STATEMENT OF FAITH

We believe in the Holy Scriptures, the Old and New Testaments, as the Word of God and the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct.

AFFILATION

Hope Church of Turlock is a member of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) and its Pacific Southwest Conference (PSWC). It is pledged to work in harmony with the ECC and PSWC and to faithfully support the mission, ministries, and policies of each.

PURPOSE

We covenant to cultivate a community of worship committed to prayer, preaching and study of the Word of God, the celebration of the sacraments, and fellowship across gender, race, age, culture, and class. In so doing, we covenant to equip loving, giving, growing Christians to reach out with the good news of Jesus Christ - evangelizing the lost, ministering to those in need, and seeking justice for the oppressed.

PARTNERS

Partnership in church ministry (formerly referred to as membership) is granted as provided in the by-laws to those who through faith in God’s Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, have been born anew to a living hope through the Holy Spirit, have been baptized according to the Holy Scriptures; desire to live a Christian life; and promise to faithfully support the mission, ministries, and policies of the church and to share in its fellowship.

EVANGELICAL COVENANT WEBSITE LINK

Our Six Affirmations

  1. We affirm the centrality of the word of God.

  2. We affirm the necessity of the new birth.

  3. We affirm a commitment to the whole mission of the church.

  4. We affirm the church as a fellowship of believers.

  5. We affirm a conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.

  6. We affirm the reality of freedom in Christ.