Beliefs of Faith Connection Church | Cleveland, TN

Our Beliefs

The Bible. We believe the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, are given by God's inspiration, and in the original writings they are without error. They are the unique and final authority on all matters of Christian faith and practice.

God. We believe in one God. He is sovereign over all His creation, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus Christ is true God and true man, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. We believe he was raised from the dead, ascended into heaven, and now acts as the only mediator between God and people.

The Holy Spirit. We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit, as the third person of the Trinity, is to apply to people the saving work of Christ by bringing conviction of a person's need for the forgiveness of Christ. The work of the Holy Spirit in the believer's life is to guide, instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service.

Humanity. We believe that people were created in the image of God for a loving relationship with God. However, people have rebelled against God, actively or passively choosing to go their own independent way. Thus we are alienated from God and suffer the corruption of our nature because of our sin. The effects of this fall from our intended relationship with God can be reversed through faith in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins.

Salvation. We believe that Jesus Christ died as the substitution for the death penalty we owed. No amount of good works or human effort can restore us from our state of eternal alienation from God. It is only by God's free grace that we are saved from this state of alienation, and this grace is appropriated by a change of heart toward God's leadership in our lives and by faith in Jesus to forgive our sins.

The Church. We believe that there is only one true Church composed of all people who have asked Jesus Christ for forgiveness and made Him leader of their lives. The diversity of all believers working together, using their gifts to build up one another, form the parts of the body of Christ, the Church. The scripture commands believers to gather together to devote themselves to worship, prayer, the teaching of God's Word, using our gifts to build up one another, outreach, communion, and baptism. Wherever God's people meet in obedience to this command, there is the local expression of the church. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Lord and Head of the Church, and that every local church has the right under Christ to decide and govern its own affairs.