Our Distinctives.
These are changing times where our post-modern culture questions like Pontius Pilate, “What is truth?” Those in the world are anchorless and lost at sea, without hope, without answers, and without direction. However, God designed the church to be different, firmly founded on the rock of Christ and rooted in His timeless word. The church is to function as a lighthouse in the world, both warning of danger and lighting the way. Its mission is to give hope to a lost and dying world by faithfully ministering the same message of Christ crucified that turned the world upside down 2,000 years ago.
Berean Bible Church aims to be faithful to the church’s timeless identity and mission. Times change and cultures change, but the church is meant to be as timeless as Christ and His word. We must be relevant, of course—but that does not come by importing the latest gimmick or whim of the culture into the church. Rather it comes by showing how God’s timeless truth impacts lives today.
Along these lines, here some of Berean Bible Church’s key distinctives:
Our Doctrine.
A simple statement of what we believe about core, essential Christian truths.
The Bible
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, sufficient and authoritative for all matters of faith, life, and godliness.
The Trinity
We believe there is one God, eternally existing in three distinct persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Jesus’ Person & Work
We believe Jesus Christ is fully man and fully God, lived a perfect life, died a substitutionary death on the cross for the sins of the world, was buried and after three days rose from the dead, conquering death, and is now seated at the right hand of God.
Sin
We believe all men are sinners, falling short of the glory of God, and are in need of salvation from sin and its consequences.
Salvation
We believe that salvation is by God’s grace, mercy, and faith alone, through the preaching of the gospel, repentance, and the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.
The New Life in Christ
We believe every believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit and is able and expected to walk in the newness of the Spirit by obeying God and growing in Christlikeness.
Regeneration
We believe that salvation includes regeneration which produces increasing obedience and transformation into the image of Christ.
The Future Resurrection
We believe in the future resurrection of those who have died, the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to eternal punishment.
The Unity of the Church
We believe in the universal church whereby all true believers are united through faith in Christ according to the truth of God’s Word.
The Second Coming
We believe in the second bodily coming of Jesus Christ to set up a literal kingdom on earth which will last one thousand years and will be followed by the eternal state and the new heavens and earth.