OUR NAME
Clovis – Clovis, California is a city of about 100,000 people located just east of Fresno and is situated right at the foot of the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Evangelical – The name “Evangelical” is originally an English translation of the Greek term “euangellion” which simply means “good news.” The good news is that God became a human being in the person of Jesus Christ who then died a real death on a Roman cross in order to pay the penalty that was due for our sins and rose again from the dead. Trusting Christ for salvation ensures we also will live forever with Him.
Free – The word “Free” in our name refers to the historical roots of our tradition dating back to the Protestant Reformation. The Free Churches believe that churches should be “Free” to govern their own affairs separate from governmental interference or oversight from state owned churches. Visit the EFCA website.
Church – The New Testament translates the Greek word ekklesia as “church.” This term describes the church as “those who are called out.” The English term “church” comes (via the German word kirche) from the Greek word kurioi which means “the people of the Lord.” The essence of a Church is not a building or an organization. It is the people of the Lord who are called to salvation and service to their Lord.
What we Value and Teach:
- The Scriptures – We teach the Bible from Genesis to Revelation using the grammatical and historical perspective; the way the Author intended the Scriptures to be understood. We desire that the people of God learn a complete understanding of the Scriptures.
- Passionate Spirituality – We believe that true spirituality can be experienced only through the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit. As a result we worship passionately, we pray fervently and we give generously.
- Authentic Christian Fellowship – We desire to build relationships and friendships with one another that are genuine, meaningful, intentional and affirming the value of the individual person.
- Biblical Unity – We desire corporate unity that is a reasoned, mature consensus of faithfulness to God which is not emotion or agenda driven.
- Spiritual Leadership – We desire that our leadership be trained, trusted, proven and reproducing for church growth.
- Spiritual Service – We desire that all followers of Christ discover and employ the unique spiritual giftedness which was given to each one of us when we first trusted Christ. We believe that all of life is a spiritual service of worship and every one of us has a unique contribution to the work of the Body of Christ.
- Strong Christian Families – We seek to strengthen and support a strong family unit as the best solution to the heartbreaking problems of our society.
- Announcing Good News – We desire to convey the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ to all people starting with our own community and extending to a worldwide mission.
Our Affiliation and Statement of Faith:
We are associated with the Evangelical Free Church of America, a co-operative association of independent Evangelical Free Churches. We subscribe to, and affirm the Statement of Faith of the Evangelical Free Church of America.
