What We Believe

What We Believe

Faith.
Ancient.
Alive.

We believe that the historical creeds of the church are the best expression of what we believe — and that the Inner Room is where those beliefs become encounter.

House Church  ·  Canton, Ohio  ·  Est. 2025
Our Foundation

We are creedal Christians who believe that lasting change comes not from external religious activity alone, but from the refining fire of God’s presence in the Inner Room.

In short, we believe that the historical creeds of the church are the best expression of “what we believe.” So, here is our statement of faith.

Our Statement of Faith
The Nicene Creed

The Nicene Creed

We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.

And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit
and the virgin Mary, and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again,
according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.

And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son
is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.

Beyond the Creeds

The specific mission focus that makes the FURNACE unique is our call to the Inner Room — that sacred space of communion with God that Jesus spoke of when he said, “the kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21).

This pursuit aligns us with the mystics of historical Christianity: Origen, St. Augustine of Hippo, the Desert Fathers and Mothers, St. Teresa of Ávila, and Julian of Norwich — spiritual giants who understood that the Christian life is fundamentally about interior transformation through divine encounter.

At the FURNACE, we believe that lasting change comes not from external religious activity alone, but from the refining fire of God’s presence in the Inner Room. Here, in the hidden place of prayer and contemplation, we are changed from glory to glory as we behold the face of Christ.

“Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”
— 1 Corinthians 3:16