What We Believe

Our Vision

Break Down Barriers

Build Up People

Be a Light for Our City

We want to see more of Oakland look like heaven through the building up of people and the breaking down of spiritual and personal barriers.

Our Values

Exploration

We want FCC to be a safe environment where people explore the Christian faith without pretense or judgment.

Connection

We want FCC to be a place where people connect meaningfully with God and with others beyond our Sunday worship gatherings.

Transformation

We want FCC to be a place where people experience the personal transformation of Jesus and join God’s mission to transform the world.

Diversity

We want FCC to be a place where we reflect the diversity of the BayArea in our spiritual, cultural, ethnic, generational, gender and socio-economic backgrounds.

Covenant Affirmations

FCC is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church denomination. The Covenant's core beliefs are summed up in six affirmations:

We affirm the centrality of the Word of God.

We affirm the necessity of the new birth in Christ.

We affirm a commitment to the whole mission of the church.

We affirm the church as a fellowship of believers.

We affirm a conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.

We affirm the reality of freedom in Christ.

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