We dream about gathering people and opening up space for them to encounter God, to know what He is like, to go into a deeper place with Him, to experience His love, and be changed by the truth of the Gospel.

We dream of inviting the lost and the alone into family, weaving their individual stories within a collective context where they can learn how to receive and extend love to each other- loving well and rightly.  We dream of championing one another in love and in life, of learning how to be the Father’s kids, sons and daughters in His family.

We dream of a generation being  trained and equipped in their God-given destiny, talents, and skills.  We want to provoke one another to live missionally, as “sent-ones,” investing our lives and our love in this city and on this campus by proclaiming and demonstrating the life changing Gospel of Christ.

We dream of being a people forged to look more like Jesus.

We want to extend an invitation into a relationship with God- to lead people into the wide open spaces of his radical grace and freedom- for people to know what God is like -by his words, his encounter, his nature, his attributes, his qualities.

We welcome you to the Forge

and hope that you come along for the journey!

Our mission is to equip believers in two great adventures in life: the inward journey of spiritual formation and the outward journey of social transformation.  The Gospel is central to this journey!  We believe we must integrate our faith with all parts of our life and approach everything we do from a Kingdom-minded and Jesus-centered perspective.

As an expression of this mission to make disciples, we gather together regularly to worship, to pray, to share each others burdens, to learn, to feast, to be encouraged and equipped for the work we are called to do!  Shane Claiborne says “Most good things have been said far too many times and just need to be lived.”  Forge is our attempt to live out the invitation, commission, and life of Jesus in our everyday worlds.  We welcome you to journey with us and come along for the ride!

Forge Stillwater has several values that as a community we hold in high regard and of tremendous worth in establishing standards and qualities that guide and influence our thinking in the realm of our beliefs, our convictions, and our basic presuppositions.  Values help to center us as a family, give clear understanding and expectations around what we deeply believe, as well as give focus and clarity as to what we desire to define us as we move forward in the days to come!  Simply put, our values are what help us to fulfill our mission.

Our values can be described as…

• INTENTIONALITY
• SIMPLICITY
• HOLISTIC LIVING
• IDENTITY
• CREATIVITY
• HOSPITALITY
• PRAYER

The Bible

We believe that the Bible is the inspired, authoritative, living, eternally reliable Word of God. We believe that it is equal in all parts and without error in its original manuscript, absolutely infallible, and our source of supreme revelation from God, superior to conscience and reason, though not contrary to reason; and it is therefore our infallible rule of faith and practice and necessary to our daily lives (II Timothy 3:16-17; I Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12 NASB).

The Godhead

We believe in one God who has revealed Himself in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Romans 1:20 NASB). The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are all co-eternal, all stand equally superior to time, free from the temporal distinctions of past and future (FATHER – Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 90:2; Psalm 102:27; I Timothy 1:17 NASB; SON – John 1:1-2; John 8:58; Hebrews 1:8; I John 1:2; Revelation 1:8 NASB; SPIRIT – Hebrews 9:14 NASB).

We believe in God the Father, creator of all things visible and invisible. (Col. 1:15-16)

We believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, who came into the world to reveal the Father, and was the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person; that Jesus Christ was the Creator of everything, for by Him all things were made. We further believe that in Christ dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily and that He was very God and very Man (John. 1:1-2 & 14; I Tim. 3:16; Acts 7:37-38).

We believe in Jesus Christ’s pre-existence, incarnation, virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, substitutionary and atoning death, bodily resurrection, bodily ascension into heaven, exaltation, present rule at the right hand of God, coming, personal return in power and great glory, and in His everlasting Kingdom and dominion (Acts 1:11; 3:19-21; Daniel 7:14; Revelation 20:4). We acknowledge His Lordship — that Jesus Christ is Lord over all things in heaven and on earth, and under the earth (Phil. 2:9-10). We believe in the Holy Spirit, His present ministry, His indwelling, His empowering, His impartation of gifts for today, and His transforming power in the lives of all believers (I Cor. 12:4-11, Gal 5:22-23).

Man and Salvation

We believe that man was created by a direct and immediate act of God (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:4).

We believe that man by transgression fell from a state of righteousness and holiness in which he was first created into total spiritual depravity, a state of death in trespasses and sins in which he is held as a slave of sin and an enemy of God. As such, he is unable to attain divine righteousness by his own efforts but must be redeemed and delivered by the power of the gospel (Romans 5:12-21; I Corinthians 15:1-4).

We believe that repentance and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ are an integral part of God’s work of justification of the believer. Through faith in the shed blood of Christ, he or she is justified and made a partaker in the death of Christ (Romans 5:1, 9).

We believe that “it is by grace you have been saved, through faith–and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). We further believe that the emphasis for a continuous walk in grace should be on demonstrating righteousness and purity of heart, believing in the keeping power of God, walking after the Spirit and not after the flesh, living a lifestyle that demonstrates the character, standards and convictions of Jesus Christ, and not being conformed to the world (Jude 24; Romans 8:25; Galatians 5:16-25; Romans 4:1-5; 12:1-2).

We believe that repentance is dependent upon the convicting action of the Holy Spirit in the lives of sinners and believers and their response. The conviction of the Holy Spirit, which often accompanies the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, will result in the revelation of the sinfulness of self, which should lead to Godly sorrow. Remorse, or worldly sorrow, is a feeling of deep regret, hopelessness or even despair. It does not lead to constructive change. On the other hand, Godly sorrow produces repentance which causes us to turn away from sin and selfishness and to receive faith for change. Repentance is evidenced by an earnest desire to change. Repentance changes the way we feel and act about sin, self and God. Repentance is a total change of mind, will and emotions, (II Corinthians 7:10; Psalm 51; Acts 11:18; II Timothy 2:25; Romans 1:18-32; Matthew 9:12-13).

We believe that in the final judgment, which will accompany the return of Christ, every person will give an account to God of every aspect of this earthly life. The Judgment Seat of Christ (Bema Seat) is the judgment of believers in reference to rewards or lack thereof. The Great White Throne Judgment is the judgment of unbelievers who will be eternally separated from God and in torment (I Cor. 3:10-15; II Cor. 5:10; Rev. 20:11-15).

The Lord’s Commands

We believe in the Lord’s supper and believer’s baptism as acts of our obedience and a testimony of our faith (Mt. 3:6; Mk. 16:16; I Cor 11:23-29).

We believe that water baptism is an obedient response to the command of Jesus. Baptism is to be performed only upon repentant believers in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matt. 28:18-20).

“Scott Goodner hails from the bustling metropolis of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  God first made his introduction to Scott at a youth camp in the southern hills of his home state and he was drawn by a burning in his heart to love God with his whole being.  Upon graduation from high school, he attended Oklahoma State University where he collided with the 24-7 Prayer movement and a bunch or radical friends who were loving God with all their lives.  Scott was one of the founding members of The Jesus House where he and several of his friends renovated and converted a beat-up old frat house into a place of prayer, worship, and community.  At OSU he received a bachelor of architecture design degree and went to work professionally in Oklahoma City for a year.  Scott has also spent time in Kansas City working alongside of the Kansas City Boiler Room and Campus America crew.  Scott currently resides back in his college town of Stillwater, Oklahoma and is working alongside of a great band of friends and the Holy Spirit to help build the Father’s church and raise up a “burning-heart” generation. He is passionate about revival, about restoration, and about seeing the church come alive-until the kingdoms of this world become the Kingdoms of our God.  He is addicted to dreaming, vanilla lattes, stormy days, and beautiful post-rock music.”

A crazy life pursuing revivalist! Ever seeking the kingdom.