Who We Are

We aim to reflect Baltimore in our cultivation of a multicultural community—richly diverse in ethnicity, class, income, and education.

Our Story

There have been a lot of changes over the past century and a half, but despite the varying seasons, we are continuously reminded of the fact that God does not change. His heart from the beginning has been to reconcile people to himself and to one another through the power of the gospel, and we look forward to what God has in store for us in the years to come.

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What We Believe

We seek to grow in our understanding of who we believe God has revealed Himself to be. Our doctrine is the expressed beliefs our community accepts as authoritative to determine our practice.

The sixty-six books of the Old and New Testament Scriptures alone constitute the verbally inspired Word of God. It is utterly authoritative and without error in its original writings, complete in its revelation of God’s will for salvation, sufficient for all that God requires us to believe and do, and final in its authority over every domain of knowledge to which it speaks.
There is one God existing in three distinct Persons–the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–co-equal and co-eternal. He is the Creator of all things, visible and invisible.
All humanity is created in the image of God and possesses intrinsic dignity and worth. Through Adam’s sin, humans fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God. Humanity is totally depraved and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
Salvation is the gift of God brought to humankind by grace alone and received by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone, whose precious blood was shed on the cross for the forgiveness of sins.
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified, arose bodily from the dead, and ascended into heaven. Jesus acted as our representative and substitute, bearing the full penalty of our sins and reconciling to God all those who believe.
The Holy Spirit is present with and in God’s people. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and he regenerates spiritually dead sinners, baptizing them into the body of Christ and sealing them until the day of redemption. He comforts us in our pain, counsels us in our trials, and guides us to live in all truth.
The church is the body of Christ sent into the world to shine forth the glory of God. God gives spiritual gifts to those in the church for the building up of the body. We recognize baptism and the Lord’s Supper as scriptural means of testimony for the church.
Jesus will return, bodily and visibly, to judge all humankind and to consummate his kingdom.

Our Values

What does a fully functional lifestyle disciple of Jesus look like in the context of The Village community?

We come from all backgrounds, and the one thing that we have in common is that none of us are perfect. Regardless of your culture, your background, or your history, we are a community for you.
We believe that Jesus embodied both grace and truth. Thus, we hold to an environment of forgiveness and affirmation while emphasizing the importance of correct doctrine based on Scripture.
We hold that unity and diversity are essential components of God’s plan for the church. Our church members are different in regard to our ethnicity or class, but the gospel unites us to be one – not so that our unique distinctions are erased but so that our distinctions point to the redemptive creativity of God.
Just as Jesus humbly took on flesh and dwelt among us in tangible ways, so we seek to be regularly and physically present in the lives of others, being mini-manifestations of Jesus to one another.
We do not believe that simply becoming a Christian is the end goal, but rather, we want to press on toward Christian maturity as we seek to live in continual repentance and faith in order to trust God more.
The mission of the church is not taken on by a few professional individuals, but it is shared by the whole church. Therefore, we empower and equip everyone to proclaim the gospel through both words and action in all aspects of life.