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Jesus Christ is to be glorified in the Church
The church should exalt Christ alone. He is worthy of all praise and preeminence in every facet of every meeting. Men no matter how gifted and ministries regardless of their accomplishments, are not to be given the praise and glory due unto God alone.)
The Church is God's house - Not Man's
As such it should be God-centered and not man-centered. The church is to be an oasis for thirsty souls seeking the grace of God through Christ, not operated according to humanistic philosophies nor guided by cultural pressures.)
Evangelism should be Biblical not mechanical
Evangelism is to be driven by a desire to see God's glory declared throughout the whole earth, to see salvation come to those who believe the gospel and to leave unbelievers without excuse. Mechanical gospel presentations, appeals based solely on emotion and the repeating a prayer cannot be allowed to become alternatives to genuine Spirit led gospel evangelism.)
Grace governs the Christian's life
The same Spirit of God that brings true saving grace also brings true teaching grace, which instructs the believer to “deny ungodliness, worldly lusts, and live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world.” (Titus 2:11-12) The absence of this grace being operational in a persons life indicates the absence of saving grace. True believers in Christ are to be directed to Christ rather than the commands and traditions of men.)
Salvation brings a radical change
The “new birth” is evidenced by a sense of sin, repentance toward God, sincere faith” toward Christ and a desire to live according to the Word of God. Christian fellowship is to be in Christian unity, servanthood, accountability and generosity. A Christian performs acts of mercy & kindness motivated by Christian love, as directed by the Spirit of God, done in a Scriptural manner and empowered by God-given abilities.)
Preaching is vital to the life of the church
The survival and growth of a church is directly linked to confident and joyful exposition of the Scriptures. Since preaching is God's appointed method for proclaiming the infinitely valuable realities of the Scripture it is to remain central in the church and is not to be replaced by other forms of communicating the gospel. The use of self-improvement, self-esteem or self-fulfillment cannot become alternatives to the gospel or its teachings.)
The Bible Sets The Pattern For The Church
Since the church belongs to God, the church is to conduct it's meetings and worship in the manner which God prescribes in His Word. Worship is to be God-focused, Scriptural, personal, joyful and authentic. Worship cannot be replaced by unbiblical man-centered emotional religious entertainment.Evangelism
As Christians we are to worship God, build up other believers in the faith and proclaim the gospel to those who do not know Christ as Savior. We believe that it is our responsibility to challenge all people with the claims of the gospel and to urge them to repent and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. Often time people wrongly assume that Reformed churches do not have a heart for evangelism this is the result of two basic misunderstandings. First, this is assumed because we do not follow the same tactics as other churches. The reason for this is because we believe that much of what passes for evangelism today suggests that becoming a Christian is just a simple matter of praying a few words. Secondly, some conclude that we are not evangelistic because they have a misconception of our theology. We believe that the Bible teaches that God must draw sinners to Himself and that without that drawing no one can come to a saving knowledge of Christ. Yet we realize that God uses a means in which this is carried out. We believe the Scriptures when they say that “it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” 1 Cor. 1:211 Cor. 1:21
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WP-Bible plugin. For this reason we try to encourage others to come to church with us. We love to see non-believers in our midst during worship, and our prayer is that they will be convicted by the law of God and that they will believe on the Lord Jesus Christ through the preaching of the gospel.
