Statement of Faith
We subscribe to the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith.
"This little volume is not issued as an authoritative rule, or code of faith, whereby you are to be fettered, but as an assistance to you in controversy, a confirmation in faith, and a means of edification in righteousness. Here the younger members of our church will have a body of divinity in small compass, and by means of the Scriptural proofs, will be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in them. Be not ashamed of your faith; remember it is the ancient gospel of martyrs, confessors, reformers, and saints. Above all, it is the truth of God, against which the gates of Hell cannot prevail. Let your lives adorn your faith; let your example adorn your creed. Above all live in Christ Jesus, and walk in Him, giving credence to no teaching but that which is manifestly approved of Him and owned by the Holy Spirit. Cleave fast to the Word of God which is here mapped out for you.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon to his own congregation in 1865 |
Purpose and Function
The chief purpose of Christ Bible Church is to glorify God. This is to be accomplished through the promotion of His worship, evangelizing the lost, and edification of the saints. The scriptures teach that we are to be salt and light and that we are to propagate the Gospel by all legitimate and scriptural means possible. This starts with each person's individual relationship with God, then with our families, fellow members of the body, and finally to the ends of the world, as the Lord may lead and enable. Moreover the church is to promote holiness of life among the members and to edify itself in love - to the end that God will be glorified in and through His church.
We are a non-denominational, evangelical, Bible believing and Christ-centered church. The Bible is our sole and final authority. Here is a brief statement of faith:
Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Christ Alone, Scripture Alone, to the Glory of God Alone (the 5 Solas of the Reformation).
The chief purpose of Christ Bible Church is to glorify God. This is to be accomplished through the promotion of His worship, evangelizing the lost, and edification of the saints. The scriptures teach that we are to be salt and light and that we are to propagate the Gospel by all legitimate and scriptural means possible. This starts with each person's individual relationship with God, then with our families, fellow members of the body, and finally to the ends of the world, as the Lord may lead and enable. Moreover the church is to promote holiness of life among the members and to edify itself in love - to the end that God will be glorified in and through His church.
We are a non-denominational, evangelical, Bible believing and Christ-centered church. The Bible is our sole and final authority. Here is a brief statement of faith:
- We believe the Bible to be the divinely inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God.
- We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ, His deity, His sinless humanity and perfect life, the eternal all-sufficiency of His atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the Father's right hand, and His personal imminent return to this Earth in power and great glory.
- We believe that justification (salvation) is an act of God, based solely on the righteousness and atoning death of Jesus Christ, and that becoming "born again" by the power of the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for salvation - that is by grace alone through faith alone.
- We believe in the Lordship of Christ over His church; the observance of the ordinances of baptism by immersion for believers and the Lord's Supper.
- We believe in the eternal blessedness of the redeemed in heaven and the eternal doom of the unregenerate in the lake of fire.
Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Christ Alone, Scripture Alone, to the Glory of God Alone (the 5 Solas of the Reformation).