Dixon Community Church, Neighbor

By Pastor Dan Vraa

I have often been asked what kind of a church Dixon Community Church is. To new members and my colleagues in ministry, I usually say something like: “we are an independent, interdenominational congregation which is part of the larger Body of Church: the Church. We see ourselves as Protestant and Evangelical.”

“Independent” means we do not formally belong to any one denomination. Yet, we do not see ourselves as the only true Christians, instead, we are a part of Jesus Christ’s larger Church comprising those, throughout history and around the world today, who profess and follow Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

“Interdenominational” means we try not to emphasize what has divided denominations, rather, we seek to emphasize what all Protestant Christians have in common, and leave many denominational particulars a matter of personal conscience.

Another way of describing us is: we are Biblical/Apostolic, Orthodox, Protestant, and Evangelical.