About Us

At the Church of the Open Door
you are not asked to check your mind at the door.
You will not be told what to think or believe.
Instead, you will be encouraged to join us
on a faith journey, to read the Bible for yourself
and believe and live as God guides you.
In addition to the Bible, we are guided
by the Statement of Faith of the United Church of Christ
and by our statement of purpose,
adopted in 1949, the year of our founding:

This is the church for which we strive:
The church of the warm heart, of the open mind,
of the adventurous spirit;
The church that cares, that heals hurt lives,
That comforts old people, that challenges youth;
That knows no divisions of culture or class,
No frontiers, geographical or social,
The church of the people - high as the ideals of Jesus,
Low as the humblest human; a working church,
A worshipping church, a church that interprets
The Truth in terms of truth;
That inspires courage for this life,
And hope for the life to come;
The church of the Living God;
The Church of the Open Door.