Lamar United Methodist Church

There are many ways to state what we believe...few of which would fit in a web site. Even if those explanations would all fit here, many of them are best understood in a more personal context. The Christian faith has, historically, been a solitary pursuit for only a relatively few monastics. It is, after all, about communion and community...with God and with each other.

It is within the community of faith, the Church, that we journey toward a deeper knowledge of and relationship with God. God reveals Himself in four ways: In the Scripture (the accepted canon of the Bible),The Tradition of the Church, Our Experience of God, and the blessing of Reason bestowed upon us.

The basics of our belief were clearly outlined in the 2nd Century A.D. in what is now referred to as the Apostles' Creed. In the 4th Century A.D., the beliefs of the Church were further refined into what is known as the Nicene Creed or Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. It is the text of the Nicene Creed which follows. A resource for more specific reading on United Methodist beliefs is found on the Links page.