• πίστις •
"the evidence of things not seen"
"Without Faith it is impossible to please God"
Bible
Our plea and aim is very simple. We strive to speak where the Bible speaks, keep silent where the Bible is silent, doing Bible things in Bible ways, and calling Bible things by Bible names. In short, the Bible is our sole authority and tool for what we do, who we are, and what we are to know and teach in this life (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Life
Everything we need to know about this life is given in the Bible (John 10:10). The Bible teaches us how to live in harmony with ourselves, our fellowman, and with God, the Father (2 Peter 1:3). More than that, the Bible teaches us how to conquer those things in our lives that cause us harm. All of this is summed up in the teaching of grace delivered to all mankind (Titus 2: 11-14).
Doctrine
Here, you will find simple concise Bible teaching. We follow no creed contrived by men (Mark 7:8-9). Our aim is to cut through all of the religious confusion by going all the way back to the pure source of teaching from God, the Bible. We strive constantly to make sure what we practice and teach is from God and not mixed with any tradition of man at all.
Worship
Our God commands, and is pleased when we worship him formally (John 4:24). In our worship service, we have a memorial service in which we partake of unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine. We partake of this remembrance weekly to memorialize the death of Jesus till He comes again (1 Corinthians 11:26). We also offer a time for members of the church to give a portion of their blessings back to God in the form of a freewill offering (1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8). We pray to God our Father by the authority of Jesus, his Son and our Savior (Matthew 6:5-15; Colossians 3:17). We also sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs making the melody in our hearts (Ephesians 5:19; Hebrews 13:15). It is of utmost importance to offer God praise that He finds acceptable. We try our best to make sure to keep with what we read in His Word, the Bible.
Order
Our assembly is simple. Each congregation belonging to Christ functions autonomously, just like you read about in the Bible (Rom. 16:16).
There is no authority on earth higher than that of the local congregation.
Individual congregations follow the higher authority, the Bible (John 12:48).
On the congregational level, the leadership is a group of elders ordained by the authority of God’s Word. Each elder has to meet stringent requirements set forth by God in His Word (Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-16). Above the multiplicity of elders, referred to as the eldership, there is no higher authority in the local congregation.
There are special servants on the local level called, Deacons. While they are not in authority as leaders, they do oversee certain tasks in regard to the day to day operation of the local body. They, as well, have stringent requirements in order to be ordained to their office (1 Timothy 8:-13).
In lieu of men qualified to be elders, individuals of the congregation submit to one another as a whole (Ephesians 5:21).
Different?
We are different from what is commonly known or accepted as “Christendom.” If all groups of people claiming to be Christian were stamped out and eradicated from the world, in one thousand years a person could find a Bible, read it and follow it, a congregation of the church belonging to Christ would then be in the world again and it would look like and function identical to the way the church Christ built in the first Century, Jerusalem. No denomination can claim the same.
Often our answer to the question above is, well, we can not speak for any other congregation but ours. The church belonging to Christ is different because we are not organized like the denominations found in this world. We worship differently. Our values are Bible based holding to God’s teaching and shunning man’s teaching (Eph. 5:11). We simply want to go back to the pure source and be Christians only as the Bible commands (John 8:31-32).
Our plea and aim is very simple. We strive to speak where the Bible speaks, keep silent where the Bible is silent, doing Bible things in Bible ways, and calling Bible things by Bible names. In short, the Bible is our sole authority and tool for what we do, who we are, and what we are to know and teach in this life (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
Life
Everything we need to know about this life is given in the Bible (John 10:10). The Bible teaches us how to live in harmony with ourselves, our fellowman, and with God, the Father (2 Peter 1:3). More than that, the Bible teaches us how to conquer those things in our lives that cause us harm. All of this is summed up in the teaching of grace delivered to all mankind (Titus 2: 11-14).
Doctrine
Here, you will find simple concise Bible teaching. We follow no creed contrived by men (Mark 7:8-9). Our aim is to cut through all of the religious confusion by going all the way back to the pure source of teaching from God, the Bible. We strive constantly to make sure what we practice and teach is from God and not mixed with any tradition of man at all.
Worship
Our God commands, and is pleased when we worship him formally (John 4:24). In our worship service, we have a memorial service in which we partake of unleavened bread and the fruit of the vine. We partake of this remembrance weekly to memorialize the death of Jesus till He comes again (1 Corinthians 11:26). We also offer a time for members of the church to give a portion of their blessings back to God in the form of a freewill offering (1 Corinthians 16:2; 2 Corinthians 9:6-8). We pray to God our Father by the authority of Jesus, his Son and our Savior (Matthew 6:5-15; Colossians 3:17). We also sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs making the melody in our hearts (Ephesians 5:19; Hebrews 13:15). It is of utmost importance to offer God praise that He finds acceptable. We try our best to make sure to keep with what we read in His Word, the Bible.
Order
Our assembly is simple. Each congregation belonging to Christ functions autonomously, just like you read about in the Bible (Rom. 16:16).
There is no authority on earth higher than that of the local congregation.
Individual congregations follow the higher authority, the Bible (John 12:48).
On the congregational level, the leadership is a group of elders ordained by the authority of God’s Word. Each elder has to meet stringent requirements set forth by God in His Word (Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-16). Above the multiplicity of elders, referred to as the eldership, there is no higher authority in the local congregation.
There are special servants on the local level called, Deacons. While they are not in authority as leaders, they do oversee certain tasks in regard to the day to day operation of the local body. They, as well, have stringent requirements in order to be ordained to their office (1 Timothy 8:-13).
In lieu of men qualified to be elders, individuals of the congregation submit to one another as a whole (Ephesians 5:21).
Different?
We are different from what is commonly known or accepted as “Christendom.” If all groups of people claiming to be Christian were stamped out and eradicated from the world, in one thousand years a person could find a Bible, read it and follow it, a congregation of the church belonging to Christ would then be in the world again and it would look like and function identical to the way the church Christ built in the first Century, Jerusalem. No denomination can claim the same.
Often our answer to the question above is, well, we can not speak for any other congregation but ours. The church belonging to Christ is different because we are not organized like the denominations found in this world. We worship differently. Our values are Bible based holding to God’s teaching and shunning man’s teaching (Eph. 5:11). We simply want to go back to the pure source and be Christians only as the Bible commands (John 8:31-32).