The Fort Avenue Church of Christ is a fellowship of people seeking to know and do the will of God. Our most urgent desire is to follow Christ faithfully and to exhibit the fruit of the Holy Spirit through our community of faith and in our personal lives.₁

We believe the love of God for men and women, created in his image, is the beginning of the story of redemption. We want to honor his love for us by loving one another as he has loved us.₂

We believe the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ constitute the core of the Good News all people need to hear. Jesus of Nazareth suffered the penalty, which our sins should have brought to us. He paid our debt to sin at the cross and was raised in glorious triumph.₃

We believe that our salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. We deserve hell rather than heaven. We do not deserve what God has done for us through Christ. Even our deepest remorse over our sins cannot undo the past or erase the harm already done. Forgiveness is his divine work.₄

We believe that authentic faith expresses itself in repentance and immersion in Jesus' name. Repentance is our sincere acknowledgement that God's judgment against sin is just, and water baptism is our confession of the sufficiency of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to save us from sin.₅

We believe that baptized believers are called to a life of discipleship that imitates Christ's own. He is our perfect model in all things. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we pursue all that is holy and learn to abhor the sinful things that once appealed to us. By the same power, we seek to honor God with spiritual worship, unity with our fellow believers, and service to our neighbors near and far.₆

We believe the role of the local church is to glorify God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and to share Jesus through our lives and our words. We want to encourage individuals to grow in Jesus, inspire a sense of belonging by sharing joys and burdens, and to reach out with loving support to people in need.₇

You are invited to participate in our worship and share in our fellowship as we seek to know and do the will of God.₈

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