Invitation:

We welcome and invite each of you to be a part of the Cherry Glade family. We believe in Jesus alone as the Way, the Truth and the Life. We believe that all are sinners and can be saved only through the Person of Jesus Christ as we seek forgiveness and reconciliation. We seek to take seriously our personal and corporate commitment to following the teachings of Jesus in what we believe and in how we live.

As we experience God's love within ourselves, we want to share that love with others. We want each member to have a personal firsthand relationship with Jesus and to be empowered by the Holy Spirit for life and service. We want to help each other to walk daily in His presence. We want each individual to be an active participant in the ministry of the congregation.

As evangelical Anabaptist Mennonites, we do not claim to be perfect. But as a body of believers, we are made perfect alone through Jesus Christ. Thus we are not only the Cherry Glade family, but members of the family of God – at home and around the world.

It is the deep desire of the Cherry Glade Congregation to be all that God wants us to be in our time and place, both individually and collectively. We recognize that the Lord is building His Church throughout the whole world, among all peoples and in all places as He sees fit. We are but a small part of the larger family of God. We further recognize that God has called us at Cherry Glade to be faithful in our own time and place, remembering our past as we look to the present and future.


To better help us to understand our purpose, who we are, and how we see ourselves fitting into God's plan for us, we have developed the follow-ing statements: Declaration of Beliefs, Mission and Goals, Congregational Covenant, and Guidelines for Congregational Life.

To those who are searching for God, or for those who have found God and are seeking a congregation for fellowship in the Lord, we sincerely invite you to consider Cherry Glade. Please read our statements on Faith and Life and decide if they represent that which you are seeking. If you agree with these statements, we extend to you a warm welcome being a member with us at Cherry Glade. If you cannot agree or support these statements, we invite you to worship with us as you seek the Lord's will and place for your life. Please feel free to discuss your interests and concerns with the pastors or other members of the congregation.

Confession of Faith for Membership at Cherry Glade

1. Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and do you affirm your faith and loyalty to Him alone as Sovereign Lord?
2. Have you turned away from your past sin and are you willing to renounce Satan, the world and all the works of darkness and your own carnal will and sinful desires?
3. Do you promise, by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit, to submit yourself to Christ and His Word, and to the Church of God and to faithfully abide in the same until death?
4. Will you willingly share in worship, fellowship, nurture, admonition, and giving in this congregation, using your gifts in a spirit of love and service?

Goals

• 1. That every individual receive the forgiveness of sin and comes to a saving faith in Christ; and is baptized by water as a symbol of that commitment.

• 2. That every individual experience a genuine daily walk with the Lord continuously growing in knowledge, obedience, holiness and service.

• 3. That every individual experience full participation with the congregation in worship, fellowship, nurture, admonition, serving and giving in the spirit of accountability and unconditional love.

• 4. That every individual is encouraged in discovering and developing spiritual gifts and is empowered through the Holy Spirit to using them to build up the body of Christ toward unity of faith and knowledge of Christ.

• 5. That every individual/family unit become strong Christ-centered role models to each other and where children are valued, nurtured, and loved and where the family spends time together helping each other to grow in the Lord.

• 6. That every individual is encouraged, supported, and given opportunity to be involved in the church's outreach efforts as we engage in the Great Commission.

• 7. That our congregation is a part of the visible body of Christ on earth, faithfully following the teachings of the scriptures, being separate from the world and ready to suffer and serve to promote God's kingdom on earth.