ABOUT.

WHO IS ANC?

ANC is a progressive, affirming, gospel-centered community of people driven by inclusion and social justice. Many of us live in the Austin area. But an increasing number of us live around the country and around the world. 

We believe community is based on belonging, not beliefs. Beliefs will follow. Often. As will doctrines and dogmas and denominational distinctives. But not always. Many of us won’t end up believing the same things. And that’s ok. Unity requires a commitment to belonging not belief.

What holds our community together are the values we share, not our beliefs. So here’s what you need to know about us:

We value safety, authenticity, curiosity, courage, and engagement.

• When we’re doing things right, ANC is a safe place for you to heal and grow. 

• When we’re doing it right, we get to be authentic and real with one another, speaking only what we can say wholeheartedly.

• When we’re doing things right, we are driven by curiosity, not certainty.

• When we’re doing it right, ANC will have courage enough to engage our people to name and address systems of injustice.

• When we’re doing things right, ANC is a community of people deeply engaged in love’s mission in the world; locally and globally.

VALUES EXPLAINED:

• Safety: We want this to be a place where you can feel safe. Safe to show up completely, as you are, with no pretense or need to perform. (open/ecumenical posture)

• Authenticity: We want to be nothing more and nothing less than real and honest about who we are and who we’re not. (relationships)

• Curiosity: We embrace curiosity over certainty, believing curiosity to be the true mark of discipleship. This means we fully embrace doubt and disorientation as essential to faith and growth. (discipleship)

• Courage: We believe it will take courage to name and address systems of oppression. We hope to be a community known for our courage to engage real issues that impact people’s lives. (social justice)

• Engagement: We believe our role is to activate our community to engage the work of love, here, as well as around the world. (mission)

WHAT IS ANC?

We are a local/non-local urban congregation of the United Methodist Church.

WHAT IS THE 04 CENTER? 

We’ve always been lovers of music at ANC. It’s what makes our city unique. So, while we have multiple services on Sundays, the remainder of the week, we are a world-class music venue called the 04Center.