| Our Statement of Faith |
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Charlotte International Church is founded upon the Scriptures, which reveal the True and Living God. We believe... that the sovereign, triune God created the world by His Word and sustains His creation. The heavens and earth are His handiwork. He made man and woman in His image and likeness as the crown of creation. All creation reflects His greatness and power.
We believe... that God created the family, giving Adam and Eve the responsibility to conceive, bear and nurture children. As the creator of life, God Himself begins each human life at conception and gives to each person, as His image bearer, meaning, dignity and value.
We believe... that sin entered the world when Adam and Eve disobeyed God and sought to be independent of Him. As a result of this disobedience, all people were separated from a relationship with God and are born in sin.
We believe... that God, by His grace, provided redemption and restoration in Jesus Christ for all who repent and believe. As the Savior, Jesus takes away the sin of the world.
We believe... that all scripture is given by inspiration of God.
We believe... that in all matters of faith and life, the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the final authority. The Scriptures point us with full reliability to Jesus, God’s Son. The Scriptures tell us that we receive forgiveness of sins by faith in Jesus Christ, and that God provides salvation by grace alone for those who repent and believe.
We believe... that forgiveness comes through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who was made flesh, took our place in death, rose from the dead, and is now seated at the right hand of the Father in glory interceding and praying for the Church.
We believe... that God, through The Holy Spirit, lovingly calls, redeems and adopts us into His family and places us in the Body of Christ.
We believe... that we are called to live a life of faithfulness and obedience according to the scriptures.
We believe... that Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, is presently directing God’s work of making all things new.
We believe... in and wait expectantly for the triumphant, personal, visible, imminent return of Jesus Christ.
We believe... in water baptism, and observance of the Lord's Supper.
As His children we long hopefully for that day to appear and we face that day without fear, for the Judge is our Savior and Lord. To Him be the glory. |