Our Vision

To be and to make Christ Followers who are fully devoted to loving God and others.

Our Mission

Intentionally grow Christ Followers who know Him, love Him, and serve Him.

†        We will intentionally get to know Him by spending time in Bible study.

†        We will intentionally grow in our love for Him by spending time with Him in prayer and worship.

†        We will intentionally serve Him by reaching out to others in our community and beyond.

 Core Beliefs

1.       We believe that the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God, without error in the original writings, and the supreme and final authority in doctrine and practice.   

2.       We believe in one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

3.       We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His sacrificial & substitutionary death and atonement through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory.

4.       We believe that faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and regeneration by the Spirit are essential for the salvation of lost and sinful humanity.

5.       We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.

6.       We believe in the spiritual unity of the Church (which is the Body of Christ) composed of all who are regenerated through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

7.       We believe in the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life eternal.

8.       We believe the grace of God frees us from the power of sin that we might live a godly life; frees us from the penalty of sin that we won’t suffer God’s wrath, and frees us from the eternal punishment of sin that we might have eternal life with God.

Core Values

†        Radical love for God.

†        Unconditional love for one another.

†        Boldly be and make Christ Followers.

†        Intentionally develop servant leaders.

†        Compassionately serve those around us.

1. Christ-Centered Ministry (John 17:3; Colossians 1:18) 
We want everything we do at EPUP to be a result of our relationship with and love for Jesus Christ. Being Christ-centered is our target!

2. Authority of Scripture (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 1 Peter 1:25; Matt. 4:4; Hebrews 4:12; Ps. 119)
We believe Scripture is our foundation of truth and our road map for living.  The Bible is God's Word to man, not man's word about God.  What a measuring stick is to a carpenter, a compass is to a scout, a plum-line is to a brick-layer, so the Word of God is to us--our authority. 

3. Lost People Matter (Luke 15; Matthew 28:18-20; Revelation 5; Matthew 25:31-46; Acts 10) 
We believe everyone we encounter is someone who matters to God, and someone for whom Christ died.  Therefore, it is our privilege and obligation to offer Christ to people through the power of the Holy Spirit, leaving the results to God.  We believe everyone needs Jesus.

4. Foundation of Prayer (Psalm 127; Philippians 4:4-7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 5:13-16)
Prayer is communication with God and a dynamic source of power for those who believe!  Prayer can do anything God can do, and God can do anything because the Bible says in Mark 11:27 "...All things are possible with God."  We desperately need to link our lives with the omnipotent God who has commanded us to pray.  But isn't it amazing that an all-powerful God has limited Himself to the prayers of His people?  Therefore we must pray!  Jesus said, "You have not because you ask not." James counsels us to pray according to God's will: "You ask and do not receive because you ask with wrong motives."  Do we pray to let God in on something of which He isn't already aware?  No!  We pray to put ourselves in a place of dependence upon God.  When we pray, God promises to show us great and mighty things that we do not know (Jeremiah 33:3).

5. Ministry Team Approach (Ecclesiastes 4:12; Proverbs 27:17; Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12)
We choose not to be a church dependent on superstars, but on TEAMS.  (Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto!)  The Bible refers to the church as Christ's BODY, where every member is important and where all teams work together to create health and balance.  A healthy CHURCH must function in the same way as a TEAM: Together Everyone Accomplishes More.

6. Leader as Role Model, Recruiter, & Equipper (Eph. 4:11-13; Luke 10; 1 Timothy3; Titus 1) 
We believe truth is CAUGHT as well as TAUGHT.  Therefore, leaders are encouraged to strive for character qualities of a Biblical leader (See 1 Timothy 3 & Titus 1).  Leadership is influence.

Timeless Truth

1. God loves you.

     "I have loved you with an everlasting love." --Jeremiah 31:3

2. God is beyond your reach.
      "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." --Romans 3:23     

3. God reaches out to you.    "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." --Romans 5:8