One Church. Many Locations.
Aletheia exists to make disciples of Jesus who bring the truth, grace, and changing power of the gospel for the glory of God and the good of all people.
Jesus taught that our lives are the overflow of our hearts. Our beliefs about Jesus, Scripture, life… they affect everything. Here you’ll find our heartbeat—our mission, our methods, values, and core truths.
We’re here for a reason. Church isn’t a social club. It’s not a gathering of the good people. It’s not a service organization. Our church exists for Jesus and others. This reason informs everything we do, from next gen to preaching, mercy ministry to missions.
The goal of our existence is the enjoyment and expansion of the gospel—the good news that our great God looked at fallen humanity with compassion, sent his Son Jesus to live for us, die in our place, and victoriously rise—overcoming the cosmic separation between God and us. Trusting in this good news brings us into abundant life with God now and eternal life with him forever. When we expand and enjoy the gospel, God is glorified and we are satisfied.
We are a diverse and growing spiritual family, centered on the person and mission of Jesus Christ. All are welcome through our doors!
The Faith
Aletheia is a church in the historic, orthodox, tradition of the Reformation. We love the great doctrines of our faith, teach them passionately, celebrate them worshipfully, and do our best to live them gracefully. These deep convictions include the following:
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative Word of God.
- We believe there is one eternal, almighty and perfect God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death through his shed blood, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in his personal return in power and glory.
- We believe that for the salvation of humanity, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of death.
- We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We also affirm the historic creeds of our faith, including the Apostle’s Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Chalcedonian Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. If you’ve got a particular doctrinal question, the best next step is to check out Discover Discipleship at any of our locations!
Values & Beliefs
See how we view God, Jesus, the Bible, and many other significant aspects of our faith. These beliefs guide our decisions as a church.
We believe that Jesus Christ is God's only Son, sent to redeem a lost and broken world. By his death on the cross, he paid the penalty for our sins, and by his resurrection, he conquered sin and death. Everyone who repents and trusts in him is saved by grace and made right with God.
The Bible is God’s Word to all people. It was written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. Because it was inspired by God, the Bible is truth without any mixture of error and is completely relevant to our daily lives.
God has existed in relationship with Himself for all eternity. He exists as one substance in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Although each member of the Trinity serves different functions, they each possess equal power and authority.
We have a vision to see God do amazing things in our midst...
- Disciples of Jesus being made of every race, class, color, creed, and generation.
- Men and women established in the Word of God, shaped by a biblical worldview, raising great families, filled with the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit.
- A culture of equipping and empowering others to make disciples—eager to give leadership to the next generation.
- New churches and campus ministries flourishing in every major city and town in New England.
- Spirit-saturated diversity that embodies true biblical justice and reconciliation and looks like a preview of Heaven.
- Disciples of Jesus who love the glory of God more than anything in this world, ready to follow God anywhere, at any time, no matter the cost.
- A culture shifting around us toward the culture of the Kingdom of God through the work of making disciples who bring the truth, grace, and changing power of the gospel.
We make disciples by engaging our community with the gospel, establishing them in faith, the church, and spiritual disciplines, equipping them with ministry skills, and empowering them to go make disciples.
Our strategy is pretty simple. We call it the 4Es: Engage, Establish, Equip, Empower. Jesus told us to go make disciples, and having a clear process is part of how we take his words seriously.
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…”