Piney Grove Methodist Church is part of the Global Methodist Church. As such, we believe:

“That the one God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – has created all things; that Jesus Christ, through the power of his cross and Resurrection, is the Lord and Savior of all the world; and that the Holy Spirit empowers the people of his church to worship and praise God and to proclaim the Gospel throughout the world in word and deed.”

• We believe that God is calling all people to Himself and that through His church people can find the redemption and salvation of Jesus Christ that they both long for and desperately need.

• We believe in one living God in three persons, the Father, Jesus the Son and Holy Spirit;

• We believe in the authority of God’s word over our lives. The Bible has 66 books.

• We believe humans are created in the image of God as free moral persons;

• We believe that new life in Jesus, free from the guilt, penalty and power of sin, is given to all who believe in Him;

• We believe the Church is the body of Christ – the people of God who exist to fulfill God’s purposes.

• We believe in the Kingdom of God, established now in the hearts of believers, the return of Jesus at the time of the Father’s choosing, and our hope in the bodily resurrection and eternal glory.

• We believe that human sexuality is a gift of God that is to be affirmed as it is exercised within the legal and spiritual covenant of a loving and monogamous marriage between one man and one woman.

• The sacredness of all life compels us to resist the practice of abortion except in the cases of tragic conflicts of life against life when the wellbeing of the mother and the child are at stake.

• We believe that followers of God have been called to exercise self-control and holiness in their personal lives, generosity and kindness in their relations with others, and grace in all matters of life.

(For a full accounting of the church’s core beliefs see its Book of Doctrines and Discipline).