Our Mission - To make disciples who make disciples for Jesus Christ
Our Vision - To
lead the lost to Christ through our prayers, our witness
and our
invitation and to make the Invisible visible, both Online and in Person.
In God - When we join with millions of Christians through the ages in understanding God as a Trinity—three co-existent and co-equal Persons in one: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
In Jesus - We believe that salvation is only attained through Jesus Christ. God became human in Jesus of Nazareth; and his life, death and resurrection demonstrates God's redeeming love
In the Holy Spirit - The Holy Spirit is God's present activity in our midst. When we sense God's leading, God's challenge, or God's support or comfort, it's the Holy Spirit at work
Human Being - Genesis
1:27 states that we've been made in the image of the Creator. As
descendants of Adam & Eve we are however, born with a sinful nature
in need of redemption which is found only by repentance and faith in
Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Church - is the body of Christ, an extension of Christ’s life and ministry in the world today.
The Bible - We believe that the Bible is God’s infallible and inerrant Word and is the primary authority for our faith and practice.
The
original Camp Verde Methodist Episcopal Church is shown in the
background. In the 1920’s, the top floor was the original part of the
church and the bottom was new. The original church was raised to be the
top floor and the bottom floor was an addition.
Lillian Sweeten
remembers, while living near Rimrock, an unknown woman phoned her
with the news that the church was on fire. By the time she arrived at
the church, only the fellowship hall was standing, except for the
cross. That same cross was saved and has been remounted on our present
church. Lillian says there was no hesitation – the congregation decided
to rebuild. For the next year, she remembers going to Methodist
services at the Catholic Church while building was in progress. During
the rebuilding process, VBS children met at the church and were taken to
the banks of the Verde River for VBS classes.
Virginia
Purinton speaks of early Pastors Ryan, McCarthur and especially of a
newly ordained Eric Folsom who came to Camp Verde from Alabama and
remembers that he loved to “talk about his superior checker playing
ability”. His mother and brother even moved here with him. Virginia
recalls his beautiful voice and that he sang a solo every Sunday. He
baptized Virginia when she was 14 years old, by emersion in the Verde
River. A later minister, Rev. Clark, supervised the building of a new
stucco (or brick) church then the raising of the existing wood frame
church to the top floor, sometime before 1924.