What We Believe: Statement of Faith
The Bible
We believe that the Bible is the
authoritative, inerrant, complete (66 books),
divinely inspired Word of God which defines our
faith, morality and principles of healthy
spirituality. Everything that human beings need
to know in order to have a redemptive
relationship with God is found within the
scriptures.
God
We believe that God is one triune God—the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, three
distinct but not separate Persons who coexist
equally from eternity to eternity.
The Son of God
We believe that the Son of God (who is God),
became incarnated to be a sinless man named
Jesus, born of the Virgin Mary, that he might be
our redeemer and Savior. The Lord Jesus died for
our sins on the cross and then rose from the
dead on the third day both spiritually and
physically. He then ascended to heaven to be the
Lord of all and is coming again in the future.
The Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit (who is God),
convicts sinners, regenerates those who believe
in Christ, and then dwells in them for their
sanctification and transformation. He also
grants to the believers gifts for service in
order to build up the body of Christ.
Salvation
We believe that God provides man a complete
salvation in Christ not through good works, but
through faith in Christ alone.
The Church
We believe that there is only one spiritual
Body of Christ, the church, and that the moment
a person believes in the Lord Jesus, God places
him or her into it. This unique, universal
church cannot be divided by denominational
differences, race, or social status. It is
composed of all those of the second birth.
Therefore, we do not recognize the legitimacy of
any special congregation or groups of
congregations who claim to exclusively represent
the universal body of Christ. Our particular
congregation happily confesses that it is part
of the one church founded by Christ and part of
the practical local expression of that church in
the greater Columbus area.
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