Our Beliefs
NorthStar Community Church partners with the Southern Baptist Convention. We affirm the 2000 Baptist Faith and Messag which you can check out at here
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We believe and accept the following statements as essentials for the unity and practice of the members of this church:
(i) AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE
We believe the 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are a complete and final revelation from God, inspired without error in the original autographs, and sufficient in themselves as our only rule of faith and practice.
(II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:19-21; Revelation 22:18-19; Matthew 24:35)
(ii) TRIUNITY OF GOD
We believe that there is only one God, “eternally existent” in three persons-Father, Son and Holy Spirit- who are co-equal in their essential nature, attributes and perfection. Each of these is to be recognized and honored as God.
(Matthew 28:19; II Corinthians 13:14; Deuteronomy 6:4; John 1:1-14; 4:24; Acts 5:3-4; Hebrews 1:1-3)
(iii) THE PERSON AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST
We believe that Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh, born of a virgin, sinless, crucified for our sins, resurrected from the dead, ascended to heaven, and coming back again to establish His kingdom on earth.
(Matthew 1:23; John 1:1, 14, 29, 3:16; I Corinthians 15:3, 4, 12-19; Hebrews 4:15; I John 2:1-2; Acts 1:9-11)
(iv) THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
We believe the Holy Spirit is God, convicting the world of sin, causing spiritual birth, indwelling, sealing, sanctifying, guiding and teaching every believer, as well as filling and controlling those who walk in obedience to God and His Word.
(John 3:5; 14:16-17; 16:7-13; Romans 8:14; I Corinthians 6:11-19, 12:13; Galatians 5:16-17; Ephesians 4:30; 5:18-21)
(v) THE CREATION AND FALL OF MAN
We believe that man was created by God in His own image, and not the product of evolution or animal ancestry; that he fell into sin by personal disobedience to the revealed will of God, and that all men and women are sinful in nature and practice, and unable to save themselves. As a result, sinful man faces spiritual death which is eternal separation from God in the place the Bible calls “hell”.
(Genesis 1:26-28; 2:7; 3:1-14; Romans 3:23; 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3)
(vi) THE SALVATION OF MAN
We believe that salvation from sin, death and hell is the free gift of God’s grace to everyone who believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and repents of sin, and that every believer has eternal life and complete security in the finished work of Jesus Christ when He died on the cross for our sins, and arose from the dead, thus guaranteeing our own resurrection and eternal life, as well as power for godly living in the present life.
(John 3:16; 14:6; Acts 16:31; Romans 3:34; 6:23;10:9-10; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; I Peter 1:18-19; 22-25; I John 5:11-13)
(vii) THE ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE GOSPEL
We believe in the eternal life of all believers, in a new heaven and a new earth, and that upon physical death, they go immediately to be with Christ in heaven awaiting their future bodily resurrection at the second coming of Christ, and in the resurrection of all unbelievers to stand before the Great White Throne judgment of God from which they will be cast into eternal fire and everlasting punishment.
(Matthew 25:46; John 3:16; 5:24; 10:28-29; Romans 9:22-24; II Corinthians 5:8; I Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:13-18;
II Thessalonians 1:7-10; Jude 23-24; Revelation 20:11-15)
II Thessalonians 1:7-10; Jude 23-24; Revelation 20:11-15)
(viii) THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
We believe that all believers from the day of Pentecost in Acts 2 until the return of Jesus Christ, are members of the Church, the Body of Christ, and that the visible manifestation on earth is local churches where believers assemble for worship, teaching, fellowship, prayer and observance of Christ’s commands regarding baptism and communion.
(Matthew 16:18; 28:19-20; John 13:1-17; Acts 2:41-47; I Corinthians 11:17-34; Ephesians 1:22-23; Colossians 1:8)
(ix) THE SACRAMENTS
We believe in water baptism by immersion and in remembering the night our Lord was with His disciples in the Upper Room by regularly observing the Lord's Supper which includes the bread and cup.
(Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20)
(x) THE GREAT COMMISSION
We believe that our Lord commanded us to preach the Gospel and to make disciples of all nations, that every believer is to be a witness for Jesus Christ, trusting in the power of the Holy Spirit; and that we are to teach to obedience of all that He has commanded.
(Matthew 9:36-39; 29:10-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47-48; Acts 1:8; 8:1-4; Romans 10:13-15; I Corinthians 9:13-14)
