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OUR PURPOSE STATEMENT
What does our culture look like? We seek to befriend and serve all people. Our worship is passionate because His grace is beyond anything we can imagine. Our rhythm is to gather to worship and scatter to serve. In a world where the weight is often heavy, we want to lift people by adding value to their lives, standing for justice, and celebrating the goodness of our God.
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The Inspired Word of GodWe believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are verbally inspired by God, without error in their original writings, and that they are the supreme and final authority in the faith and life of the believer. (Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21)
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The TrinityWe believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the universe, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1-2; Matthew 28:18-20; John 10:27-30)
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Jesus, the Son of God"We believe that Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a sacrificial death on the Cross, rose bodily from the dead, and ascended to Heaven. We believe He is fully God and fully man, and as such, the only Mediator between God and man. (Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:18-23; Luke 2:1-20; John 1:1-14; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Hebrews 1:1-3)
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Man was created in the image of GodWe believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; that all human beings have a propensity for sin, are morally responsible for their own actions, and possess an inability to save themselves from this plight. (Genesis 1:27; Romans 3:23; 5:12; 6:23; Ephesians 2:1-4,8-10)
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Jesus DiedWe believe the Lord Jesus Christ suffered and died as a substitutionary sacrifice for our sins; that His shed blood provides the only grounds for our justification, and that faith and repentance are the necessary conditions to procure it; that we are saved from sin's penalty on the basis of God's grace and sin's power by the strength of His grace. We believe that good works are a necessary evidence that we have been saved since we are His workmanship, created for good works, that we should walk in them. (1 John 2:2; Acts 13:38-39; Hebrews 2:3-28; Romans 5:1-2,8-9; Ephesians 2:8-9; Luke 24:46-47)
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The Ministry of the Holy SpiritWe believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit that glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ, convicts the world of sin, and regenerates the life of believers. He further indwells, guides, and empowers the believer for a life of Godliness and service. He sovereignly distributes gifts for the edification of the whole community while individually producing spiritual fruit in those who follow His leading and not the lusts of their own flesh. (John 16:7-15; Acts 1:8; Titus 3:5; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Galatians 5:16-25)
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Eternal LifeWe believe in the bodily resurrection of the dead; of the justified in Christ Jesus to everlasting life in God's presence, of the unbelieving and unjust to everlasting conscious punishment. (Daniel 12:2-4; John 5:28-29; 1 Corinthians 15:1-58; Revelation 20:4-5,11-15)
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The Christian LifeWe believe that all who have been justified in Christ Jesus are called to a life of repentance, confession, and separation from all worldly and sinful practices; that the fear of the Lord is not only the beginning of wisdom but the spiritual element that leads to a life of purity and holiness. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-4; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Peter 1:13-21; 2 Corinthians 7:1,10-11; Titus 2:11-12)
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The Head of the ChurchWe believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church; that every local church has the right under Christ to govern its own affairs; that He will personally and visibly return for His Church, create a new Heaven and a new earth, and establish His glorious kingdom in its fullness forevermore. (Ephesians 5:22-33; Colossians 1:18; Acts 1:11; 2 Peter 3:4-15; Revelation 20-21)
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The Great CommandmentWe believe in the Great Commandment; that God is love, that we love because He first loved us, and that loving Him supremely with all heart, soul, mind, and strength is not only the duty of every believer but the natural response to His love. We believe in the Great Commission; that every believer is a disciple of all that Jesus lived and taught, that every believer has been given a mandate to make disciples, that this begins with what is commonly called evangelism, but continues with teaching new disciples to obey all that Jesus commanded. (Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Matthew 22:35-40; 1 John 4:7-10; Matthew 28:18-20; 2 Timothy 2:2)
MEET THE TEAM
Bo Bolding
Senior Pastor
Email:
BoBolding@gracecitypeople.com
Maggie Mellbom
Children's Director
Email:
MaggieMellbom@gracecitypeople.com
Sharri Burks
Secretary and Bookkeeper
Email:
SharriBurks@gracecitypeople.com
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