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At Reformation...

  • We trust that God continues to speak and move in this world, primarily through people.

  • We trust that you’ll be welcome here and can help us change lives

  • We trust that the Scriptures are full of faithful stories, poems, histories, first-hand accounts, and visions of God’s work with humanity across the ages.

  • We trust that Jesus is God’s embodied love letter for our world.

  • We trust that love is stronger than hate.

  • We trust that God calls us into communities who, empowered by the Holy Spirit, help to turn the world around.

  • We trust that God shows up in bread, wine, and water.

  • We trust that God loves people, even people who don’t love God.

  • We trust that God creates, that Jesus redeems, and that the Holy Spirit motivates.

Because of the things we know to be true...

Bringing Christ to others by building relationships

​To grow a better community for all

Christ-Centered

In Christ, "we live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28). As followers of the Way of Jesus, we seek to love our neighbor, love our enemy, love ourselves, and love creation. Since all things came through Christ (cf. John 1:3), we treat all things as bearing Christ—especially the hungry, thirsty, the stranger, those needing clothing, those experiencing sickness, those in prison (cf. Matt 25:37-40).

Kindness

Kindness is, first and foremost, a gift from God. It is a blessing to be able to share kindness with others—family, neighbors, and strangers alike. We are compelled—by the love of God—to love kindness (Micah 6:8; Galatians 6:10). We give back what God has first given us—ourselves, our time, and our possessions. At Reformation, our core value of kindness is all about building relationships and serving God in all that we say and do. 

Family

We are all children of the God of all creation (1 John 3:1-2). At Reformation, we see and treat everyone as members of our God-given family—whether you've been a member of Reformation from the very beginning or it's our first time meeting you! All people are welcomed and loved here at Reformation—old and young, gay and straight, black and white. We are all part of the family of God and "individually we belong to each other" (Romans 12:5).  

In a nutshell, you are loved exactly as you are, because of who you are, and you have a place here.

Reformation is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), a historic group of Christians dedicated to asking good questions in this world framed through the lens of Jesus. You can find more about the ELCA here.

 

Through the ELCA, we work with our local South Carolina churches (called a Synod) to change lives in our state, and we partner with the Lutheran World Federation to change lives throughout the world.

 

Reformation has been supporting local ministries and the larger outreach of the ELCA since 1953.

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