The Wellspring Creed

Almost from the very beginning of our journey together as the community called Wellspring – we have found that reading a creed together in our worship gathering helps us stay focused on the important things. We started with the long standing creeds of the church like the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed. After that, we found the Jesus Creed written by Brian McLaren. Later McLaren wrote the Justice Creed and we used it some. None of those creed; however, adequately or completely expressed what we have come to believe at Wellspring. Recently I wrote the Wellspring Creed in an attempt to express what we as a community have come to believe. We don’t’ demand that anyone believe any part of this creed, but we like to use it as our compass – to keep us headed in what we believe is the right direction. I thought I would share it with you on here.

We believe in God – the creator of the universe:
God is full of mercy and grace,
God is just and loves justice,
God is love and is on our side.
God’s hope is to be in relationship with every person,
God’s plan is to restore all of creation to wholeness, and to see his dream for the world - his kingdom come.

We believe in Jesus the Christ:
Jesus is the human expression of God,
Jesus is the savior of the world,
Jesus is the living demonstration of God’s dream for the world.
Jesus came to put the world right again,
Jesus came to display the justice of God,
Jesus came to provide real & eternal life – life as God intended it to be lived.

We believe in the Holy Spirit:
We believe that the Holy Spirit is here now,
The Holy Spirit guides us into truth,
The Holy Spirit empowers our lives as we seek God’s kingdom as our first priority.

We believe that God has a purpose for each of us, and so in faith:
We commit to recognize & honor God,
We commit to pursue a relationship with God,
We commit to embody the character of God,
We commit to align our lives with God’s dream for the world – helping to make the world a better place.

Amen