit…there is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father of us all…” Ephesians 4:4-6

In non-essential beliefs we have liberty. “Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters…Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls…So then each of you will give an account of himself to God…So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God.” Romans 14:1,4,12,22

In all our beliefs we show charity. “…If I hold in my mind not only all human knowledge but also the very secrets of God, and if I have the faith that can move mountains - but have no love, I amount to nothing at all.” 1 Corinthians 13:2

WHAT WE BELIEVE:
About God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit (from the Apostle's Creed)

We believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and earth.

We believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord: who as conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into Heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Universal Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.

ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE
“We believe the Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, reveals the Word of God so far as it is necessary for our salvation. It is to be received through the Holy Spirit as the true rule and guide for faith and practice. Whatever is not revealed in or established by the Holy Scriptures is not to be made an article of faith nor is it to be taught as essential to salvation.”

United Methodist Book of Discipline (1996) page 65
2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Timothy 1:13; Psalm 119:105, 160, Psalm 12:6

ABOUT THE CHURCH
“We believe the Christian Church is the community of all true believers under the Lordship (leadership) of Christ. We believe it is one, holy, apostolic and catholic. It is the redemptive fellowship in which the Word of God is preached by men divinely called, and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ’s own appointment. Under the discipline of the Holy Spirit the Church exists for the maintenance of worship, the edification of believers and the redemption of the world.”

United Methodist Book of Discipline (1996) page 65
Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Peter 2:4-12; Acts 2:37-47

ABOUT SALVATION
“We believe man is fallen from righteousness and, apart from the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, is destitute of holiness and inclined to evil. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. In his own strength, without divine grace, man cannot do good works pleasing and acceptable to God. We believe, however, man influenced and empowered by the Holy Spirit is responsible in freedom to exercise his will for good.”

“We believe God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself. The offering Christ freely made on the cross is the perfect and sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole world, redeeming man from all sin, so that no other satisfaction is required.”

“We believe we are never accounted righteous before God through our works or merit, but that penitent sinners are justified or accounted righteous before God only by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.”

United Methodist Book of Discipline (1996) page 66
Romans 3:23, 6:23; Ephesians 2:1-10; John 1:12, 3:3, 14:6; Titus 3:4-7; Galatians 3:26; Romans 5:1

ABOUT THE SACRAMENTS
“We believe the Sacraments, ordained by Christ, are symbols and pledges of the Christian’s profession and of God’s love toward us. They are means of grace by which God works invisibly in us, quickening, strengthening and confirming our faith in Him. Two Sacraments are ordained by Christ our Lord, namely Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.”

“We believe Baptism signifies entrance into the household of faith, and is a symbol of repentance and inner cleansing from sin, a representation of the new birth in Christ Jesus and a mark of Christian discipleship.”

“We believe children are under the atonement of Christ and as heirs of the kingdom of God are acceptable subjects for Christian Baptism. Children of believing parents through Baptism become the special responsibility of the Church. They should be nurtured and led to personal acceptance of Christ, and by profession of faith confirm their Baptism.”

“We believe the Lord’s Supper is a representation of our redemption, a memorial of the sufferings and death of Christ, and a token of love and union which Christians have with Christ and with one another. Those who rightly, worthily and in faith eat the broken bread and drink the blessed cup partake of the body and blood of Christ in a spiritual manner until he comes.”

United Methodist Book of Discipline (1996) pages 65-66
Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:38, 8:36-38, 22:16; Romans 6:3-11; Matthew 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25; Luke 22:17-20