Living a life of love. That's what this church is all about. Jesus declared that the greatest commandments for humanity to pursue are to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength and to love neighbor as self. This is what we are striving to do, learning every day how to love better. This document explains in detail what this looks like at Stamford Church. Below is a summary. One of our primary tools for helping people learn to love is our Love In Training seminars. Learn more HERE.

This life of love is 

• formative, experienced through spiritual practices and habits, especially the contemplative ones;

• missional, expressed through the pursuit of justice, evangelism and mercy;

• inclusive, building bridges across lines of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, culture and class;

• ecumenical, drawing from every stream in the Christian tradition; and 

• wholistic, nurturing deep spiritual, emotional, mental and physical health.

We are committed to growing more kind, more selfless, more compassionate, and more forgiving to ourselves and to others. We value critical thinking, study, honesty, and good questions over easy answers. We strive for justice, not perfection, in our inner lives, our relationships, and our communities. We prioritize serving our local community. We are a multi-ethnic church, inclusive of all, regardless of sex, gender, or sexual orientation, and egalitarian in our leadership.

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We honor as our spiritual heritage those attempts that began in America in the 19th century to restore the life and spirit of Christianity as exhibited by Jesus and his apostles. Central to our faith is the sacrificial love of Jesus which orients us to a life of self-emptying love, service, and joy with and for all those in our midst. The values that extend from this central notion of faith include: