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STATEMENT OF FAITH REGARDING CALVARY CHAPEL
WE BELIEVE the only true basis of Christian fellowship is Christ's
(Agape') love, wich is greater than any differences we possess, and
without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.
WE BELIEVE worship of God should be spiritual. Therefore, we remain
flexible and yeilded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our
worship.
WE BELIEVE worship of God should be inspirational. Therefore, we give
great place to music in our worship.
WE BELIEVE worship of God should be intelligent. Therefore, our
services are designed with great emphasis upon the teaching of the
Word of God that He might instruct us how He should be worshipped.
WE BELIEVE worship of God should be fruitful. Therefore, we look for
His love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have been
truly worshipping Him.
WE BELIEVE in all the fundamental doctrines of orthodox evangelical
Christianity.
WE BELIEVE in the inerrancy of Scripture, that the Bible, Old and New
Testaments is the inspired, infallible Word of God.
WE BELIEVE that God is eternally existent in three separate persons:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
WE BELIEVE that God the Father is the personal, transcendent, and
sovereign Creator of all things.
WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, that He was
born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, provided for the atonement of
our sins by His vicarious death on the Cross, was bodily resurrected
by the power of the Holy Spirit, ascended back to the right hand of
God the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for us.
AFTER JESUS ASCENDED TO HEAVEN, He poured out His Holy Spirit on the
believers in Jerusalem, enabling them to fulfill His command to preach
the Gospel to the entire world, an obligation shared by all believers
today.
WE BELIEVE that all people are by nature separated from God and
responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and
forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as
personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is
immediatly born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins
are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to
spend eternity with the Lord.
WE BELIEVE in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures,
and that they are valid for today if they are exercised within the
Scriptureal guidelines. We as believers are to covet the best gifts,
seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might
be edified. We believe that love is more important than the most
spectacular gifts, and without this love all exercise of spiritual
gifts is worthless.
WE BELIEVE that church government should be simplistic rather than a
complex bureaucracy, and we depend on the Holy Spirit to lead, rather
than on fleshly promotion.
WE AWAIT the pre-tribulation rapture of the church, and we believe
that the second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on earth will
be personal, pre-millennial, and visible. This motivates us to holy
living, heartfelt worship, committed service, diligent study of God's
Word, regular fellowship, and participation in adult baptism by
immersion and Holy Communion.
WE SEEK to teach the Word of God in such a way that its message can be
applied to an individual's life, leading that person to greater
maturity in Christ.
WE REJECT: (1) The belief that true Christians can be domon possessed;
(2) "5-point Calvinism" (i.e., a fatalistic Calvanistic view that
leaves no room for free will; specifically, we reject the belief that
Jesus' atonement was limited, instead we believe that He died for all
people, and we reject the assertion that God's wooing grace cannot be
resisted or that He has elected some people to go to hell; instead we
believe that anyone who wills to come to Christ may do so); (3)
"positive confession" (the faith movement belief that God can be
commanded to heal or work miracles according to man's will), (4) human
prophecy thatsupersedes the Scripture, (5) the incorporation of
humanistic and secular psychology and philosophy into Biblical
teaching, and (6) the over-emphasis of spiritual gifts, experiential
signs and wonders to the exclusion of Biblical teaching.
IN OUR SERVICES, we focus on a personal relationship with God through
worship, prayer, and the teaching of the Word of God. We teach both
expositorily and topically. We do not allow speaking in tongues loudly
during services, nor prophecy whil a Bible study is in progress
because we do not believe that the Holy Spirit would interrupt Himself.
We have specific "after-glow services" and believer's meetings when
these gifts of the Spirit may be exercised.
Calvary Chapel Oceanside
4095 Oceanside Blvd.
Oceanside, CA. 92056
(619)724-1114
Pastor: Ralph Wood
BBS: The Shepherd's Flock Family BBS
Your humble servant, John Scudder
Dial with Modem: 619-630-7437
john.scudder@kandy.com
http://www.khouse.org/calvarynet
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
3800 South Fairview Road
Santa Ana CA. 92704
(714)979-4422
Pastor: Chuck Smith
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│ Loving you dearly in Christ... John Scudder
"Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen."
{Romans 15:33}
John Scudder
Administrator: Calvary Chapel Ministries: CalvaryNet
Internet: john.scudder@kandy.com
24 Hour Voice Information Line 619-630-0340
BBS: 619-630-7437 Toll Free Information Line: 1-800-280-9995
http://www.khouse.org/calvarynet