What We Believe

"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer

Core Beliefs

The following are the core beliefs of Faith Community Church Stateline based on the foundational truths taught in the Bible. All of our teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these biblical doctrines.

The Bible

The Bible is God’s unique revelation to people. It is the inspired, infallible Word of God, and the supreme and final authority on all matters upon which it teaches, both for faith and conduct. No other writings are vested with such divine authority.
  • Psalm 119:89; Isaiah 8:19-20; Matthew 24:35; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21

God 

There is only one God, Creator of heaven and earth, who is all powerful, all knowing, ever present and unchangeable, and who exists eternally as three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, each fully God yet each personally distinct from the other.
  • Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Psalm 90:2; Isaiah 43:10-13; Malachi 3:6; Matthew 19:26; Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 1:37; John 5:26; Romans 11:33-36; 2 Corinthians 13:14; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ, second Person of the Trinity, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless human life, willingly took upon Himself all of our sins, died on the cross and rose again bodily on the third day, ascended into heaven, and is at the right hand of the Father as our advocate and mediator. Someday, He will return to consummate history and to fulfill the eternal plan of God.
  • Luke 1:30-35; John 1:1-4, 14; Acts 1:1-11; Romans 4:25; Hebrews 4:15, 12:2; 1 Timothy 2:5-6; 1 Peter 2:24, 3:18

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit, third Person of the Trinity, convicts the world of sin and draws people to Christ. He also indwells all believers, giving them a spiritual new birth, progressively transforming them into the likeness of Jesus Christ, and giving them spiritual gifts with which to serve the church and reach out to a lost and needy world.
  • John 16:7-15; Acts 5:3-4; Romans 8:5-11; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; 2 Corinthians 3:18

Humanity

All people are created in God’s image and matter deeply to Him. Central to the message of the Bible is that God loves all people, and invites them to live in fellowship with Himself and in community with each other.
  • Genesis 1:26-27; Isaiah 55; John 3:16; 1 Timothy 2:4; 1 John 1:6-7

Apart from Jesus Christ, all people are spiritually lost and, because of sin, deserve the judgment of God. However, God gives salvation and eternal life to anyone who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ and in His sacrifice on his or her behalf. Salvation cannot be earned through personal goodness or human effort. It is a gift that must be received by humble repentance and faith in Christ, His finished work on the cross, and His resurrection from the dead.
  • John 3:3, 16-18; Romans 3:21-24, 5:16-17, 10:9; Ephesians 2:8-10

Death seals the eternal destiny of each person. At the final judgment, unbelievers will be separated from God into condemnation. Believers will be received into God’s loving presence and rewarded for their faithfulness to Him in this life.
  • Matthew 25:14-46; 1 Corinthians 3:5-15; Hebrews 9:27-28; Revelation 20:11-15

The Church

All believers are members of the body of Christ, the one true Universal Church. Spiritual unity is to be expressed among Christians by acceptance and love of one another across ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, national, generational, gender, and denominational lines.
  • John 17:20-23; Ephesians 2:11-22; Colossians 3:11-14

Further Resources

If interested you can access our church polity and bylaws, here.