What We Believe
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
We believe the Scriptures
are God’s inspired Word.
Athey Creek ChrisÂtÂian FelÂlowÂship is a body of believÂers desirÂing to know the Lord in an ever-increasÂing meaÂsure. We are a non-denomÂiÂnaÂtionÂal felÂlowÂship assoÂciÂatÂing with all who are in the Body of Christ.
StateÂment of Faith
We believe there is one God who eterÂnalÂly exists in three perÂsons: the Father, the Son and the Holy SpirÂit. We believe that Jesus Christ, the secÂond perÂson of the Holy TrinÂiÂty, was born of a virÂgin, lived a sinÂless life, died a sacÂriÂfiÂcial death for the sins of the world, rose bodÂiÂly from the dead, ascendÂed into heavÂen, and is comÂing again to judge the livÂing and the dead and to estabÂlish God’s kingÂdom of rightÂeousÂness and peace on the earth.
We believe the only true basis of ChrisÂtÂian felÂlowÂship is God’s love. His love is greater than any difÂferÂences we posÂsess. WithÂout it we have no right to claim that we are ChrisÂtians (1 CorinthiÂans 13).
We believe that salÂvaÂtion comes through Jesus alone. It is by His grace and work on the cross that we can go to heavÂen, not by our own works (EphÂesians 2:8 – 9).
We believe that marÂriage is an instiÂtuÂtion sancÂtioned by God, which joins one man and one woman in a sinÂgle, excluÂsive union (GenÂeÂsis 2:24, Hebrews 13:4).
We believe the marks of a maturÂing church are faith, hope, and love (ColosÂsians 1:3 – 7).
We believe the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God. We place high emphaÂsis on the teachÂing of God’s Word, the Bible, so that our faith may grow (Romans 10:17, 2 TimÂoÂthy 3:16).
We live in anticÂiÂpaÂtion of the return of Jesus, for He is our blessed hope (Titus 2:13).
We desire the fullÂness of the SpirÂit in our lives, for the fruit of the SpirÂit is love (GalaÂtians 5:22).