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We invite you to explore the foundational principles that guide our faith and shape our community.
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We are men, women, children, plumbers, electricians, businessmen and women, students, teachers, motorcycle riders, athletes, artists, young, and old, but most of all we are family.
What We Believe
Redemption Rock is a fellowship of believers committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our supreme desire is to know Christ in a personal way, and to be conformed into His image by the power of the Holy Spirit. We desire to glorify God by sharing His Son, Jesus Christ, with others, making disciples as commanded by the Great Commission outlined in Matthew 28.
We Believe… that there is but one God, existing eternally in three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit: infinite, almighty, and perfect in holiness, truth and love, coexistent, coequal, and co-eternal. (John 1.1-2, 2 Corinthians 13.14, 1 John 5.7)
We Believe… that God the Father is the personal, transcendent, sovereign Creator of all things. He is faithful to every promise, works all things together for the good of those who love Him, and desires that all creation should live to the praise of His glory. (Genesis 1, Psalm 139, Ephesians 1.6,12)
We Believe… that God the Son, Jesus Christ, came to Earth, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, was fully God and fully man while on Earth, and died on the cross as an atonement for the sins of humankind. God raised Him from the dead and He ascended into Heaven and forever lives to make intercession with the Father for us. (John 1.14, Ephesians 2.5-11)
We Believe… in the Holy Spirit, the third Person in the Trinity, whom the Father sent in Jesus’ name to convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment, is God’s presence on the Earth, and indwells every believer who confesses Jesus Christ as Lord. (Acts 2.4, John 14.16-17, 26, 16.8)
We Believe… that the Holy Spirit has bestowed gifts upon all believers, thereby empowering them to live a Spirit-filled life, evidenced by the fruit of the Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12.1-11, Galatians 5.22)
We Believe… that the Bible is God’s word to us, and is therefore divinely inspired, and the only standard for faith and practice. (2 Timothy 3.16-17)
We Believe… that all people, by nature, are separated from God and responsible for their own sin. Salvation, redemption and forgiveness of sin are freely offered to all, solely by grace through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 3.23, Ephesians 2.8)
We Believe… when a person repents of sin and receives Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit. All his or her sins are forgiven, and the person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord. (John 3.16, Romans 5.8, 1 John 1.9)
We Believe… that all will stand before the judgment throne of God and there receive eternal life or death. (2 Corinthians 5.10, Revelation 1.7, 20.11-15)
We Believe… that the Lord Jesus Christ will return for His bride, the Church, and that this second coming is both personal and imminent. (1 Thessalonians 4.16-17)
We believe… that God created marriage to be exclusively the union of one man and one woman, and that intimate sexual activity is to occur exclusively within that union. (Genesis 2:18-25, Ephesians 5:21-33, 1 Corinthians 7:2)
We believe… that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture. (Gen 2:18-25.)
We believe… that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life. (Psalm 139.)
We believe… that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. (Gen 1:26-27.) Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person.
We believe… that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. (1 Cor 6:18; 7:2-5; Heb 13:4.)
We believe… that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman.
We believe… that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God. (Matt 15:18-20; 1 Cor 6:9-10.)
We believe… that in order to preserve the function and integrity of Redemption Rock as the local Body of Christ, and to provide a biblical role model to the members of Redemption Rock and the community, it is imperative that all persons employed by Redemption Rock in any capacity, or who serve as volunteers, agree to and abide by this Statement on Faith, Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality. (Matt 5:16; Phil 2:14-16; 1 Thess 5:22.)
We believe… that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. (Acts 3:19-21; Rom 10:9-10; 1 Cor 6:9-11.)
We believe… that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity. (Mark 12:28-31; Luke 6:31.) Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the doctrines of Redemption Rock.
This statement of faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of Redemption Rock’s faith, doctrine, practice, policy, and discipline, our pastor is Redemption Rock’s final interpretive authority on the Bible’s meaning and application.
We affirm our belief in the one-eternal God, Creator and Lord of the world, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who governs all things according to the purpose of his will. He has been calling out from the world a people for himself, and sending his people back into the world to be his servants and his witnesses, for the extension of his kingdom, the building up of Christ’s body, and the glory of his name. We confess with shame that we have often denied our calling and failed in our mission, by becoming conformed to the world or by withdrawing from it. Yet we rejoice that even when borne by earthen vessels the gospel is still a precious treasure. To the task of making that treasure known in the power of the Holy Spirit we desire to dedicate ourselves anew.
ISA. 40:28; MATT. 28:19; EPH. 1:11
We affirm the divine inspiration, truthfulness and authority of both Old and New Testament Scriptures in their entirety as the only written word of God, without error in all that it affirms, and the only infallible rule of faith and practice. We also affirm the power of God’s word to accomplish his purpose of salvation. The message of the Bible is addressed to all men and women. For God’s revelation in Christ and in Scripture is unchangeable. Through it the Holy Spirit still speaks today. He illumines the minds of God’s people in every culture to perceive its truth freshly through their own eyes and thus discloses to the whole Church ever more of the many-colored wisdom of God.
II TIM. 3:16; II PET. 1:21; JOHN 10:35
We affirm that there is only one Saviour and only one gospel, although there is a wide diversity of evangelistic approaches. We recognise that everyone has some knowledge of God through his general revelation in nature. But we deny that this can save, for people suppress the truth by their unrighteousness. We also reject as derogatory to Christ and the gospel every kind of syncretism and dialogue which implies that Christ speaks equally through all religions and ideologies. Jesus Christ, being himself the only God-man, who gave himself as the only ransom for sinners, is the only mediator between God and people. There is no other name by which we must be saved. All men and women are perishing because of sin, but God loves everyone, not wishing that any should perish but that all should repent. Yet those who reject Christ repudiate the joy of salvation and condemn themselves to eternal separation from God. To proclaim Jesus as “the Saviour of the world” is not to affirm that all people are either automatically or ultimately saved, still less to affirm that all religions offer salvation in Christ. Rather it is to proclaim God’s love for a world of sinners and to invite everyone to respond to him as Saviour and Lord in the wholehearted personal commitment of repentance and faith. Jesus Christ has been exalted above every other name; we long for the day when every knee shall bow to him and every tongue shall confess him Lord.
GAL. 1:6-9;ROM. 1:18-32; I TIM. 2:5,6; ACTS 4:12
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Reaching our community and beyond with the good news that Jesus saves.
Luke 15, 19:10
Teaching believers through the Bible how to love God and love their neighbors as themselves.
Col. 1:28; Matthew 22:37-40
Sending those believers back out into the world to share with others the story of how Jesus saved them.
Rom. 10:13-15; Acts 1:8
Foundational
- The Bible: authoritative, inerrant, our standard for truth and obedience
- Christ-Centered Living: loving the Lord God with our whole hearts
- Dependency on God for every area of our lives
- Prayer: individual and corporate prayer as crucial in doing God’s work
- Equipping Believers for a passion-driven, gift-based ministry
- Missions: taking Christ to the nations by giving, praying, and going
Ministry
- Loving Relationships: acceptance, caring for others, forgiving
- Contemporary Worship: vibrant, heartfelt, reflective
- Small Groups: for spiritual growth and relationship building
- Strengthening Families: along with strong youth, children’s, and young adult ministries
- Empowering Leadership
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