What We Believe

Stillwater Church is a Global Methodist Church rooted in the Wesleyan tradition. The Global Methodist Church exists to make disciples of Jesus Christ and spread Scriptural holiness across the globe.
At Stillwater, we affirm and believe in the sacred Scriptures and the sanctified reasoning of the holy catholic and apostolic church as seen in the first seven ecumenical councils. We affirm the creeds and edicts thereof, and proclaim our faith in the words of the Nicene Creed:

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father;
through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
was incarnate from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary,
and became truly human.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son,
who with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified,
who has spoken through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come.
Amen.

For a more in-depth explanation of the Trinity and who God has revealed himself to be through the Scriptures and the sanctified reasoning of the holy catholic and apostolic Church, please refer to the Athanasian Creed and the Catechism of the Global Methodist Church.