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Our Christian Beliefs
![marcha-2011-15 The Rev. Noé Gonzales (left) offers Holy Communion to Nohemi Ramirez during worship in El Paso, Texas. Photo by Mike DuBose, United Methodist Communications.](https://admin.umc.org/-/media/umc-media/2014/09/16/00/55/marcha-2011-15.jpg?iar=0&mh=768&mw=732&w=732&hash=7CEBF5A57353DDEE281D832385696DAE)
United Methodists share a common heritage with all Christians. According to our foundational statement of beliefs found in The Book of Discipline, we share the following basic affirmations in common with all Christian communities.
Explore what we say about God, human being, the church, the Bible and more.
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![tiffany_glass_gcah_208x138 A genuine Tiffany glass window depicts Jesus in the Garden. The panel is on display in the lobby of the General Commission on Archives and History in Madison, New Jersey.](https://admin.umc.org/-/media/umc-media/2017/04/13/18/41/tiffany_glass_gcah_208x138.jpg?iar=0&mh=319&hash=EA3FB5795FCD1DF767205027E7CC5226)
We believe in the mystery of salvation through Jesus Christ. God became human in Jesus whose life, death and resurrection demonstrate God's redeeming love.
![In Genesis, we read that from the beginning, human beings have been made in the image of God. With all Christians, United Methodists believe that all people are made in the image of the Creator.](https://admin.umc.org/-/media/umc-media/2019/06/25/20/33/creation-stained-glass.jpg?h=319&iar=0&mh=319&w=479&hash=70B991DD27B298B27E2F70D02EF8BC02)
Genesis 1:27 asserts that we've been made in the image of the Creator. Like God we have the capacity to love and care, to communicate, and to create.
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