ABOUT US
The churches of Christ Greet You (Romans
16:16)
Hello
and welcome to the churches of Christ. We want to encourage you to study and
worship with us
whenever you have the opportunity (we have free Bible study courses
available
for you). Please take a minute to read the material below and learn
more about who we are, what we do, and why.
We do not have any human creed book, but
simply
believe that God’s word is our authority.
The Bible is the inspired, complete, and
perfect word
of God (2 Timothy
If you ask us a Bible question, the Bible
commands us
to give you a Bible answer
(1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 Peter 3:15; Romans
12:2).
The Bible tells us that we cannot add to or
take from
God’s written word
(Revelation 22:18-19; Deuteronomy 4:2;
Galatians
1:8-9).
The Bible tells us that we will be judged
based upon
the Law of Christ (John
Thus, the Bible teaches us that the Law of
Moses [Old
Testament] is not binding today
(Colossians 2:14; Romans 7:1-6; Hebrews
9:15-17).
We do not practice any doctrines that are
man-made;
this would be a violation of God’s Law
(Galatians 1:10; Matthew 15:7-9).
The Bible speaks of ONLY ONE church
(Ephesians 4:4; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians
1:18;
Matthew 16:18; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13).
The church is not the building, but the
people (1
Corinthians
Notice
why the churches of Christ is that one church
spoken of in the Bible:
(1) It uses a Bible
name
(Romans
(2) It was not
formed by
division and does not bear anyone else’s name (1 Corinthians
(3) Christ is the
founder and
head (Matthew
We
worship in Spirit and Truth (John
(1) Every first day
of the
week Lord’s Supper (Acts 20:7; Matthew 26:26-30; 1 Corinthians
(2) Every first day
of the
week we cheerfully give a contribution (1 Corinthians 16:1-2).
(3) Our preaching
and
teaching comes from the Bible (2 Timothy 4:2; Romans 1:16; Mark
16:15-16; Matt.
28:19).
(4) We pray (1
Thessalonians
(5) We sing without
the
accompaniment of a musical instrument realizing that only the heart is
where
the melody in New Testament worship is to be made (Ephesians 5:19;
Colossians
3:16).
We
believe what the Bible teaches relative to the plan
of salvation:
(1) One must hear
God’s word
(Romans 10:14-17; Matthew 13:19; Matthew 28:19).
(2) One must
believe that
Gospel (Mark
(3) One must repent
of their
sins (Luke 13:3, 5; Acts
(4) One must
confess that
Christ is the Son of God (Acts
(5) One must be
baptized by
immersion in water for the remission of sins. The Lord will then add
that saved
soul to His body - His Church, and you will receive the indwelling gift
of
God’s Spirit (Acts 2:38-47; Romans 6:1-6; Galatians 3:27; 1 Corinthians
12:12-13; 1 Peter 3:20-21; Acts 8:12, Acts 22:16; 2 Corinthians 5:17;
John
3:1-5).
All of the passages
above are
just the beginning of the truth. Christ said: “And ye shall know
the truth,
and the truth shall make you free” (John