Unabashedly Christian, Unapologetically Progressive

Old South is a church in the Protestant Christian tradition. We express a Trinitarian faith, experiencing God as Creator, Savior and Spirit. We are a member of the United Church of Christ (UCC), a Christian denomination that traces its roots to the Pilgrims and Puritans (we’ve loosened up a lot since then!). As a Christian church, we are empowered by the risen Christ to pursue tender ministries of mercy, justice and beauty.

At Old South, our faith is over 2000 years old, but our thinking is not! Ours is a progressive theology characterized by intellectual curiosity about God’s world and God’s peoples. We acknowledge the Bible as authoritative for faith and practice. That said, we take the Bible far too seriously to take it literally in all respects, and recognize that faith and reason are both gifts from God that aid us on this journey.

In the Bible, we find a story of Jesus’ ministry on earth that was profoundly countercultural, challenging the dominant powers and voices of his day. He preached and practiced a gospel of peace, reconciliation, and renewal, revealed a life of purpose to the aimless, and lived the promise of restoration and resurrection. We recognize that as followers of Jesus we are called to speak to and into the culture, institutions, and laws of our own times, seeking justice and liberation for all.