Mission

Our mission is to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, praying for God’s power to save the lost, to build up His church in godliness, and to plant biblically faithful churches among all the nations of the world.

Core Gospel Doctrines

Our understanding of Christian doctrine is not something contemporary or unique to our local church. In fact, our understanding of Christian doctrine is firmly fixed by the Holy Scriptures and carefully summarized by the Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation.

When the Reformers used the words sola Scriptura they were expressing their concern for the Bible’s authority, and what they meant is that the Bible alone is our ultimate authority, not the pope, not the church, not the traditions of the church or church councils, still less personal intimations or subjective feelings, but Scripture only. Scripture alone is truly ultimate.

The words sola gratia mean that human beings have no claim upon God. That is, God owes us nothing except the just punishment for our many and very willful sins. Therefore, if he does save sinners it is only because it pleases him to do it. By insisting on “grace alone” the Reformers were denying that human methods, techniques, or strategies in themselves could ever bring anyone to faith. It is grace alone expressed through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit that brings us to Christ, releasing us from our bondage to sin and raising us from death to spiritual life.

The Reformation motto solus Christus was formed to refute the false idea that salvation was the work of God plus our own so-called “righteous works”. The doctrine of Solus Christus affirms that salvation has been definitely accomplished by the mediatorial work of the historical Jesus Christ alone. His sinless life and substitutionary atonement alone are sufficient for our justification, and any “gospel” that fails to acknowledge that or denies it is a false gospel that will save no one.

The Reformers called justification by faith Christianity’s material principle because it involves the very matter or substance of what a person must understand and believe to be saved. Justification is a declaration of God based on the work of Christ. It flows from God’s grace and it comes to the individual not by anything he or she might do but by “faith alone” (sola fide). We may state the full doctrine as: Justification is the act of God by which he declares sinners to be righteous because of Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith alone.

Each of the great solas is summed up in the fifth Reformation motto: soli Deo gloria, meaning to God alone be the glory. It is what the apostle Paul expressed in Romans 11:36 when he wrote, “to Him be the glory forever! Amen.” These words follow naturally from the preceding words, “For from him and through him and to him are all things” (v. 36), since it is because all things really are from God, and to God, that we say, “to God alone be the glory.”

Grace is central because everything we have and experience is by God’s grace. It is by God’s grace that we’re even here. He has seen fit to assemble this body of believers to exalt His son, Jesus Christ — the One whose death and resurrection gives us peace with God and the hope of heaven. You’ll find His grace is the common thread that runs through every ministry and expression of worship here.

Church, however, is paramount because of its absolute uniqueness. While “Redeeming” and” Grace” were our choices in defining who we are, “Church” was mandated by God — as revealed in His Word. It is His designation for the assembly of people called by His name. As such, our course has been charted by God; our destiny has been planned by God; our members have been chosen by God; our purposes have been defined by God. As members of one body, we seek to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (Ephesians 4:3). As a light in our community; we’re a place of peace for those in chaos, a place of forgiveness for the guilty, and a place of hope for the hopeless.

We trust you’ll discover God’s grace among us. Our prayer is that we’ll live up to His name.