Our foundation
Common Table is rooted in the historic Christian faith. We are not reinventing the faith—we are trying to live it more faithfully, together.
We believe the Bible is the inspired, authoritative Word of God—sufficient for knowing God, understanding ourselves, and learning how to live. We open it together, read it honestly, and let it address our actual lives. We do not use it as a proof-text or a weapon.
We believe Jesus is fully God and fully human—born, crucified, risen, and ascended. He is not one teacher among many. He is Lord. Following him is a reorientation of our entire lives around his person, his way, and his kingdom.
We believe the Spirit of God dwells in every believer and empowers the church to live as Jesus lived—with love, truth, humility, and power. Formation is cooperation with the Spirit who is already at work in us.
We believe the church is not a building, a program, or a weekly service. It is a community of people formed by Jesus, gathered around his table, and sent into the world in his name.
We practice baptism as a public declaration of faith and entry into the community of Jesus. We share communion regularly—not as a ritual to observe, but as a meal that proclaims the death, resurrection, and return of Jesus.
We believe the kingdom of God is both now and not yet—breaking into the present through acts of justice, mercy, and love, while still awaiting its full arrival.
We believe in radical grace: God meets us exactly where we are, with nothing to earn and nothing to prove. We also believe grace transforms us toward love of God and neighbor.
“They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
