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Milwaukie Church is an evangelical church that seeks
to be contemporary and progressive in a way which faces the most
important issues of life head on. Here at MFBC, we provide biblical
principles relevant to your everyday life. As part of the overall
philosophy of ministry, we strive to live out the following core values:
- We Are Committed To Bring Relevance
Many people believe that the Bible and
Christianity are answering only yesterday's questions. We believe
Christianity is relevant to issues of our day and age. Progressive
means we believe that God will impact and change our world through His
power. We're eager to try new ideas or approaches to improve what we
do.
- The Process Is As Important As The Product
We care about how we do ministry and how it
affects people's lives. Every person faces different life experiences
and what an individual feels and thinks is important. Part of your
life experience involves time to seek, discover and ask questions - we
honor this discovery process.
- Discovery And Involvement Produce
Fruitfulness
We are committed to providing opportunities for
people to study the Bible and serve through their gifts and talents.
The real joy in life comes not from what we get, but what we give
through service and discover through study.
- Questions Are Encouraged
We believe everyone is in an adventure of
spiritual discovery. Christianity stands up well to strong questions
and at MFBC, they are encouraged.
- Involvement And Discovery From An
Experience With God
Interdependence means everyone counts and everyone
is valued. God works through teamwork. We are strongly committed to
connections as we achieve God's goals together through teamwork
partnership.
Jesus said the two greatest commandments are to
love God and to love your neighbor. Milwaukie Church is committed to
loving God and helping you love one another! We want to help you
discover God's love so you can develop quality relationships with
other Gods people that will enable you to live out the mystery of
Christ in you. In many ways the principle of Jesus is so simple: love
God and love others. Yet this principle takes commitment. Milwaukie
Church is here to help you as you discover, grow and develop.
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At the center of our beliefs is a personal relationship with God through
Jesus Christ. The Bible, which is uniquely inspired by God, reveals
God's plan for this relationship. As the Bible teaches, there is one
God, who exists eternally in three persons -- Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit -- each possessing all the attributes of God. God created us to have
an ongoing personal relationship with Him. We often, through our actions
and attitudes, ignore and reject who God is and His plan for us. This is
known as sin. Because God is holy, He cannot accept our sin and this
causes our relationship with Him to be broken. The Bible teaches that
the penalty for our sin is death which is eternal separation from God.
Jesus Christ, the one and only Son of God lived a sinless life on earth
and voluntarily paid for our sin by dying on the cross as our
substitute. What this means is that Jesus Christ provided a means by
which our broken relationship with God could be completely restored.
This is salvation. Salvation comes only through God's grace and must be
received personally by repentance and faith. Jesus rose from the dead
and is the only Mediator between us and God. He will return to earth to
fulfill God's plan. Until then, the Holy Spirit equips those who have a
personal relationship with Jesus with gifts which allow for growth and
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The worship celebrations on Sunday morning are designed
to help you experience God's greatness. They are designed for those
investigating the Christian faith, those who are seeking biblical
insights for life and those growing in Christ as they live out their
faith in a relevant cultural context. We offer two distinct services. A
Classic Service at 9:30 am and a Contemporary Service at 11:10 am.
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