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Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior; Jesus Christ runs this church; Through faith in Jesus we are released from the stain of sin and made right with god; By the Grace of God we come to faith in Jesus and become adopted children of god, heirs to His eternal kingdom. The bible teaches there is no other name under heaven given to men by which they may be saved.
[Matthew 16:16; Acts 4:12]
The Trinity is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; One in three and three in One as described in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds and the Articles of Religion.
[2 Corinthians 13:14]
The Scripture inspired by God and written by men is the very word of God; the Old and New Testaments contain all things necessary to salvation; all scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
[2 Timothy 3:16]
Fulfilling the Great Comission: The Lord has comissioned us to go into the world and proclaim Christ crucified and risen; taking the sins of his elect upon Himself. Pardon and freedom are God's gift to his elect; His Good News must be communicated to all peoples and nations to the end of the world.
[Matthew 28:16-20]
The Sacraments of Baptism and Communion are the two primary sacraments; given to the Church as outward and visible signs of God's inward and spiritual Grace.
[All four Gospels; Matthew 28; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26]
Prayer is intimate communion with the Father through the Son and by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and commended by our Lord to His Church as a way to deepen our love and knowledge of the mind and will of God.
[1 Thessalonians 5:17; Matthew 26:39]
Relationships through vital and godly small groups, committed to the transforming power of Christ working in and through them is our primary means of growing to Christian maturity and central to us as a community.
[Acts 2:42-47]
Worship of the Lord is the central act of Christians; our chief aim is to give God honor and glory.
[Psalm 95:6; Romans 12:1; Matthew 2:2b]
Maturity in Christ is a life long process of being transformed into His image. Maturity is a grace of God as well as an intentional act of perseverance by each Christian done in community.
[Ephesians 4:11-13]
Spiritual Gifts have been given to each person to glorify God, the giver of all such good gifts, and build up His Church; identification of gifts and encouraging the use of gifts is essential.
[1 Corinthians 12:4-11]
Children are God's gift to us; we have a great responsibility to love, care for annd teach them the ways in which the Lord would have them go.
[Mark 10:14-15]
Pre-Christians matter to God; God has given us His Great Commission to proclaim his Word throughout the Nations and His Great Commandment to love Him and our neighbors.
[Matthew 28:16-20; Luke 10:27]
Reconciliation/Repentance is a constant discipline of the Christian person; we are a fallen people in constant need of the redeeming grace of God through Jesus Christ. God is faithful in as much as we confess and repent of our sins to Him He forgives us and restores us to fellowship with Him and one another.
[Matthew 18:21; 1 John 1:9]
Reproduction of New Churches is the best way to bring the Good News of Christ into our communities.
[Matthew 28:16-20]
