Values
Gallery Church

the Scriptures
The Bible's poems, narratives, stories, accounts and letters are God's Truth for our innately skeptical culture.  We believe the Bible is God's authoritative Word to us.  It is mysterious and at times difficult to understand.  Many times the truths seem hidden and require time and energy to uncover.  But when the hidden secrets are uncovered, the life treasure is more valuable than all the precious stones in the world.
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)

Prayer
Prayer is our awareness of the One to whom we are talking, where He is and what is important to Him and best for us - not just for me.
(Matthew 6:5-18)

Relationships
Relationships matter first with God, through His son Jesus, and with people.  A relationship with Jesus is the only hope for a lost and broken world.  When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, His response was simple, "LOVE GOD and LOVE PEOPLE."  We value the image of God in all people. We believe that we were created to live connected with one another: carrying each other's burdens, sharing our possessions, praying for and confessing our sins to each other, and suffering and celebrating together. It's in these honest, loving relationships that God transforms us and His Love is brought to full expression through us. The way of Jesus cannot be lived alone.
(Matthew 22:37-39, Acts 2:42-47, 1 John 4:10-12)

Worship
Worship is more than singing and dancing.  It is expressed as daily living, experienced corporately and individually. We believe that God wants to bring about a new humanity by redeeming every part of us. We embrace the salvation Jesus offers as the only hope for the healing of our relationships with God, each other, ourselves, and creation. We believe that all of life is spiritual and that all of our fears, failures, and brokenness can be restored and made whole. We value the inner healing because we want to be a new creation: people-minded, soul refreshed, emotionally healed, and having a full understanding of our life experiences so we can offer them together to God as worship.  This is our spiritual act of worship.
(Romans 12:1-2)

Authenticity
We embrace the fact that there are no perfect people.  We gain nothing by hiding our real lives from each other, but when we live authentically we gain credibility from skeptics watching us.
(Colossians 4:2-6, James 5:17, 1 Thessalonians 1:5-9)

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