WHO WE ARE
mercy
justice
love
We are a diverse community of friends advancing the cause of Christ through mercy, justice, and love. Rancho United was founded in 1968 and has become a center for worship, education, and community service in the Temecula Valley of Southern California.
Rancho Church has three distinct churches on site: Rancho Church, Rancho en Español, and Rancho in Korean.
values
Revealing God’s Transforming Grace
Growing Toward Christ Likeness
Equipping the Next Generation
Building Strong Families
Serving People in Need
statement of faith
We believe that Jesus is the Savior of the World.
We follow Jesus as we commit to teach what Jesus taught and do what Jesus did, together, as a diverse community of friends advancing the cause of Christ through mercy, justice, and love.
We believe in one God - Father, Son, Spirit - the loving Creator of all things visible and invisible, who fashioned humankind in His image so that we would know Him and reflect His loving care in the world.
We believe that God is saving the world He so loves through Jesus, the Christ, the Savior, fully human and fully divine. He taught that a new way of life, the Kingdom of Heaven, has come and is coming to earth. Because of the brokenness of the world, He was crucified to demonstrate the sacrificial love of God. On the third day, He was resurrected in victory over the brokenness of the world, defeating sin and death, uniting humankind with God eternally.
We believe we are united to the Father only by his grace through Jesus Christ, received by faith. Union with God is not earned by good works, obedience to religious law, religious devotion, or correct doctrine, but only by the work of Jesus Christ to unite us to God by grace alone.
We believe that the Holy Spirit unites us to God and to one another in an unbroken and unbreakable relationship. By the Spirit of God, we are joined to a family of faith that Jesus called his Gathering, the Church, empowered by the Spirit to live a life of selfless love. We believe that the Church is a global family advancing the cause of Christ with wide open arms, welcoming everyone to experience God’s unconditional love, then unconditionally loving the world around us.
We believe that the Scripture, both the Old and New Testament, is inspired by the Spirit of God and the foundation for teaching in the Church. The Scripture, properly interpreted, leads us to Jesus and leads us to love like Jesus.
We believe that Jesus was raised from the dead, body and spirit, and that we are raised with Christ to live a new life in the power and freedom of the resurrection. The resurrected Christ in us is the assurance of the love of God that empowers us to love others. The resurrection assures us we will be raised with Christ in body and spirit on the Day of Resurrection to eternally enjoy a new heaven and new earth reconciled to God in Christ, the risen king.
apostles creed
The Apostles Creed is an ancient statement that most Christian churches can rest their basic beliefs upon. We use it as a point of reference for the foundation of our beliefs.
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.