DESTINY CHURCH

What We Believe

GOD is one all-powerful, all-knowing, totally good creator and sustainer of everything, who has revealed himself in three co-eternal and co-equal persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Deut. 6:4, Gen. 1:1, Mt. 28:19, Mark 1:9-11)

JESUS is the totally unique Son of God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and the Holy Spirit, who was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on a cross for the sins of humanity and was raised the third day with all power. Jesus is Lord of creation, seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven, praying for the Church, and who will return to earth to reign over every kingdom. (John 1:1, Mt. 1:18, Heb. 4:15, I Cor. 14:3-4, Acts 2:33, Heb. 4:15-16, Rev. 11:15)

THE HOLY SPIRIT is God, co-equal and co-eternal with God the Father and Jesus, co-creator and co-sustainer of creation who dwells within every believer in Jesus and testifies of Jesus and calls to remembrance all that Jesus taught. (Gen. 1:2, John 3:5, John 16:7-14, Ro. 8:9, I Cor. 12:13)

HUMANITY is one race of males and females created good in the spiritual image and likeness of God, who inherited a fallen nature from their ancestors Adam and Eve. Humans are the crown of God’s creation made for dominion and stewardship of creation and are the objects of God’s redeeming love. Each human will face judgment and after life on earth will spend eternity in either heaven or hell. (Gen. 1:26-27, Ps. 51:5, Ps. 8, John 3:16, Acts 17:31, Dan. 12:2)

THE SCRIPTURES of the Bible are inspired by God’s Spirit and infallible in their original state as the Word of God and all sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments are profitable for Christian living and ministry. (2 Peter 1:21, 2 Tim. 3:16, Ro. 15:4)

SALVATION is God’s work to rescue fallen humanity from the wages of sin, which is death. Salvation is by grace through faith alone in the death and resurrection of Jesus as the only acceptable price for humanity’s sins. (John 3:16, Ro. 3:21-18, Gal. 2:16, Gal. 2:8-9, Ro. 10:9, I Jn. 1:8; 2:2)

GRACE is God’s unmerited favor toward all those who accept and believe in the person and work of Jesus Christ resulting in the irrevocable gift of eternal life and indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit at the moment of conversion. (Ro. 3:20-28, Ro. 4:16, Jn. 10: 28-29, Jn. 3:6, Ro. 8:9)

ATONEMENT is the shedding of the blood of Jesus for the sins of humanity and is the only means whereby any person can have a right relationship with God. (Ro. 3:25, 5:9-11, Eph. 1:7, 2:13, Col. 1:14, Heb. 9:14)

RESURRECTION is the work of God whereby Jesus was raised to life after a terrible death on a cross on Calvary. Every follower of Jesus will be resurrected after death and will spend eternity with God in heaven. (Mt. 28:5-6, Acts 2:22-24, Ro. 15:20-23)

THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT on earth has not changed since the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came to indwell the Church in Jerusalem. The Holy Spirit baptizes, seals, fills, anoints, gives gifts, sets apart, and produces fruit. All spiritual gifts of the New Testament operate in continuity on earth in the church until the return of the Perfect One, Jesus. The work of being witnesses for Jesus cannot be done without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. (1 Cor. 12:13, 2 Cor. 1:22, Eph. 5:18, 1 John 2:20, Thess. 2:13, Gal. 5:22-23, 1 Cor. 13:10, Acts 1:8)

THE CHURCH consists of all of those persons called to Jesus by the Father who experienced Faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, regardless of denominational affiliation, doctrine, or church membership. The local church is a local assembly of baptized believers in Jesus Christ who are under the authority of a Pastor that the Holy Spirit has placed as overseer of the congregation. (Mt. 18:18, Jn. 6:44, 1 Peter 2:9, Acts 20:28)

BAPTISM is the immersion in water of a person who publicly confesses Jesus as their Lord. (Mt. 28:19, Acts 2:28, Acts 8:38-39, Ro. 6:4)

THE LORD’S SUPPER is the partaking of Bread and the fruit of the grapevine as sacred symbols of the body and blood of Jesus Christ as a commemoration of his sacrifice on Calvary. (I Cor. 11:23-34)

WORLD MISSION is the work of the Church to be witnesses of Jesus Christ to the ends of the earth, starting at home. (Mt. 28:19-20)

THE RETURN OF JESUS to planet earth to rule and reign is imminent. His return will be visible, triumphant, glorious and irresistible. (Mt. 24, Rev. 11:15)