What We Believe

At Christ the King, we are radically committed to matters of first importance. As such, all members, and those pursuing membership, affirm and adhere to, core doctrines of the Christian faith.

The Scriptures

  • The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments were written by men in such a way that God is truly and actually the author. God caused words to be spoken by the mouth of, and written in the writings of certain men so that those words are inspired of God. Scripture is God’s Word!
    2 Peter 1:21, Acts 3:21, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 1:1

The One True God

  • There is one, and only one, true and living God.
    1 Corinthians 8:4, Deuteronomy 6:4, Jeremiah 10:10, Mark 12:29-30, Isaiah 45:5

  • This one true and living God is absolutely sovereign in the affairs of Heaven and Earth being independent and supreme in all things according to the counsel of His own will.
    2 Chronicles 20:6, Daniel 4:35, Psalm 33:11, Psalm 135:6, Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 45:7, Acts 4:24

The Trinity

  • While God testifies that He alone is God and there is no other…
    Isaiah 44:6

  • God also identifies Himself with the plural pronoun “US”…showing that more than one person defines who God is.
    Genesis 1:26, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:6-7

  • In fact, God reveals Himself as three distinct Persons…the Father…the Son who is Jesus Christ…and the Holy Spirit.
    Matthew 3:16-17, Matthew 28:19, John 14:16-26, 26, John 15:26, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Ephesians 2:18

  • While each of these three Persons is distinct, each is set forth in Scripture as being fully and equally God.
    Philippians 4:20, Romans 9:5, Acts 5:3-4

God the Father

  • God the Father is revealed in Scripture as One who is spirit and as One who is seeking for true worshipers who will worship Him in spirit and truth.
    John 4:23-24

  • The Father is unseen by man.
    John 5:37, John 6:46

  • The Father reveals Himself to us through His Son Jesus Christ.
    John 14:8-9

God the Son: Jesus Christ

  • Jesus Christ is fully God.
    John 1:1, John 20:28, Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 9:6, John 8:58, Hebrews 1:8

  • Jesus Christ is equal to God the Father.
    John 5:18, John 10:30-33, NKJ Philippians 2:6

  • Jesus Christ reveals God the Father.
    John 1:18, 2 Corinthians 4:4, Hebrews 1:3

God the Holy Spirit

  • The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and was sent into this world by Christ to bear witness of Christ.
    John 15:26, John 16:7, John 16:14

  • The Spirit of God is characterized as One who may be lied to, who is able to speak, able to teach, and who is able to be grieved…indicating the Spirit is a person, not just an impersonal force or power.
    Acts 5:3, Acts 8:29, Acts 13:2, Acts 28:25, Hebrews 3:7, Hebrews 10:15, Luke 12:12, Isaiah 63:10, Ephesians 4:30, Hebrews 10:29

  • Furthermore, the Spirit possesses both mind and will, again indicating the Spirit is a distinct person, not a lifeless force.
    Romans 8:27, 1Corinthians 12:8-11

Regeneration

  • Man, by nature, is spiritually dead in trespasses and sins.
    Ephesians 2:1-2, Colossians 2:13

  • In order to be saved, man must pass from this state of spiritual death to a state of spiritual life. Only God can do this…and He does this by making spiritually dead sinners alive together with Christ.
    Ephesians 2:4-5

  • This life-giving act of God is also described as being born again, or being born of the Spirit.
    John 3:3, John 3:7-8

  • This miraculous new birth is regeneration. Regeneration happens according to God’s perfect will and is in no way a result of any work performed by the individual.
    Titus 3:5

Repentance and Faith

  • Repentance and faith are both commanded by the Lord.
    Acts 17:30, 1 John 3:23

  • Both are elementary aspects of Christianity.
    Hebrews 6:1

  • True repentance and true faith are always found together. You can’t have one without the other.
    Mark 1:14-15, Acts 20:21

Perseverance of the Saints

  • It is most certainly taught in the Scriptures that none who God truly saves will ever totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere to the end. The Lord makes certain that none shall ever depart from Him by putting a fear of Himself in the heart of His people.
    Jeremiah 32:40

  • All who have come to faith in Jesus Christ, being justified by that faith, shall certainly arrive at a glorified state.
    Romans 8:30

The Second Coming of Jesus Christ

  • Jesus promised His disciples that He would one day come again in order to gather them to Himself.
    John 14:3, 2 Thessalonians 2:1

  • Jesus will return to this earth in the same manner and with the same resurrected human nature with which He departed from this earth.
    Acts 1:11

  • And Scripture emphasizes that Jesus’ return will not be secret or unknown…but that every eye will see Him and every ear will hear.
    Matthew 24:27, Revelation 1:7, Matthew 24:30-31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16

The Church

  • The church is the body of Christ and is the fullness of Christ.
    Ephesians 1:22-23

  • Christ is the Savior of the church.
    Ephesians 5:23

  • Christ loves the church and died for the church.
    Ephesians 5:25, Acts 20:28

  • The Church is the pillar and buttress of truth.
    1Timothy 3:15

  • The New Testament norm is that all Christians will gather with and belong to particular congregations of saints which form local churches.
    Acts 15:41, 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Corinthians 11:18, 1 Corinthians 16:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:1

Church Discipline

  • According to God’s Word, a church must cut off from its fellowship any person who insists on holding to false or heretical doctrine; or who persistently conducts himself/herself in a manner inconsistent with his/her Christian profession; or who causes division within the church.
    Romans 16:17, Titus 3:10, 2John 1:10, Matthew 18:15-17, 1Corinthians 5:1-5, 1Timothy 1:20, 1Corinthians 5:11, 1Corinthians 5:13, 2Thessalonians 3:6, 2Thessalonians 3:14, 2Timothy 3:1-5

  • As a general rule and whenever possible, gracious efforts should be made to restore the erring, resolve difficulty, correct error, and remove offense through personal counsel and admonition before more drastic steps are taken.
    1Peter 4:8, Galatians 6:1, James 5:19-20, Luke 17:3

Baptism

  • Christian Baptism is the one-time immersion into water…
    Mark 1:9-10, Acts 8:38-39

  • …of a believing disciple of Jesus Christ…
    Acts 2:41, Acts 8:12, NKJ Acts 8:36-37, Acts 10:47, Acts 18:8

  • …done in the Name of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
    Matthew 28:19

The Lord’s Supper

  • The Supper of the Lord Jesus was instituted by Him, to be observed by His churches, until the end of the world as an ongoing remembrance and proclamation of His death.
    1 Corinthians 11:23-26

  • The outward elements used in the observance of the Supper are bread and that which comes of the fruit of the vine.
    Matthew 26:26-29

  • Although Jesus says of the bread “this is my body”
    1 Corinthians 11:24

  • He was speaking figuratively implying that the bread was emblematic or representative of His body. In the same way He took the cup saying “this cup is the new covenant in my blood.”
    1 Corinthians 11:25

  • Certainly He did not mean that the cup He was holding was actually the New Covenant in His blood, but was speaking figuratively, so also He spoke figuratively concerning the bread. The whole concept of eating and drinking the body and blood of Jesus Christ is figurative of having faith in Him.
    John 6:35

Marriage and Sexuality

  • In the beginning God created man in His image as male and female.
    “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” ~Genesis 1:26-27

  • Though sexually different, in Christ, the male and the female have equal personal dignity before God.
    “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” ~Galatians 3:28
    “Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.” -1Peter 3:7

While not all elements of our full statement of faith concern matters of first importance, we encourage everyone to look into our full statement below for more information on where we stand regarding issues of the Christian life.