Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free... Galatians 5:1
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Statement of FaithThe Church of Christian Liberty subscribes to the Westminster Confession of Faith and to the Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
Our Purpose:
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To worship the one true God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures To preach the "whole counsel of God" (Acts 20:27) to the mutual edification and instruction of members and other believers To disciple members To celebrate salvation through the sacraments of the Lord's supper and baptism To instruct children in the Word of God |
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To present the Gospel to the lost through work on the mission fields, at home and abroad To challenge God's people to subdue all areas of life and thought to the absolute dominion of God's laws To provide charity and compassion to the poor and needy To further the spirit of Christian patriotism and the upholding of our God-given freedoms contained in, among other places, the Constitution of the United States of America |
What We Believe
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The Trinity of the Godhead The Deity and Virgin birth of Christ The bodily resurrection, ascension. and personal, visible return of Christ The Person and work of the Holy Spirit Salvation by grace through faith apart from works The total depravity of man The sovereign unconditional election of God The particular redemption wrought by the death of Jesus Christ The irresistible grace of God The perseverance and preservation of the saints The verbal and plenary inspiration and consequent inerrancy of the sixty-six canonical books that comprise the Holy Scriptures The Genesis account of creation that God made all things 'ex nihilo' in six days of twenty-four hours each The continued validity and applicability of God's moral law The maintenance of good works by believers as evidence of their faith The priesthood of believers The resurrection of the just and the unjust The everlasting happiness of the just in Heaven and the everlasting conscious suffering of the unjust in Hell The governmental independency of the local church Covenant church membership and baptism The Lord's Supper |