Followers Of Christ Church

corporate worship settings for all ages. Then going to our world. Jeremiah 17:7-8New International Version (NIV)

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,
whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes;
its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit.”

We believe. . . That the Bible, consisting of the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments, is the inspired, infallible Word of God and is therefore the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct. In the one true God, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In Jesus Christ as truly God and truly man, in His virgin birth, in His death in our place and on our behalf, in His bodily resurrection and His promised return. That through the rebellion of Adam the human race is fallen from original righteousness, born with a nature inclined to evil, separated from God by sinful deeds and in need of divine salvation. That sin includes both a condition of inward spiritual corruption and any act of willful transgression of the known will of God. That salvation consists of two distinct works of God within the soul. The first is calledjustification, is conditioned upon repentance and faith, involves forgiveness of sins and the imparting of spiritual life and results in the believer ceasing the practice of sin and beginning a new life of following Christ. The second is called entire sanctification, is conditioned upon full surrender and faith, involves both the instantaneous cleansing of the Christian’s heart from the inherited inclination to sin and the infilling of the Holy Spirit and results in a new power to love God with our whole heart and our neighbors as ourselves. That the believer is secure in Christ as long asobedience and faith is maintained. It is possible to walk away from grace and fall into sin and if one remains in this state, to be finally lost. However, by the grace of God and through repentance and faith, the backslider can be restored to righteousness and true holiness. That genuine Christian living consists of “walking as He walked.” We believe that good works themselves do not save us, but are the necessary fruit of the new birth and therefore serve as evidence that we are converted just as a tree is discerned by its fruit. That Christ instituted two sacraments: Baptismand the Lord’s Supper. That there is a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous, a Day of Judgment in which all will give account for the deeds done in the body, and an endless state of rewards in which the righteous dwell forever in heaven and endless torment in hell for the unrighteous.