Pflugerville First United Methodist Church

Our Foundational Beliefs

We believe in the rich diversity of God’s people as reflected in the multitude of ways we experience, interpret and speak of…

GOD as Creator; the great I Am; Abba; healer, helper, provider, comforter, leader, shepherd, sustainer, the present One; the source of love, grace, mercy, and peace; the One who knows us and cares for us; steadfast; faithful, reliable, compassionate and strong; our rock and our salvation; and much more.

JESUS CHRIST as the Bread of Life; Light of the World; Son of God; Lamb of God; the Risen One; teacher, prophet, leader and example; Lord and friend; savior and redeemer; the Word that is God, with God and that dwelt among us in the flesh; God’s gift to us; hope, love and mercy embodied; and much more.

CHURCH as the people of God; a universal spiritual family united in love through the Holy Spirit, sharing the ups and downs of life together in mutual care and concern; a home open to all; a sanctuary; a foundation; a community of Christ-followers seeking God, living, working, praying and worshipping together; the Body of Christ supporting one another, learning together, reaching out to the world in witness and service as Christ’s representatives; a community of peace, striving for justice; and much more.

LIFE as a God-breathed gift, blessing, abundance, eternal and paradoxical; subject to sin and death, yet set free in Christ; a spring of water, a fountain, a river; something old and something new; Spirit; and much more.

We believe in the value of an on-going dialogue with God and one another about faith and life that is open, passionate, affirming and questioning, while, at the same time, we seek to live faithfully and fully.