Vision
We at Knoxville Mennonite Church are a community of believers working to know and love God and each other. We are committed and accountable to one another. Using scriptures as our foundation, and as Christ's disciples, we willingly seek to love all people. We believe Christ calls us to be servants and peacemakers, providing hope and healing in a broken world.
Beliefs
We believe in God, our Father.
Creator and Sustainer of the universe
who in love and holiness has called forth a people of faith,
who has spoken to us in his son Jesus Christ,
the Word of God become flesh,
in whom Scripture has its center,
the one crucified, resurrected, and exalted for our sake,
our Savior from the dominion of sin and evil,
our peace and our reconciliation,
our Lord and the head of the church,
through whom God sends the Holy Spirit,
the source of our life and the guarantee of our redemption.
We renew our covenant in Christ's church,
the new community called to proclaim and to be a sign of the reign of God,
the assembly of those who have responded in faith to Jesus Christ,
the society established, sustained, and empowered by the Holy Spirit,
to interpret Scripture, which is the trustworthy standard for fa�th and Iife,
to carry on Jesus' ministry in word and deed,
to call for repentance and make disciples of all peoples,
to baptize believers and to share the Lord's Supper,
to over God's forgiveness and restoration to those who sin,
to use our gifts and abilities for God's service,
to live in mutual love, order, and unity,
so that the church may become one new humanity, a light to the world.
We commit ourselves to follow Jesus Christ in his path through suffering to new life,
relying on the power of the Holy Spirit and the gift of God's grace,
being conformed to Christ rather than to evil in the world,
being transformed into the divine image in which humanity was created.
As Christ's community of disciples, faithful to his covenant, we are called
to life in the Spirit and relationship with God through Christ,
to building up a loving community,
to chastity and loving faithfulness to marriage vows,
to right stewardship of all that God has entrusted to us,
to Christ-like simplicity,
to the way of peace, loving enemies and practicing justice,
to deeds of compassion and reconciliation in holiness of life.
We are children of God, totally dependent on His love, reveling in His grace and compassion.
We are the people of God, gathering to worship the one true God, who is the three-in-one.
We are God's holy nation, giving our allegiance to Jesus Christ as Lord of lords,
living now according to the pattern of God's future.
We place our hope
in the reign of God and its fulfillment,
in the resurrection of the dead
in God's final victory over evil,
and in that day when Christ will come again in glory and judgment
to gather his church to reign with him in righteousness and peace.
To God be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever! Amen!