Welcome to Pine Street Church
We’re a congregation of people from many states and countries who value friendship. Our backgrounds, beliefs and opinions are different, but we find we agree on these guiding principles:
Jesus said “judge not that you not be judged," so we embrace all who come our way regardless of differing convictions or beliefs, sexual orientation, education, socio-economic status, community position, or other differences that threaten to divide us. Some of us are Democrats, some Republicans, others are Independent, Libertarian or totally unaffiliated. We believe strongly that we are all created in the image of God, so all are welcome here just as you are.
In spite of our individual uniqueness, we are one body, united, working together as the hands, feet and voice of our good, loving and redeeming God.
- We believe God loves everyone, and we find we love our neighbors best when we celebrate our similarities but respect our differences of opinion, beliefs and lifestyles.
- We believe kindness and compassion best represent the teachings and example of Jesus, so helping others is very important to us, especially "the least of these" about whom Jesus spoke so often.
- We embrace the redeeming ways of Jesus Christ, but we also value the courageous leadership of those working for peace and justice outside the Christian tradition, both in the past and the present.
- We celebrate our ecumenical diversity because even though we are an American Baptist congregation, we have people from every imaginable Christian tradition, both Protestant and Catholic, and we welcome those who embrace other religions.
- We do our best to be good stewards of all we have—our lives and our bodies, our stuff and our money, our time and our talents, our vocations and our relationships, all of creation and even our church facility.
Jesus said “judge not that you not be judged," so we embrace all who come our way regardless of differing convictions or beliefs, sexual orientation, education, socio-economic status, community position, or other differences that threaten to divide us. Some of us are Democrats, some Republicans, others are Independent, Libertarian or totally unaffiliated. We believe strongly that we are all created in the image of God, so all are welcome here just as you are.
In spite of our individual uniqueness, we are one body, united, working together as the hands, feet and voice of our good, loving and redeeming God.