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What We Believe

At Christ Presbyterian Church, we believe the Bible is the authoritative Word of God and that it reveals who God is, what He has done, and how we are to live as His people. As those who are depending on God alone, these truths shape everything we are as a church and how we live together as His covenant family.

Scripture

We believe the Bible is:

  • inspired (God-breathed)

  • inerrant (without error in all that it affirms)

  • infallible (incapable of being wrong or misleading)

  • authoritative (final authority for life and faith)

  • sufficient (contains all we need for salvation and faithful living)

Because God has spoken, we live as a people dependent on His Word, not on ourselves.


The Trinity

We believe in one God eternally existing in three Persons:

  • Father

  • Son

  • Holy Spirit

Each Person is fully God, and there is one God. The three Persons are distinct, yet equal in power and glory, working in perfect unity:

  • The Father plans redemption

  • The Son accomplishes redemption

  • The Spirit applies redemption

This one God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) has always existed in perfect love and now brings us into that love through Jesus Christ. We worship the Triune God, and our life together reflects His perfect love and communion, shaping us into a people of Trinitarian worship and shared life.


Jesus Christ

We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man: one person with two distinct natures. He:

  • lived a perfect life

  • died as a substitute for sinners

  • rose again

  • now reigns as Lord

Through Him alone, we are reconciled to God. In Christ, we see God’s redemptive work: He forgives our sin, removes our shame, and restores us to new life as His people.


The Holy Spirit

We believe the Holy Spirit:

  • gives new life (regeneration)

  • indwells every believer

  • sanctifies us, conforming us to Christ

  • equips us for ministry

By the Spirit, we grow as disciples and are empowered to live lives of kingdom discipleship, reflecting Christ in every area of life to the glory of God.


The Fall

God created humanity good, but through sin, we rebelled against Him.

Because of sin:

  • we are separated from God

  • our whole nature is corrupted by sin

  • we are under God’s just judgment

Yet even in our sin, we see the world through a redemptive lens (perspective), trusting that God is at work to restore in Christ to restore what has been broken.


Salvation

We believe salvation is entirely by God’s grace.

Through Jesus Christ:

  • our sins are forgiven

  • we are reconciled to God

  • we are brought into His family as His sons and daughters

This salvation is received by grace alone through faith in Christ alone, expressed in repentance and faith.

Those who trust in Christ receive eternal life with God, while those who remain in their sin will face God’s just and eternal judgment.

As those who are adopted into God’s covenant family, we now live together as His people, growing in love, unity, and mission.


The Church

We believe the Church is God’s covenant family and the body of Christ, a people gathered around the Word and sacraments to worship, grow, and be sent into the world.

We practice the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper as means of grace, instituted by Christ as visible signs and seals of the covenant of grace for the strengthening of His people.

As a church, we seek to live out our identity through:

  • depending on God alone

  • living as His covenant family

  • worshiping the Triune God

  • embracing a redemptive perspective

  • pursuing kingdom discipleship