ABOUT

At Cap Church, we find ourselves in continuity and unity with those who have responded in faith to this incredible story of God’s Grace. Throughout our over 40-year history, God’s faithfulness has been revealed in the midst of our messy and very human lives. Through the ups and downs of life in community, we have found forgiveness, transformation, and our ultimate source of flourishing in the grace that God offers us through Jesus. We are a unique collection of characters from a variety of backgrounds, but we find unity in the vision of a compassionate, loving God who is restoring connection to the world and making all things new.

The culmination of this vision is captured in Revelation 21:3-5, in which the writer catches a glimpse of a new heaven and a new earth and hears a loud voice from the throne declaring:

‘Look! God’s dwelling-place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death” or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’ He who was seated on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’

Captivated by this vision, we hear an invitation to be attentive to God’s faithful presence, to participate in God’s creative and restorative work in all spheres of life, and to invite others to join in with us. We want to faithfully offer ourselves as a loving presence in all the places we inhabit, seeking to follow Christ with passion and embrace our neighbor with compassion. Sharing God’s special concern for the least, last, lost, little, and lonely, we recognize ourselves in these descriptions and commit to journeying with each other in the midst of our weakness and brokenness. We see hints of the in-breaking of God’s kingdom now, and embrace the tension of not-yet experiencing God’s Kingdom fully come.

Our community has always wrestled with how to be rooted in God’s story in a way that is relevant and truthfully engaged with the realities of our society and world. In this, our ultimate guide is God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit; and we discern and submit to God’s voice in a number of ways. Our beliefs are shaped by a dynamic, ongoing conversation between the Bible, Christian tradition, reason and experience. We believe all four to be vital gifts of God, and that none can function as an authority on their own. Our bias has been to prioritize the Bible, but we acknowledge that even our interpretation of scripture relies heavily on the other three sources as well. We will never claim to have it all figured out, but we will strive to live deeply and courageously from the convictions that have been formed in us through faithful discernment of God’s presence, compassion, and generosity.