About Us
Pastor Brian Tarpy loves serving and has a passion for teaching scripture, warmth toward others, and a servant leadership style. He is married to his bride of 15 years, Cassidy. Together they have two children, Cole and Bo.
We are part of the Christian Reformed Church in North America! The Christian Reformed Church is a diverse family of healthy congregations, assemblies, and ministries expressing the good news of God’s kingdom that transforms lives and communities worldwide.
Noteworthy Church positions
CODE OF CONDUCT
"Abuse of power is a misuse of position, authority, or influence to take advantage of, manipulate, or control. Abuse of power occurs when a person with power, regardless of its source, uses that power to harm and/or influence another for personal gain at the other’s expense. All abuse by faith leaders within the church is also spiritual abuse and has spiritual impacts that often heighten the harm caused to individuals and to the family of God."
The complete Code of Conduct can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.crcna.org/sites/default/files/Code%20of%20Conduct%202022.pdf
HUMAN SEXUALITY
"The exclusive bond that sexual activity engenders explains why God analogizes his relationship with Israel to that of a lover with the beloved and compares the marriage of a man and a woman to the union of Christ as the bridegroom of the church, his bride. Just as we are God’s beloved and God is ours, so a woman and man in marriage are meant to belong to each other and only to each other. "
The complete Human Sexuality Report can be viewed at the following link:
https://www.crcna.org/sites/default/files/human_sexuality_report_2021.pdf
CREEDS/Confessions EmbodyING OUR STATEMENTS OF FAITH
THE APOSTLES CREED
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
THE APOSTLES CREED
We believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Universal Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
THE NICENE CREED
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
THE APOSTLES CREED
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We believe in one holy Universal and apostolic church. We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life in the world to come. Amen.
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
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We worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity, neither blending their persons nor dividing their essence. For the person of the Father is a distinct person, the person of the Son is another, and that of the Holy Spirit still another. But the divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, their glory equal, their majesty coeternal..."
BELGIC CONFESSION
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Justification
We believe that our blessedness lies in the forgiveness of our sins
because of Jesus Christ, and that in it our righteousness before God is contained…
Romans 4:6, Romans 3:24, Psalm 143:2
Sanctification
We believe that this true faith, produced in us by the hearing of God’s Word and by the work of the Holy Spirit, regenerates us and makes us new creatures, causing us to live a new life and freeing us from the slavery of sin.
2 Corinthians 5:17, Romans 6:4, Galatians 5:6
CANONS OF DORT
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The Manifestation of God’s Love
this is how God showed his love: he sent his only begotten Son into the world, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 1 John 4:9, John 3:16
HEIDELBERG CATECHISM
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Q & A 1
Q. What is your only comfort
in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own,1 but belong—
body and soul, in life and in death—
2 to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.
3 He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, 4 and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. 5 He also watches over me in such a way 6 that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; 7 in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. 8 Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life 9 and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Romans 14:7-9,
Titus 2:14