A practical guide for those wanting the kind of marriage God intends.
Our Statement of Faith
We are a non-denominational pastoral counseling ministry offering Christ-centered discipleship help. Ministering to people as they seek to apply Biblical principles to their personal and spiritual problems we offer a Biblical Counseling approach that emphasizes grace, the Exchanged Life Counseling teachings and the character of God.
The Bible is our reference point for addressing personal needs, relational problems and behavioral changes resulting in a focus on growing in who you are in Christ and finding God's will for your life. Below is a statement of our faith:
The Scriptures: We believe that the Bible in its original documents is the inspired Word of God, the written record of His supernatural revelation of Himself to man, absolute in its authority, complete in its revelation, final in its content, and without error in its statement
(Ps 19:7; 2 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21).
God: We believe that there is only one true and living God existing in three Persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - each a distinct Person, but all of one essence and all having the same nature, perfections, and attributes, and each is worthy of precisely the same worship, confidence, and obedience (Gen 1:26; Jer 10:10, Matt 3:16-17; 28:19).
Jesus Christ: We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, shed His blood on Calvary as a vicarious substitute, was buried, rose again bodily, and ascended to the Father according to the Scriptures (Isa 7:14; Matt 1:18-25; 1 Cor 15:3; Heb 4:15).
Holy Spirit: We believe that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Trinity, very God, coexistent with the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is the chief agent in the regeneration, the chief convictor of sin, and the chief comforter of the believer. Simultaneous with regeneration, the Holy Spirit baptizes the believer into the body of Christ (Matt 28:19; John 16:7-11; Acts 5:3-4; Tom 8:9; 1 Cor 12:12-14).
Man: We believe that man is the direct creation of God - body, soul, and spirit - and is not in any sense the result of evolution but is made in the image of God. Adam, the first man, sinned by disobedience. This act resulted in the fall of mankind and incurred both physical and spiritual death for all (Gen 1:26-27; Rom 3:10; 23; 5:12).
Salvation: We believe that all who, in faith, receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior are born again by the Holy Spirit and thus become the children of God. Salvation involves redemption, regeneration, sanctification, and glorification (John 1:12; 3:3; 17:17; Rom 8:29-30; Eph 2:8-9; 4:30; Tit 3:5).
Second Coming: We believe in the literal, visible, personal, pre-millennial, pre-tribulation, return of Jesus Christ for His Church. At this event the dead in Christ and living believers will be translated to meet Him in the air. At the end of the seven year tribulation, Christ will visibly descend with the saints to establish earthly millennial kingdom (Acts 1:11; 1 Thes 4:13-18; Rev 20:1-6).
Satan: We believe that Satan was originally created a perfect being. He rebelled against God. As a result, he became depraved, the Devil and adversary of God and His people, and leader of a host of angels who fell with him. Satan has been judged and defeated at the cross and awaits his ultimate doom at the Second Advent of Jesus Christ (Isa 14:13-14; Ezek 28:13-17; John 16:11; 1 Tim 3:7; Rev 20:10).
The Priesthood of the Believer: We believe in the priesthood of all believers so that every Christian has direct access to God in prayer through Jesus Christ, our great High Priest, and that there is no mediator between God and man other than Jesus Christ (Heb 4:16; 1 Tim 2:5; Rev 1:6).
Security of the Believer: We believe that salvation is not only a gift from God but also is sustained by the Lord. The Holy Spirit permanently indwells the believer and seals him in salvation for all eternity. Therefore, since salvation is wholly of the lord, apart from the works of man, we hold that the believer shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto eternal salvation (John 10:28; 14:16-17, 26; 1 Cor 2:9-14; Eph 1:13; 2:8-9; 1 Pet 1:5; Jude 24-25).
Providence: We believe in the providence of God, but that He is not the author or approver of sin nor the destroyer of the free will and responsibility of man (John 3:16; Rom 8:28-30).
The Lord’s Day: We believe that Sunday is the Lord’s Day and is a Christian institution for regular observance of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private (1 Cor 16:2; Rev 1:10).
Creation: We believe the triune God created the universe apart from pre-existing materials and without any evolutionary process. We believe in the historicity of the first eleven chapters of Genesis (Gen 1:1; Matt 19:4; John 1:1-3; Rom 1:20; Col 1:16-17; Heb 11:3).