“The purpose and mission of Knights Templar are to emulate the teachings of Freemasonry

                                                                                                by example and individual actions.  These teachings are not sacramental so far as they appear

                                                                                               to enter  into the domains of thought and truth in which every man is entirely free to reject and

                                                                                             dissent so long as he shall weigh what is taught and give it fair hearing and unprejudiced

                                                                                            judgment, keeping always in mind the dogma of the Holy Testaments  of Christianity in the

                                                                                           true sense of “doctrine and teachings” and to emulate the historic moral doctrine of the knights

                                                                                         of the of the historic crusades. Our mission is to serve our neighbors and community in every way possible.”