WOODLAND HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN CHURCH

BASICS

NON-NEGOTIABLES FOR MINISTRY

We teach that the Bible is God's Word, supernaturally inspired, so that it is without error in the original manuscripts and preserved by God, so that it is a divinely authoritative standard for every age and life. (II Peter 1:20-21; II Timothy 3:16)

We teach that the Godhead exists eternally in 3 persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - and that these 3 are one God. (Matthew 28:19)

We teach that God is the absolute and sole creator of the universe, and that creation was by a divine decree, not through an evolutionary process. (Genesis 1:1-2:25)

We teach that Jesus Christ in the flesh was both God and man, that He was bgorn of a virgin and lived a sinless life, in which He taught and wrought miracles and signs exactly as He revealed in the 4 gospels, that He was crucified, died as a penalty for our sins and was raised from the dead bodily on the 3rd day. Later He rose to the Father's side where He is the head of the church and intercedes for believers, and from whence He is coming again personally, bodily, visibly to the earth. (Phillipians 2:5-8; Luke 1:26-35; I Corinthians 15:3-5; Acts 1:9-11; Ephesians 1:18-23; Romans 8:31-34; I John 2:1-2; I Thessalonians 4:15-16; John 14:1-6)

We teach that by His death, by His shed blood, the Lord Jesus made a perfect atonement for sin. Men are saved, justified, and sanctified on the simple ground of the shed blood. (Hebrews 9:11-14; Romans 8:31-34)

We teach that a true believer walks in the light of Christ and is secure in His everlasting arms, and that he must strive not to sin. But if he does sin, he must confess his sin to God, who is faithful and just to forgive our sins through Christ's blood. (John 10:29-30; I John 1:7-11)

We teach that every Christian's goal is to grow spiritually and mature through obedience to the Bible and the indwelling Spirit. (Ephesians 4:11-16)