Although I’m pretty sure you’ll never find this on any church’s website, I think it’ll do nicely for a tomcottar(dot)org Statement of Faith…

"We at tomcottar(dot)org acknowledge that God’s coming to earth in the person of Jesus Christ and recounted in the Gospels turns upside down what we used to think about concepts like "truth", "righteousness", and "rights". For in Him, Truth walked around, talked to people, and even cried and bled. In Him, Righteousness was shown perfectly, and perfectly illuminated our unrighteousness. And in Him, our "rights" are no longer ours. We’re left with a faith that, while deep, is also paradoxical and difficult. As a result, we’ve committed to leaning on each other as we collectively try to follow Jesus. We’re confident about some things: Jesus’ coming to earth was good news, it’s still good news, and there’s still more good news to come. You’re welcome to join us at any time."

 

*adapted from The New Christians, p162