Gospel

The Gospel is a message to be told (Mark 1:14; Acts 14:21). It is God’s response to the bad news of sin. Sin is a person’s rejection of God’s creator-rights over him (Romans 1:16; Genesis 3). It is the good news that God has acted in history to conquer evil and reconcile sinners to himself through the perfect life, brutal death, and glorious resurrection of Jesus (2 Cor. 5:21; Romans 3:23-26; 1 Cor. 15:1-12). It is the redemptive story of creation-fall-redemption-restoration. We believe that the gospel is the answer to every question (Romans 1:16-17).

Community

When people think of church they often think of a building or a Sunday morning event that merely requires their presence. Sacred City sees church as a people not a place. In fact, we see ourselves as a gospel family. What makes a gospel community distinct from other forms of gathering is that we believe community is both the hermeneutic and apologetic of the gospel and that all community is missional and all mission is to be communal (Acts 2:42-47).

Mission

Mission is not what we do. It's who we are. We are a community of missionaries to the Quad Cities. We are kingdom bringers. God is not just interested in the salvation of humans, but in the restoration of all of creation to its original “good” (Gen. 1:31; Rom. 8:19-22).

The gospel not only calls us into community and sends us out on mission, but the power of the gospel is the only thing that will keep us in community and on mission. Being in community and on mission reveals our continual need for grace found only in the gospel.