Southeast church is a group of people that are on a journey with Jesus Christ together. We're made up of people who are all ages and backgrounds; but, with Jesus’ love, we are all family. We want you to enjoy and experience relevant messages, contemporary-style worship, and a relaxed, friendly atmosphere where you’ll fit right in. Join us!
OUR BELIEFS
- There is one God who has expressed Himself to us personally as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- The Bible communicates God's love to us and is the truth regarding all things including salvation through faith and how to live a life that is pleasing to Him.
- The love and grace of God is extended to every person through what Jesus accomplished through His death and resurrection.
- In turning from ourselves and trusting Him, we experience a new life, being freed from the old patterns of self-destructive acts called sin.
- Unless we experience salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, our future is one of eternal separation from God and all that is good.
- All who live for Jesus Christ have an eternal future with Him.
You may also access the complete Nazarene Manual* for more details on what we believe as a denomination.
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OUR CORE VALUES
RELATIONAL PEOPLE
We believe in establishing and strengthening community. We desire to be a place where people can come as they are, find healing (physically, spiritually, emotionally), and learn through Scripture how to live a life pleasing to God. (Acts 2:42, 44-46)
DISCIPLESHIP
We believe in being a disciple of Jesus. Discipleship is more than simply being a Christian, but speaks to our ongoing spiritual journey. We desire to be a place where people are coming to faith in Christ and those of faith are continually growing deeper in their walk. (Acts 2:42, 47b; 2 Corinthians 5:11-21; Matthew 28:16-20; Romans 12:1-2; I Thessalonians 5:23-24)
WORSHIP
We believe we were made and called to worship the Lord God with every aspect of our lives. Worship is our joyous response to God’s grace and mercy. We desire to be a joyful community of faith who worships the Lord in everything we do. (Acts 2:46-47; Isaiah 6:1-8; Psalm 29:1-2, 33:1-4, 100)
SERVICE
We believe God calls everyone of us to serve in ministry. Participation is a part of being a community. We desire to be a community of faith were everyone finds an active place to serve. (Acts 2:43-45; Ephesians 4:11-13; 1 Corinthians 12)
WHAT IS A NAZARENE?
Every church has its distinctives — practices or beliefs that set it apart from other groups. Sometimes this is confusing to people. They say, “If the Bible is true and Jesus was who He claimed to be, why are there so many different churches with so many different beliefs?” We are optimistic enough to believe that with all the differences in beliefs and practices, most Christian congregations still agree on 90-95% of Christian teaching, and that the other 5-10% we do not agree on falls in this category of “distinctive”.
While we get our name from Jesus of Nazareth, you might be asking what in the world is a modern-day Nazarene? Well…
- We are not Baptists, but like the Baptists, we believe in calling people to repentance and to witnessing to their new life in Christ through public baptism.
- We are not Presbyterians, but like the Presbyterians, we believe in the power of the preaching of the Word Of God to bring about change in people’s lives.
- We are not Lutherans, but like the Lutherans, we believe in salvation through Jesus Christ on the authority of Scripture alone, in salvation by faith alone and in salvation as gift of God’s grace alone.
- We are not Charismatics — No, we do not “speak in tongues” — but like the Charismatics we believe in the gifts of the Spirit, who gives people the power to live a Christ-like life and to make a real difference in their world.
- We are not Episcopalians — although John Wesley was a lifelong Anglican — but like the Episcopalians we take worship seriously (we just choose to be a little less “formal” in our worship services).
- We are not Quakers or Moravians, but like these pietistic groups, we believe in living a careful life that testifies to the watching world that we belong to the Family Of God.
- We are not United Methodists, although we have our roots in the Methodist tradition that grew out of John Wesley’s revival movement in the 1700’s. We have good fellowship with our United Methodist “cousins”, but we are organizationally separate for historical reasons.
We strive to be a family for all who love Jesus, the Nazarene. We want you to join us on this great adventure called LIFE as we laugh, cry, hope and grow together in Christ.