| What We Believe |
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Columbia Crossroads Church is affiliated with the Christian
and Missionary Alliance. The
Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) is an alliance of nearly 2,000
churches nationwide who hold a common desire to see every man, woman, and child
experience a personal relationship with God in the fullness of Jesus
Christ. The alliance of churches is motivated by the Great Commission,
(Matt: 28:19-20) and believes that the church is God’s instrument to fulfill
the Great Commission. The growing ministry of the C&MA extends to
some 81 countries worldwide.
For
more information about
the C&MA, go to www.cmalliance.org .
Columbia
Crossroads Church holds to the Christian and Missionary Alliance doctrinal
position.
We
Believe:
1. There is one God, who is infinitely perfect, existing
eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
2. Jesus Christ is the true God and the true man. He was
conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He died upon the
cross, the Just for the unjust, as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who
believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. He arose from the
dead according to the Scriptures. He is now at the right hand of Majesty on
high as our great High Priest. He will come again to establish His kingdom,
righteousness and peace.
3. The Holy Spirit is a divine person, sent to dwell,
guide, teach, empower the believer, and convince the world of sin, of
righteousness, and of judgment.
4. The Old and New
Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were
verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for the
salvation of men. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith
and practice.
5. Man was originally created in the image and likeness of
God: he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and
spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature, are separated from the
life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus
Christ. The portion of the unrepentant and unbelieving is existence forever in
conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.
6. Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for
all men; and those who repent and believe in Him are born again of the Holy
Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and become the children of God.
7. It is the will of God that each believer should be
filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin
and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power
for holy living and effective service. This is both a crisis and a progressive
experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.
8. Provision is
made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the
mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the
Scriptures and are privileges for the Church in this present age.
9. The Church consists of all those who believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the
Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which has been
commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel
to all nations. The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are
joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of
God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of
the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
10. There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of
the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a
resurrection unto judgment.
11. The second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent
and will be personal, visible, and premillennial. This is the believer’s
blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and
faithful service. |
