The core beliefs of One Life City Church tie our local community to global Christian church communities across all times and places. To that end, we believe God to be the living and true God, perfect in love and righteousness, one in essence, existing eternally in the three persons of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as articulated in the Apostles Creed:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.
Amen.
Our church is also centered upon the Word of God, who is first and foremost, embodied in the person of Jesus Christ—the Word made flesh (John 1:14) who is made known to us by the Holy Spirit in sacred Scripture. Concerning sacred Scripture, we affirm the 66 books of the Bible, as recognized by Athanasius in AD 367 as the canon of Scripture, divinely inspired and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. They are to be interpreted according to their context and purpose and in humility and reverent obedience to God.
Our church is called by Christ to worship God in spirit and truth (John 4:23-24) and to engage in God’s service by preaching the gospel (Nehemiah 9:3) and making disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:16-20). We seek to fulfill our mission in community as God’s people through the ministry of the word and sacraments and through the ministry of presence, by striving for peacemaking (Matthew 5:9) and social justice (James 1:27), and by relieving human distress and need both locally as well as globally.
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