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So What makes us different?We are God-alone Christians who believe in one God and follows the teachings of Jesus. Where we differs from other Christian Churches is that we do not accept the traditional view of the trinity and do not pray to icons or anyone other than God. Nor do we use intermediaries in prayer, or pray in anyone else's name. We believe that each person is a free spirit capable of making their own decisions and forming their own beliefs.
Briefly described, Harmony Church is, like other forms of Christianity, a religion that asserts the foundation of the teaching of Jesus. It places particular emphasis on reason, conscience, and free will in religion and uses contemporary methods to understand myths and symbols of the past. It is a religion founded on and patterned after the elemental beliefs of Jesus and his disciples. Like that model, it seeks ever to form surer and nobler understandings of God and of the world by a conscientious search for truth. It lays great stress on the ethical responsibility of individuals, of the Church, and of the human race.
Other belief systems may hold to one or more of these views, but Harmony Church is unique in upholding all of them.
We have great respect for all forms of Christianity and other religions that believe in the One God, but are convinced that their Christianity best reflects Jesus’ own vision.
Religious Principles of
Harmony Church
1. We believe in The One God. The Creator, Father and Mother of all and in God’s message given to us through the teachings of Jesus.
2. God's presence is made known in many different ways to many different people. Religion should promote a free and responsible search for truth, meaning, communion, the acceptance of other religions and beliefs, and love.
3. Reason is a gift from God. Religion should embrace reason and its progeny, including the scientific enterprise which explores God's creation.
4. Free will is a gift from God. Religion should assist in the effort to find a path that exercises that gift in a responsible, constructive and ethical manner.
5. Music and humour are NOT the work of the "Devil", nor are they bad unless they are intended to be so by humans. They are another gift of God.
6. Conscious of the complexity of creation, of the limits of human understanding and of humanity's capacity for evil in the name of religion, we hold that humility, religious tolerance and freedom of conscience should be a central part of any religious experience.
7. Religious experience is most fulfilling in the context of a tradition. Our religious tradition is both the Christian and the Realist traditions, which emphasizes the importance of reason in religion, tolerance, the unity of God and the teachings of Jesus.
8. Revelation is ongoing. Religion should draw inspiration not only from its own tradition but from other religious traditions, philosophy and the arts. Although paying due regard for the hard lessons learned in the past and to the importance of religious tradition, religion should not be stagnant but should employ reason and religious experience to evolve in a constructive, enlightened and fulfilling way and to hold out the hand of friendship to all others.
9. Conscious of the spiritual and material needs of our fellow men and women, the evil they may be subjected to and the tragedies they may endure, works of mercy and compassion should be a part of any religious experience.
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Harmony Church is an Unincorporated Church and Tax exempt under IRC Section 508(C)(1)(A) and Section 501(C)(3). Registered in the County of Galveston, Texas.
