We Believe...
...in one God eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
...in God the Father who has created the world and governs all things: that He is the believer's faithful Father.
...in God the Son as Jesus Christ who came to this earth, died on the cross to pay the penalty for His peoples' sins, and arose from the dead to give them new life.
...in God the Holy Spirit who lives in the believer that he or she may grow in his understanding and expression of the Christian life.
...our main purpose in life is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever
The Holy BibleMessiah's IRC takes as her only infallible guide for faith and life the inerrant Word of the living God, known otherwise as the Holy Scriptures, or the Holy Bible containing both the Old and the New Testament.
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"We, therefore, hold the Bible to be the only written revelation of God, infallible, inerrant, the foundation for faith and life.”
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"We affirm that God created the world in six (6) consecutive ordinary days (24 hours as we know them) and rested on the seventh day.” (Genesis 1 & 2; Exodus 20:11)
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"We believe God created men and women equal in respect to salvation, but with different roles.”
"We believe in male headship and male leadership in the church." (Ephesians 5 & 1 Corinthians 11)
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"We believe God tells us in His Word how to worship Him and we reject worship style that is man-centered and not God-centered.”
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"We believe in the pre-existence and deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His substitutionary death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His present intercession, and His glorious second coming.”
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"We believe that the wages of sin is death, and that apart from a personal faith in Jesus Christ there is no hope of everlasting life."
"Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name under heaven given men, whereby we must be saved." (Acts 4:12)
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Messiah's IRC stands in the tradition of the Reformed faith. In addition to the Word of God, this church will use for her guide in preaching and practice the...
3 Forms of Unity
Other Supplements
As a further supplement for doctrinal understanding this church shall observe, but not be bound by, the teachings of the Westminster Assembly of Divines as set forth in the:
