The Great Story of God

God reveals Himself as the perfect creative artist, the intelligent designer, and the Almighty. He created everything we can marvel at and discover—and even what we have not yet been able to comprehend. In this way, He left His fingerprints all over our world.

Because God's very nature is relational, He placed us into a web of relationships—good, life-giving, and world-shaping ones. A relationship with Him, our Creator. Relationships with each other—in families, with loved ones, colleagues, and neighbors. A relationship with ourselves—so that we can honor our own lives and live with joy. And relationships with creation: with nature, the world, our work, schools, healthcare, strangers, and others. Everything was beautiful, until…

…it broke. Humanity turned its back on God, doubting that He knows what's truly best for us. And the consequences are plain to see. Every relationship is now painfully fractured—marked by anger, anxiety, aggression, bitterness, loneliness, wars, contempt, judgment, emptiness, and distorted desires.

The world is broken. We are broken. I am broken.

But God did not leave us to bleed out. In His love and eternal plan, He chose to restore the world—making it even better than it was in the beginning. God didn't just come to improve humanity from a distance; He entered it personally. This happened in the birth of Jesus Christ, God's only Son. In Jesus, God came and lived in our universe, in our world. God the King became our servant. God the Prophet spoke and revealed Himself to our ears and eyes. God the Priest offered His own life as a sacrifice for the sins of people—for yours and for mine.

On the third day He rose again. Life defeated death. Hope overcame despair. And our broken lives received the spark and power for full renewal. Because Jesus lives, we can now live a life of daily renewal—of mutual growth, of joyful worship. And all this not only when life is good, but especially in a world full of pain and loss.

That's why we strive to be people of wisdom, courage, and realism. We want to passionately, authentically, and freely build relationships—with God, with each other, and with the world around us. We care about making the world better. We care about not being the ones who create more problems and pain, but the ones who help bring healing.

And in the end, God will restore the world perfectly—and then we will breathe out in gratitude.

Mozaika Church Statement of Faith

This summary outlines the core convictions we teach at Mozaika Church. We aim to hold doctrine with charity and humility. We affirm the essentials confessed by the historic church and also acknowledge distinctives of our tradition. Partners aren't required to agree with every detail, but should know our pastors will teach in line with this statement and commit not to sow division. If anything is unclear, our pastors welcome conversation. Our goal is that growing theological clarity leads to deeper love for God, unity in the church, and love for neighbor.

1. The Triune God. We worship the one living God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—eternally three Persons in perfect love and holiness. He created all things, knows the end from the beginning, sustains and rules over all, and works all things for his redemptive purposes and glory.

2. Scripture. God reveals himself in creation and supremely in his Son. By the Spirit he has spoken in human words in the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments. Scripture is God's inspired, authoritative, and trustworthy Word—sufficient for faith and life. Though we do not know God exhaustively, by the Spirit we truly know what he has revealed. The Bible is to be believed, obeyed, and trusted.

3. Men and Women. God created humanity—male and female—in his image to know him and steward creation. Marriage is a one-flesh covenant between a man and a woman and ultimately points to Christ and the church. Men and women share equal dignity, value, and access to God in Christ and are both gifted for ministry. We affirm male servant-leadership in the home and the church; elders/pastors bear responsibility to teach and oversee, and this office is limited to qualified men.

4. Our Fallen Condition. Adam's sin brought alienation from God and pervasive corruption. Apart from grace, all people stand under God's just judgment and face death. Our greatest need is reconciliation with God, which only he can accomplish.

5. The Saving Plan of God. From eternity God purposed to save a people from every nation. He calls all to repent and believe, and by grace unites believers to Jesus—justifying, sanctifying, and one day glorifying them—to the praise of his grace.

6. The Gospel. The gospel announces that through Jesus's death and resurrection God has conquered sin, death, and evil and is making all things new. This good news is historical, biblical, personal (calling for repentance and faith), relational (reshaping how we live with others), and societal (bringing renewal).

7. The Redemption of Christ. The eternal Son became truly human, born of the virgin Mary, lived without sin, performed signs, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily the third day, and ascended to the Father. As our representative and substitute he bore our penalty, reconciled us to God, defeated Satan, and now reigns as Lord and intercedes for his people.

8. Salvation. Salvation—offered freely in Christ—includes regeneration, atonement, justification, adoption, union with Christ, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal repentance and faith in Jesus as Lord.

9. The Holy Spirit. The Spirit is fully divine. He inspired Scripture, illumines truth, convicts of sin, calls people to Christ, grants new birth, unites believers to Christ, gives and cultivates gifts and character, comforts, empowers for mission and worship, and seals us for the day of redemption.

10. The Church. All who are in Christ belong to his universal body, expressed in local churches under Christ's headship. A local church is marked by the gospel, the ordinances, loving discipline, mission, and mutual love. Members submit to Christ and the shepherding of elders; deacons serve the body. While many ministries are open to women and men, the office of elder is limited to qualified men. The church displays God's new humanity, reconciled in one body, and serves as his dwelling by the Spirit.

11. The Kingdom of God. Those united to Christ enter God's kingdom and enjoy forgiveness, inner renewal, and the hope of glory. Good works flow from grace. Christians live as light—neither withdrawing from the world nor mirroring it—doing good to all, especially the household of faith. God's present yet not-final kingdom advances toward the renewal of all creation.

12. Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Christ gave two ordinances to his church. Baptism is a visible sign of inward renewal and union with Christ, signifying cleansing from sin and new life; it welcomes believers into the church's life of discipleship. The Lord's Supper is a regular meal of remembrance and assurance for baptized believers, testifying to Christ's finished work and his true spiritual presence among his people.

13. The Christian and the Social Order. Under Christ's lordship, believers pursue righteousness with methods rooted in the gospel's renewing power. In love we resist racism, greed, and vice; uphold sexual holiness; protect the vulnerable; advocate for the unborn; and honor the sanctity of life from conception to natural death. We partner in good causes when possible without compromising allegiance to Christ and his truth.

14. Evangelism and Missions. Jesus commands his church to make disciples of all nations. Every Christian shares the gospel by word and demonstrates it by a holy, loving life.

15. The Restoration of All Things. Jesus will return bodily and gloriously to judge the living and the dead and to consummate his kingdom. The just will enjoy eternal life with God in the new heavens and new earth; the unjust will face eternal judgment. On that day the church will be presented faultless, sin and its effects removed forever, and God will be all in all—to the praise of his glorious grace.