LIFEWAY IS A NONDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH. HERE ARE SOME DETAILS ON WHAT WE BELIEVE.

What We Believe

1. We Believe Everyone Needs Help

Romans 3:23 says

“All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” Therefore, we need an answer for our sin. A way to connect us back to God, so to speak.
The Bible assures us, “The gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
God's grace offers us forgiveness and restores us to a right relationship with Himself. It works like this :

Christ died for us

Since you and I could never remove our own sin, God sent Jesus Christ to be our Savior. On the cross He served as a substitute for us, shedding His perfect blood for our sins and dying the horrible death we deserved. The Bible says, “This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." (I John 4:9-14).

Christ arose for us

After Jesus died on the cross, he was buried in a tomb. But because He was the Son of God, the grave could not keep Him. He arose bodily from the tomb on the third day after His death. “By this gospel you are saved...that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared."(I Corinthians 15:2-5).

CHRIST ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN

Jesus spent 40 days on with His disciples and others after He arose from the grave. At the end of His earthly ministry, He gave the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) and then ascended into Heaven, where He sits at the right hand of God the Father interceding on our behalf.
(Mark 16:19, Romans 8:34)

Christ is coming again for us

Jesus promised to return one day to take us Christians to be with Him forever. This return will validate that He really is the living Savior and Lord. Those who have accepted the risen Christ will be ready to live with God. All others will remain lost and be condemned. Jesus explained,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6).

2. We Believe In The Plan of Salvation

The plan of Salvation comes together as we look at the New Testament as a whole. The plan starts with a person believing, repenting from their sins, confessing Jesus as Lord of their life, being immersed, and living faithfully.

Step #1: Believing in Jesus

Obviously if a person is seeking to be saved by God then they have to believe in Jesus who died on the cross to pay our sin debt. Mark 16:16 says, “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” It is obvious that believing is necessary for salvation, for if you do not believe you will be condemned.

Step #2: Repent From Sins

In Acts chapter 2 Peter has given the first gospel sermon following the wonderful events at Pentecost. When he finished the people were cut to the heart and asked what they should do. Peter responded with this in Acts 2:38, “Repent and be baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” We can see that turning away from our sins and running to God is a part of the plan of salvation.

Step #3: Confess Your Faith In Jesus

In Romans 10:9-10 Paul writes, “That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Here salvation is not only linked to believing but also in confessing Jesus as Lord. This means we are taking Jesus as our master. We are making the commitment to live for Him.

Step #4: Be Baptized
We have already seen this in Mark 16:16 and in Acts 2:38, but we really see the importance of baptism in Romans 6:3-5. “Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.” It is here that we see that baptism unites us to Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection. This water baptism allows for us to rise up out of the watery grave to live a life for Jesus but also symbolizes how one day we will rise up to join Jesus in heaven for all eternity.
Step #5: Be Faithful Unto Death
Many people believe that they have punched their ticket to heaven because they were baptized. We see something different in Revelation 2:10b. “Be faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.” It is only through our faithfulness that we receive the crown of life.
Every Church has some basic core beliefs. we base our belieffs on the foundational truths taught in the Bible.
All of the teaching and ministry is rooted in and flows out of these Biblical doctrines.

Our Core Beliefs

God

There is one eternally existing God who has three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. He is the creator of all that exists, both visible and invisible, and is therefore worthy of all glory and praise. God is perfect in love, power, holiness, goodness, knowledge, wisdom, justice, and mercy. He is unchangeable and therefore is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

Revelation

God has revealed himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ, who is the image of God, the holy scriptures, and through all of creation itself.

Mankind

Humans, both male and female, were created in God's image for His glory. The first humans, Adam and Eve, were created without sin and appointed as caretakers of the rest of God's creations.

The Fall

When Adam and Eve chose not to obey God, they ceased to be what they were made to be and became distorted images of God. This caused them to fall out of fellowship with God, and fractured all of creation ever since that time.

Salvation

Jesus Christ came to reconcile us with God. He lived a life without sin and willingly died on the cross to pay the penalty for our transgressions. God raised him from the dead and now, by grace, offers as a free gift eternal life to all who follow Christ, by believing in Jesus as God's Son, Repenting from their sins, Confessing Jesus as their Lord and Savior, being immersed for the forgiveness of their sins, receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit, and living a faithful life.

The Church

The Church is meant to be the body of Christ, sent into the world to glorify God and proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Church is the Kingdom of God on earth.

Resurrection

Jesus Christ is returning one day to judge both the living and the dead and to usher in the fullness of God's Kingdom on earth.

We believe in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

(Genesis 1:2, Matthew 5:16; 6:1,4,8,9; John 1:1, James 1:17; 2 Peter 1:21)

We believe God is the creator of all things.

(Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3)

We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son and Savior of the world.

(John 1:14; John 3:16; Hebrews 1:1-13; 1 John 4:9)

  • Conceived by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18).
  • Born of a virgin (Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:26-27).
  • Died on the cross, was buried, and rose again bodily from the grave (Luke 23:44-24:8' John 20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8).
  • Ascended into Heaven, seated at the Father's right hand (Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Colossians 3:1).
  • Who will return to earth to judge both the living and the dead (Matt. 24:36-42; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11; 10:39-42; 1 Pet. 4:5).

We believe in the Holy Spirit.

  • A personality who is part of the triune God (Matthew 28:19; John 16:5-15; Acts 1:7-8)
  • Who indwells every Christian (1 Corinthians 3:15; 6:19; 2 Timothy 1:14)
  • Who empowers Christians for works of service (1 Corinthians 12:4-11)
  • Who enables us to live Christ-like lives (Galatians 5:16-25).
  • Is a gift at one's baptism (Acts 2:38).

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