Mission Statement

As a people of God engaged in a spiritual journey and bound by a common hope, we at Wallingford United Methodist Church stand in the stream of the Christian Faith, witnessing to our experience of God’s grace which we have seen in Jesus Christ.

  • We believe in a creating God, in the goodness of all God’s creation and in the sacred worth of every person.

  • We follow a living Christ, who reveals the love of God to us and shows us what it means to be fully human.

  • We trust the Holy Spirit, who courts us to stand in right relationship with God, assures us of God’s presence with us and works in us to bring God’s purposes to birth.

As a community of faith, we affirm the inclusiveness of the Gospel, and celebrate diversity in our midst.

As a community of hope, we proclaim that this broken world can change and that healing and wholeness can come.

As a community of love, we commit ourselves to working for justice and peace, that our love may be made concrete and visible in the world.

In our individual and community lives, we seek to bear witness to the presence, purposes and transforming love of God.  We extend our hands to all who would join us, to share our vision, our task and our joy.

The United Methodist Social Creed

  • Our United Methodist Social Creed describes how we do our work in the community and world:We believe in God, Creator of the world; and in Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of creation.We believe in the Holy Spirit, through whom we acknowledge God’s gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing these gifts to idolatrous ends.

  • We affirm the natural world as God’s handiwork and dedicate ourselves to its preservation, enhancement, and faithful use by humankind.We joyfully receive for ourselves and others the blessings of community, sexuality, marriage, and the family.

  • We commit ourselves to the rights of men, women, children, youth, young adults, the aging, and people with disabilities; to improvement of the quality of life; and to the rights and dignity of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities.

  • We believe in the right and duty of persons to work for the glory of God and the good of themselves and others and in the protection of their welfare in so doing; in the rights to property as a trust from God, collective bargaining, and responsible consumption; and in the elimination of economic and social distress.

  • We dedicate ourselves to peace throughout the world, to the rule of justice and law among nations, and to individual freedom for all people of the world.We believe in the present and final triumph of God’s Word in human affairs and gladly accept our commission to manifest the life of the gospel in the world. Amen.