We believe that God’s holy plan of redemption includes women in beautiful and esteeming ways. Our hope at RCB is that all women are empowered and honored at all times, and that their gifts, callings, and accomplishments are acknowledged. Women are gifted for all types of ministry and leadership, and we are honored to have women exercising their gifts and living out their callings at every level at RCB. If you are interested in a full biblical presentation of our position, the ECC has some helpful resources here.

At RCB, we believe that a full vision of the gospel of Jesus includes a focus on justice–-restoration of people to God, each other, and themselves-–and that we are invited to partner with the Holy Spirit in bringing that restoration about on Earth as it is in Heaven (Luke 4:14-21). Loving mercy and doing justice (Micah 6:8; Amos 5:21-24) is a priority for RCB in our call to love, serve, and work together with people at the margins toward holistic individual, family, and community transformation. 

RCB is a multi-generational community of people learning to follow and be transformed by Jesus. We desire to provide youth the same kinds of opportunities as we provide adults to learn and grow in spiritual formation and develop a thoughtful relationship with Jesus and the world. Our younger community members are not the “next generation” of our church; they are already a vital and integral part of the church body, and we want them to recognize and feel their worth as unique individuals who are beloved by God. They fulfill important roles within worship services, like reading scripture, praying, serving communion, and singing. We seek to foster a safe place for kids to ask questions while wrestling with a faith they can call their own.

We value spending time together in multi-age groups, large and small. During our more “traditional” looking Sundays with a worship service, children and teens stay with their families to learn and worship with the whole community. (We have coloring pages and snacks at a table in the back for kids, too.) On the Sundays when we meet in Emmaus Groups, kids/teens meet in groups with others closer to their age; they are also welcome to stay with their parent(s) if that’s their preference. 

At Resurrection Covenant Boise, we value all people. We align ourselves with the ECC and their beliefs about sexual ethics, available to read here. We recognize that churches have often done a poor job of embracing and including all children of God, specifically those who identify as LGBTQ+. Here, we love and welcome everyone wherever they are in their own journeys with God and desire to be a safe place for all. We are not for uniformity but seek unity; anyone who is following Jesus or is seeking to know more about him and his Word has a place at his table. As a church, we want to be a place where everyone belongs, has value, and has a voice in the life of the church as we continue to work out what it means to walk with Jesus with more faithfulness and integrity, individually and collectively.

When deciding to plant a church in Boise, our leadership team knew we wanted to partner with a denomination to best ensure the church’s integrity and thriving through denominational accountability, oversight, and support.

The Evangelical Covenant Church is a rapidly growing multiethnic denomination in the United States and Canada with ministries on five continents of the world. Founded in 1885 by Swedish immigrants, the ECC values the Bible as the word of God, the gift of God’s grace and ever-deepening spiritual life that comes through a faith with Jesus Christ, the importance of extending God’s compassion and love to a hurting world, and the strength that comes from unity within diversity. 

The ECC’s values aligned so well with RCB’s, partnering with them was a natural fit. Additionally, knowing that the local area has little racial diversity, joining the ECC allows us the opportunity to sit under the leadership of men and women of various ethnicities and racial backgrounds that we otherwise may not have had.