Pastors remind you constantly that your lucky to have a job. Your told if you don't give 10% of your pay, you will never advance. Your family comes last yet it is preached in services to balance your life. Your expected to be there for every event (even ones that are planned on the same day) and give up all your time to the church. Management likes to put kids fresh out of college (if they even have college degrees) as team leaders and management to highly skilled workers. No chance at advancement or a raise unless your Pastors family. The Lord’s supper, consisting of bread and fruit of the vine, is a symbol expressing our sharing of the divine nature of Christ, the memorial of his suffering and death, and the prophecy of His second coming.- Decent pay if you have skills, if you don't have education / skill set your grossly underpaid. By doing this, they symbolically declare to the world that they have died with Christ and have also been raised to live a new life with Him. Therefore, we strive to equip people to LIVE, MOVE, and BE in the fullness of Christ.Īnyone who repents of their sin and believes in Christ as their Savior is to be baptized in water. It is not the church's job to do the work, but to prepare and train the people so that they can then go out and impact the world for Christ. According to Ephesians 4:11-12, we believe it is the church's duty to equip the people for works of service. We believe the church is a place of unity, community, and the teachings of Christ. We believe and invest in the global church and strongly consider ourselves as one part of a big family of believers that began in the book of Acts. We believe church should be a place where you can belong before you believe. God creates each of us with a plan and purpose for our lives which we cannot fulfill except through Him. Anyone who is united with Christ gets a fresh start and is created new. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his or her life by faith. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith, we are saved. Only by trusting in Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Salvation is God’s free gift to us but we must accept it. Although we all have tremendous potential for good, all of us are impaired by an attitude of disobedience toward God called “sin.” Sin separates us from God. People are made in the image of God, to be like Him in character. Because it is inspired by God, it is truth without error. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs about living. It was written by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. This power enables every believer to “do” and “be” whatever our Lord has purposed in our lives. He provides supernatural power beyond our human abilities power for living, understanding spiritual truth and guidance for our daily lives. He enters our lives at the moment of salvation. He was sent by God to be a “Helper” to us. The Holy Spirit is a gift from God to man. He ascended to Heaven and will return again someday to earth to reign as King. He arose from the dead after three days to demonstrate His power over sin and death. Jesus lived a sinless human life and offered Himself as the perfect sacrifice for the sins of all people by dying on a cross. He is both completely man and completely God. Jesus Christ is the Son of God and is coequal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He created man in His own image for fellowship, and is calling man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man. God the Father is the Creator and sustainer of everything. There is only one God, and He is eternally existent in three coequal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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