What We Believe


What We Believe


Our Basic Beliefs

These basic doctrines within City of Joy Church Statement of Faith that represent what we believe to be core elements of biblical teaching.

Doctrine of God

We believe in one God eternally existing as one essence and three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God.

Doctrine of Revelation

God has made Himself known to the world in Jesus Christ, the Scriptures and creation.

Doctrine of Salvation

We believe that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Doctrine of Humanity

We believe that all humanity is created in the image of God and possesses intrinsic dignity and worth.

Doctrine of Sin

We believe that sin has fractured all things, leaving the world in desperate need of salvation.

Doctrine of Creation and Providence

We believe that God created the world from nothing and governs all things at all times in all places.

Doctrine of the Church

We believe that the Church is the body of Christ sent into the world on Jesus’s mission.

Doctrine of Resurrection of the Kingdom of God

We believe that Jesus Christ is returning to the world in the future to judge the living and the dead.

Doctrine of God

We believe in one God eternally existing as one essence and three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God.

Doctrine of Revelation

God has made Himself known to the world in Jesus Christ, the Scriptures and creation.

Doctrine of Salvation

We believe that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Doctrine of Humanity

We believe that all humanity is created in the image of God and possesses intrinsic dignity and worth.

Our Basic Beliefs

These basic doctrines within City of Joy Church Statement of Faith that represent what we believe to be core elements of biblical teaching.

Doctrine of Sin

We believe that sin has fractured all things, leaving the world in desperate need of salvation.

Doctrine of Creation and Providence

We believe that God created the world from nothing and governs all things at all times in all places.

Doctrine of the Church

We believe that the Church is the body of Christ sent into the world on Jesus’s mission.

Doctrine of Resurrection & the Kingdom of God

We believe that Jesus Christ is returning to the world in the future to judge the living and the dead.

THEOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVES


These reflect what distinguishes City of Joy Church from other churches who would affirm the basic doctrines.

  • Complementarianism
  • Sovereignty of God in Salvation
  • Gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • Baptism by Immersion
  • Missional Communities



THEOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVES


These reflect what distinguishes City of Joy Church from other churches who would affirm the basic doctrines.

  • Complementarianism
  • Sovereignty of God in Salvation
  • Gifts of the Holy Spirit
  • Baptism by Immersion
  • Missional Communities




OUR CORE VALUES

G R A C E


OUR CORE VALUES

G R A C E


G

Gospel saturated in discipleship and equipping

R

Reliant on prayer

A

Authority of God’s word

rules us

G

Gospel saturated in discipleship and equipping

R

Reliant in prayer

A

Authority of God’s word

rules us

C

Committed to covenant community on Jesus’s mission together

E

Empowered by the

Holy Spirit

C

Committed to covenant community on Jesus’s mission together

E

Empowered by

Holy Spirit

For more on our basic beliefs and theological distinctives, read our statement of faith

Statement of Faith

For more on our basic beliefs and theological distinctives, read our statement of faith

Statement of Faith
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