Even though Saving Grace is a new congregation, there is nothing new in our beliefs as Christians.  Following the teachings of the ancient faith, we continue to confess the core teachings of the Bible that Christians have confessed throughout the ages.

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).  "You did not choose me, but I chose you...." (John 15:16).  Along with the saints of old we believe these words of Jesus, that we enter into relationship with God by His initiative, and that by his grace we find eternal life through faith in Christ Jesus. 

Perhaps the best way to summarize our beliefs is to go back to the historic Christian faith. We believe that the central truths of the Christian faith are faithfully expressed by the Nicene Creed as confessed by all true Christians throughout history.  In 381 AD at the council of Nicea, the church sought to put together a confession of the faith which succinctly stated the truths of Biblical teaching.  We know this confession today as the Nicene Creed:

    I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all things visible and invisible.
    And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary and was made man; and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried. And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. And he will come again with glory to judge both the living and the dead, whose kingdom will have no end.
    And I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets.
    And I believe in one holy Christian and apostolic Church, I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.