On Ramps Covenant Church is a member of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.  
We are a Jesus-following, multi-ethnic/class/cultural/generational church community that is pursuing God's Kingdom in and for the Lowell neighborhood of Fresno CA, as it is in heaven.  On Ramps reflects a...

Parish-Minded: we are commitment to a specific geography.  The church is committed to a place.

• Contempor-ancient: our life together as a faith community seeks to be informed and inspired by the best of the whole Christian tradition, while not being "backwards looking". We want to pursue a faith formed not just by our culture, era or denomination, this is a part of our embrace of the full diversity if the Body of Christ. 

• Tension-Embracing: a fundamental belief that God is greater than anything that divides us. The tension that diversity brings is something we "lean into" not run away from.  The church understands its position as unique because it seeks to hold together in relationship everything that is distinct because each of those differences come from God.

• Partnership-Oriented: we understand that the vision God has given us is bigger than any single local church and will require partnership. This is the church's posture.

• Mission-Driven: The church doesn't have a mission - God's mission has a church.  The church has a purpose.

• Gift-Valuing: God has given everyone gifts. Leadership, therefore, is not the task of a small group but of all. This centers church polity  around the community rather than a few individuals.

• Burden-Bearing: at the end of the day, nothing matters more than relationships. We will forego tasks in order to be present to one another in Biblical community.  The church is about people.