The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God and is our highest authority. We seek to be a Word-centered church, saturating our life in Scripture. God’s Word shapes our theological identity. We make use of creeds and confessions which unite us with the church around the world and throughout the ages and which connect us to our Presbyterian and Reformed roots and covenantal understanding of Scripture.

The gospel of grace is what brings us into a relationship with God and what grows us to maturity in Christ. We will have ministries to deepen our knowledge of God and our delight in his grace.

Worship is what we were created for. It is glorifying God for who he is and the redemption he has accomplished through Jesus. That is what is taking place in heaven right now and it is what the Church will do for all of eternity. For this reason, worship is at the center of all that we do. It is what everything else in the life of the church revolves around. Worship gives us a place to express the whole range of human emotions, but it is also primarily a formative experience where God actually shapes our hearts and desires to conform us into the image of his Son. Worship is where God gives us what we need most... himself. Worship pumps the gospel through the church body week after week, so that we are empowered to love and serve our neighbors and our city.

When God rescues people, he adopts them into his family, a new community called the Church. The Church is called to be the most loving and welcoming community on earth. In the midst of an individualistic culture, the Church is called to build real relationships and to love and serve those around us. Redeemer is not a community of people who have it all together. We are people who know we need to be forgiven and healed. Whether you are convinced or skeptical, committed or still searching, burned out or bored... Redeemer welcomes you to explore our community and taste the grace and love of Jesus, the Redeemer. We believe that people of all ages are part of one community. Jesus welcomed little children and our children are just as much a part of the church as anyone else. So we will have ministries to serve our children and welcome their presence with us.

We do not exist only for ourselves, but for those whom God has called us to love and serve and to tell about the wondrous grace of God. We exist to be a blessing to our neighbors, the City of Temple, and the world. We aim to be a missional church, warmly extending our welcome to seekers, skeptics, those who have been burned out by the church and the world, those who are bored, and the spiritually hungry. We are a church for the convinced and the unconvinced. We expect and desire to have new people with us from all walks of life, including those who do not yet believe. So we will seek to communicate intelligibly and in a way that assumes their presence with us.

Redeemer exists to be a blessing to the City of Temple. We desire to understand, engage the culture of our city and to love our community well. We will seek to serve the people of our city in practical ways and to engage the city with a message of hope through various avenues. We long to see the redemption of Jesus extend to the hearts of sinners needing new life and flow out to transform families, business, culture and every sphere of life. We see the areas of need and brokenness as opportunities for us to support, sacrifice, and serve, rather than overlook, alienate, and condemn.