Religious Authority and Constitutional Protection

Mission Clarity: Through active community discernment, we articulate our evolving understanding of mission through theologically grounded statements that reflect our ongoing revelation of divine will and calling. Our congregation exists to serve our religious mission of creating beloved community through radical inclusion, protection of the vulnerable, and liberation of the oppressed—a mission that deepens and expands as our theological understanding grows through lived experience, spiritual practice, and prophetic witness. Every space, every activity, every interaction serves this sacred purpose as theological reality revealed through our covenant community's discernment process, not political statement or secular social work.

These theological convictions constitute a partial accounting of the ongoing revelation of our religious practice. They are central to our congregational identity, ministerial authority, and theological integrity. Through our religious authority as a covenant congregation, we declare these practices essential expressions of our faith and protected under constitutional rights to free exercise of our religious values.