Christ The Rock Statements
OUR PURPOSE.....we exist to passionately pursue
• Loving God and loving others.
• Living out the truth of God’s Word.
• Reaching people for Christ.
OUR CORE VALUES.....how we desire to live this out
Because God has initiated his love to us, through His Son, we want to respond to Him. Our Core Values represent our desire in response to His incredible Grace.
• We teach for life transformation.
• Growth and impact happen best in authentic relationship.
• Faith requires trust, courage, risk and obedience.
• Biblical truth applies to real life.
• Every person is valuable and irreplaceable.
OUR VISION.....where we’re going
The vision of Christ The Rock Community Church is to grow as a community devoted to passionately pursuing God. We desire to be a loving, accepting family of believers who celebrate and demonstrate the life of Christ through relevant and creative expressions of our faith.
Because we value the uniqueness of every individual, it is our goal to genuinely care for and stay lovingly involved in one another’s lives. We will encourage all who come to grow in their love for God and others. Our commitment is to equip and train individuals to become ministers in their everyday lives, so the world is reached with the love of Christ and the truth of God’s Word.
FAITH STATEMENT…what we believe
In one God that always was, always will be, ever present in three divine persons; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:20, Deuteronomy 4:35, John 17:5,
John 16:7-10).
The Bible is completely inspired, without error in the original writings, and is the authoritative Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:20-21, Proverbs 30:5, Isaiah 40:8).
In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, and in His sinless life. That He died in our place so that our sins could be forgiven. In His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension into heaven, and that He is seated at the right hand of God the Father. We believe in His personal bodily return in glory and power to receive unto Himself all those who have believed (John 1:1 & 14, 1 John 1:1-4, John 8:58, John 17:5, Colossians 1:15-19, Philippians 2:6-11, Hebrews 12:2, 1 Corinthians 15:52, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 2 Corinthians 5:21).
In the Deity and present ministry of the Holy Spirit. That He has been sent by the Father to be the Comforter, to convict men of their sin, to testify to the world of Jesus Christ, and to empower the individual believer to live the Christian life day by day as He transforms us into the likeness of the Son (John 15:26, Acts 1:8, Acts 5:3-4, John 4:24, John 3:3-7, John 16:13, Titus 3:5, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 3:16).
That all have sinned, are lost and deserve hell; and the only hope is to place one’s faith and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. And to know that eternal life is granted based on what He did, not on what we do. Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven or to the Father (Romans 3:23, 1 Kings 8:46, Psalm 51:5, Romans 6:23, John 1:12, John 14:6, John 19:30, 1 Timothy 2:5, Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, Romans 5:15, 1 John 5:13).
That there are three things that will remain: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest is love. That the two most important things for us to do is to first love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength; and second, to love our neighbor as ourselves (1 Corinthians 13:13, 1 Corinthians 16:14, Colossians 3:14, 1 John 4:7-8, 1 John 4:10-12, 1 John 4:16-21, John 13:34-35, Matthew 22:37-38, Deuteronomy 6:5, Deuteronomy 30:6, Mark 12:29-31).
In Christ’s commission to preach the gospel to every creature, and to make disciples of all nations Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:15).