Our Vision and Beliefs



We are a Faith Community living as Christ's representatives in diverse communities across the Yakima Valley.  Our mission is to know God and make Him known.


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Below is information on what we belive and what it means to be "Christian Reformed".  


Faith Community Church is part of a denomination known as the Christian Reformed Church in North America. 


Each of these words tells something about who we are:


We call ourselves Christian because we are followers of Jesus Christ.  We believe that Jesus was the Son of God, that He is the center of human history, and that He should be the center of our own lives.


We are called Reformed because we are a part of a church that emerged from the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Europe.


We are a Church because we believe that God has called us together to be a people who worship and glorify Him in all that we do.




The 5 Great Truths

WHAT BINDS THESE CHURCHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOGETHER IS A COMMON PERSPECTIVE.  WE BELIEVE IN THE FIVE GREAT TRUTHS OF THE REFORMATION:

  • CHRIST ALONE - WE BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD.  JESUS FULLY PAID THE PENALTY FOR OUR SINS WITH HIS PERFECT LIFE AND HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS, AND NOTHING WE CAN DO CAN ADD TO THE WORK OF CHRIST FOR US.

  • FAITH ALONE - WE BELIEVE THAT BY FAITH ALONE WE RECEIVE THE BENEFITS AND BLESSINGS OF CHRIST'S DEATH.  WE MUST RECEIVE IN TRUST ALL THAT HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED FOR OUR SALVATION.  OUR GOOD WORKS DO NOT EARN US SALVATION; RATHER THEY ARE A GRATEFUL RESPONSE TO OUR SALVATION.

  • GRACE ALONE - WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN DO NOTHING TO MAKE OURSELVES RIGHT WITH GOD.  ONLY GOD DESERVES CREDIT FOR OUR SALVATION.  THROUGH HIS MERCY AND GRACE ALONE WE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH GOD AND RESTORED TO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND WITH EACH OTHER.

  • SCRIPTURE ALONE - WE BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY FOR FAITH AND LIFE AND THE INSPIRED WORD OF GOD.

  • GLORY TO GOD ALONE - WE BELIEVE THAT WE NOW LIVE TO BRING GLORY TO GOD.  BOTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A CHURCH, WE SEEK IN ALL THAT WE DO TO BRING HONOR TO GOD.  BOTH AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A CHURCH, WE SEEK IN ALL THAT WE DO TO BRING HONOR TO THE GOD WHO MADE US, REDEEMED US, AND LOVES US WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE.

The 3 Confessions

IN ADDITION TO THESE FIVE GREAT TRUTHS, OUR PERPECTIVE IS SHAPED BY THREE CONFESSIONS THAT FIND THEIR ROOTS IN THE REFORMATION.  THEY ARE:

  • THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM - THIS DOCUMENT EXPLAINS AND DISCUSSES THE APOSTLES' CREED, THE SACRAMENTS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND THE LORD'S PRAYER.

  • THE CANONS OF DORT - THIS IS A DEFENSE OF WHAT IS SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE "FIVE POINTS OF CALVINISM".  

  • THE BELGIC CONFESSION - THIS IS A DEFENSE AND EXPLANATION OF THE REFORMED UNDERSTANDING OF SALVATION.