Who we are
Redemption Church Flagstaff is a non-denominational Christian church that started in 2012. We are part of a family of churches called the Beloved Community.
As a church we have values that we are passionate about living out and we want to faithfully live all of life all for Jesus. We do this by worshiping together, spending time in community with one another, learning from the Bible together, and living outward focused lives doing our best to love the world. This involves proclaiming the good news about Jesus, making disciples, finding creative ways to love our neighbors, and at times seeking justice on their behalf.
The Beloved Community is a family of churches and initiatives across Arizona (Flagstaff, the Alhambra Neighborhood of Phoenix, and South Phoenix) that are seeking to live in unity with one another and on mission together as one church family in local expressions.
Here is a link to the values that every church that is part of the Beloved Community share: Beloved Community Values and Beliefs
Here is a link to the heartbeat, core doctrine, and theological convictions of Redemption Church Flagstaff: Doctrine of Redemption Church Flagstaff.
The Work we are Attempting To Do
We think all humans were created for the purpose for loving God, and loving neighbor. We also think that in scripture one of the main themes we see is that God is on a mission to restore all people and all things, and encourages our participation in that, as a sign post to his kingdom, and a calling to live as his resurrected people here and now.
In a broad sense we want to help anyone attending our church to live into that reality. However we are often asked, what guides our work? Or what are the shared goals that we have as a local church body? To give us some guide posts for that work, we came up with three goals we hope to accomplish as a local church.
Goal #1: To make, form, and support holistic disciples of Jesus that live out the values of the Beloved Community in word and deed.
Goal #2: To help our church body consider and live into what it means to live ‘All of Life, All for Jesus’.
Goal #3: As a local church, live connected to, and in unity with the Beloved Community.
Then to live out those goals, we as staff and leaders do these four things:
1. We strive to organize a great Sunday worship service.
2. We help foster a community of people that connect deeply to one another and care for one another.
3. Using primarily the Bible, we teach and train our church about who God is, what it means to follow Jesus, how to connect to God, and what messages the various books of the Bible are speaking today.
4. We guide Christians into an outward focused expression of their faith.
History of Redemption Church Flagstaff
In June of 2012 a team of people mostly from the Tempe area moved up to plant Redemption Church Flagstaff. We were part of a multi-congregational church called Redemption Church Arizona that was made up of several local churches across Arizona.
Since planting the church we’ve met in an apartment, another church building, the Orpheum downtown, and two highschools! We’ve been blessed by God to see him move through a vibrant community of believers in Flagstaff ever since we first started officially meeting in October of 2012. Though there have been ups and downs in our church, God has made himself known to us through this ordinary local body of believers.
Over the course of 2023, Redemption Church Arizona ran into some philosophical and theological tensions that caused the 10 congregations that made up the multi-congregational to decide to organize and disconnect from one another in different ways. We in Flagstaff were saddened by this because of the deep love we had for the other churches and the beautiful benefits we experienced while being part of Redemption Arizona. Due to our own theological convictions, and desires for a similar level of connection and unity we began to partner with the formerly known Redemption Alhambra and the South Phoenix Church plant to become the Beloved Community. Although we have kept our name Redemption Church Flagstaff, we are not part of the Redemption Church Network. We still have deep love and respect for the Redemption Network of churches.
Being part of the Beloved Community is a new blessing for our church. Although we are a local church in Flagstaff, we get the benefits of being influenced by, cared for, coached, and even corrected by churches that are part of the Beloved Community. We get to be a stronger church by being in the Beloved Community family of churches. That’s a bit of our history, and hopefully all of that helps you get to know us a bit as you consider making Redemption Church Flagstaff your home church and maybe even helps you end up being part of our present and future!