Our faith is grounded in the living God as revealed especially in Jesus Christ. It’s both a gift we receive within the Christian community and a choice we make. It’s trusting in God and relying on God as the source and destiny of our lives. Faith is believing and trusting God with all that we are. Faith is following Jesus, answering the call to be his disciples in the world. Faith anticipates God’s future, leaning into the coming kingdom that God has promised. Faith-as-belief is active; it involves trusting, believing, following, hoping.

As Methodists, we strive to be fruitful disciples of Jesus Christ. Through prayer and study we ground our lives in the Scriptures (the Bible). Our traditions keep us mindful of all who have walked with God before us. God has enables us to reason (think critically) and to make powerful connections between what the Scriptures say and how we live our daily lives for God’s purposes. Through practicing spiritual disciplines – such as prayer, study, worship, receiving Holy Communion, engaging in what John Wesley called holy conversation, and serving others – we experience God’s actions and grace in our lives.