ABOUT US

CCU MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT

As a witness to our faith, in three to five years, CCU will be known in Kailua for providing practical support for social justice, community building, and spiritual growth.

The CCU approach to Jesus and scripture will be seen as loving and inclusive. We see the Spirit of God in all people. We see Jesus as human and completely united with the Spirit of God. He made God the center of his life and calls us to join him and do the same. We come together as Church to answer that call.

We study and reflect upon the Jesus of Scripture as healer and teacher of universal moral principles demonstrating a life lived with humility and a deep passion for social justice, peace and love.

Scripture understood in the light of Jesus reveals God as loving, compassionate, non-violent, and inclusive. Where there is an interpretive opportunity, in light of our experience of Jesus' presence, CCU will choose the most loving, peace-promoting, and justice serving path, as, we believe, did Jesus himself.

We are an open and inclusive church that welcomes a diversity of people, opinions, beliefs and spiritual paths. We are a multi-generational, diverse and progressive faith community that values and encourages spiritual growth and responsibility within each individual and the congregation. We enjoy wrestling with the challenging social and intellectual issues posed by Christianity.

We are a church that believes in the importance of environmental stewardship and peacemaking and we are known by the actions of our members in the larger community. We are a church with a sense of celebration and beauty that finds artistic expression of our faith through creative worship, especially through music.

We are a faith community that looks for God to be at the center of our lives and we invite others to join us on our path. We are an extended family offering support; we love and care for one another.

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