The Poplar Grove Family
a story of God's amazing grace
Poplar Grove's story is as unique as each of our own. The beautiful thing about our story is that God's grace and love are so deeply woven into the fibers of who we are that any success or prosperity we've experienced is a direct result of God's favor and faithfulness. We believe that all things exist and are being worked according to God’s pleasure and plan (Ephesians 1:11), which is the demonstration of His own glory. God creates, calls, rescues, redeems, saves, restores, restrains and grants all to the end that He might be praised.
We are a family of ordinary people made extraordinary through salvation in Jesus Christ. The Gospel Message—the Good News—is what we teach and live here, starting with our youngest churchgoers, our children. It involves mutual love, care, consistency and authenticity as we seek to reflect the person and work of Christ with our lives. At Poplar Grove we make every opportunity to share the Good News in a way that is understandable and engaging for every generation. We believe that each of you and every member of your family can find a place here.
As those who have been reconciled to God through the gospel of Jesus Christ, we are now ambassadors of reconciliation to a lost and broken world. We reason, urge, pray, serve, preach, teach and gather to see God glorified through reconciliation. At Poplar Grove, this mission is best displayed in our communities, where we daily have the chance of living out the Gospel among those around us.
Join us as we worship, learn, pray, grow and serve together in a Gospel-centered community.
Reconciliation with God.
The Bible tells us we are all separated from God by our sins (Romans 3:23). We need a savior; we need salvation from the consequences of our sin, from the clutches of death, and from Satan. God saves us through the birth, death, burial, and resurrection of His son, Jesus Christ. By His grace we are brought out of darkness and into His light - by faith.
We believe that the center of the gospel is the glory and grace of Jesus Christ, so we strive to be a church that is centered on the gospel and reconciled to God through Christ.
We preach the grace of Jesus unapologetically because it is God’s grace that trains us to be holy (Titus 2:11-12). Because of what Jesus did on the cross, we can now be reconciled to God. Our mission is to preach this gospel unapologetically to the world.
Reconciliation with others.
Though each Christian has a personal relationship with God, that relationship is not individual or private. The Christian faith is not intended to be lived in isolation. We were made for community; relationship with God and with each other. The local church is not just a place that we attend but a people to whom we belong. The Bible calls us members of the body (1 Corinthians 12:12-31) with the expectation that we contribute to the body for the glory of God and the good of His people.
Reconciliation with others means living in a Gospel-centered community together; a radical call amid a culture of mere attendance and casual involvement. It involves mutual love, care, consistency and authenticity as we seek to reflect the person and work of Christ with our lives.