ABOUT US

LCF ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES SHARES A COMMON VISION OF PLANTING CHURCHES THAT BRINGS TRANSFORMATION THROUGH A COMMON MISSION OF REACHING THE LOST BY SHARING THE GOSPEL IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! 

EACH CHURCH IS FULLY DEPENDENT ON GOD AND INTER-DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER AS NEEDED. 

WE BELIEVE THAT “IN ESSENTIAL THERE SHOULD BE UNITY, IN NON ESSENTIAL THERE SHOULD BE LIBERTY AND IN EVERYTHING THERE SHOULD BE CHARITY.” 

WE SHARE THESE ESSENTIAL CONVICTIONS THAT HOLD US TOGETHER WHICH ARE ALSO THE BASIS OF WHAT WE BELIEVE AND HOW WE SHOULD LIVE. 

WE THEREFORE DECLARE OUR FAITH THAT:

I. THE BIBLE IS THE DIVINELY INSPIRED WORD OF GOD AND IS THE FINAL TRUSTWORTHY AUTHORITY FOR OUR FAITH AND PRACTICE. IT IS COMPOSED OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CONSISTING 39 BOOKS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT CONSISTING 27 BOOKS. EVERY SO CALLED NEW REVELATION MUST BE EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF GOD’S WORD. (DEUT. 4:1-2, 2 TIM. 2:15; 3:16-17, 2 PETER 1:20-21)

II. THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUE GOD CONSISTING OF THREE CO-EXISTENT, CO-EQUAL AND CO-ETERNAL PERSONS: FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. (GEN. 1:1, DEUT. 6:4, JOHN 4:24, ACTS 5:3-4, GAL. 4:6, HEB. 1:8, 2 PET. 1:17, I JOHN 4:13)

III. MAN IS CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD BUT HAS FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD THROUGH ADAM’S DISOBEDIENCE AND IS IN NEED OF REDEMPTION THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. EACH MAN AND WOMAN STAND CONDEMNED BEFORE GOD AND WITHOUT HOPE APART FROM JESUS.(GENESIS 1:26, ROMANS 1:19-32; 5:12-21; 3:23; 6:23, EPH. 2:1-22)

IV. JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD FULLY DIVINE AND FULLY HUMAN BORN OF A VIRGIN YET WITHOUT SIN AND IS THE PRE-EXISTENT WORD AND THROUGH HIS ATONING SACRIFICE BECAME “THE LAMB OF GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SONS OF THE WORLD.” HE DIED BUT ON THE THIRD DAY ROSE AGAIN TO PROVE THAT HE IS TRULY THE LORD AND GIVER OF LIFE TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. (JOHN 1:1-3,14 & 29; 8:56-59, HEB.1:1-3, 4:14-15)

V. HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT A FORCE OR JUST A POWER WE CAN USE FOR OUR MINISTRY BUT IS GOD WHO WANTS TO USE US FOR GREATER THINGS IN HIS KINGDOM WORK. THE HOLY SPIRIT EMPOWERED THE DISCIPLES TO BE WITNESSES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO THE CHURCH. THE HOLY SPIRIT BRINGS TRANSFORMATION, GIVES SPIRITUAL GIFTS TO BUILD THE CHURCH AND SENDS THE BELIEVER WITH POWER TO FULFILL HIS MISSION. (JOHN 14:16-17;15:26-27; 16:12-15, ACTS 1:8, 2:1-13, 42-47, ROMANS 12:3-8, I COR. 12; GAL.5:22-23)

VI. SALVATION IS BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH ALONE IN THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS. IT IS A FREE GIFT OF GOD AND NOT A REWARD FOR ANY GOOD WORKS WE HAVE DONE. GRACE IS UNMERITED FAVOR GIVEN TO THOSE WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAVE SINNED AGAINST GOD AND HAVE TRULY REPENTED OF THEIR SINS GIVING JESUS THE FULL CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES. THERE IS ETERNAL SECURITY TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SAVED BECAUSE THE ONE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL THROUGH CHRIST JESUS PEOPLE WHO ARE TRULY SAVED BECAME A NEW CREATION BEING TRANSFORMED IN THEIR HEARTS MINDS AND WILLS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT CONFORMING THEM TO BE LIKE CHRIST. 

(JOHN 3:16, ROMANS 8:1, EPH.2:8-9, 2 COR. 5:17, TITUS 3:4-8)

VII. CHURCH IS A COMMUNITY OF PRIESTS CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE CHURCH THAT JESUS IS BUILDING IS UNSTOPPABLE AND POWERFUL. JESUS LEFT TWO ORDINANCES THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD OBSERVE NAMELY THE LORD SUPPER AND BAPTISM. THE CHURCH PREACH “REPENTANCE AND DISPLAYS THE PRESENCE OF “THE KINGDOM IS NOW HERE” THROUGH A LIFESTYLE OF WORSHIP EVERY DAY. (MATT. 16:18, MATT.28:18-20, I COR 11:23-32)

VIII. RETURN OF JESUS IS IMMINENT, PERSONAL AND VISIBLE AND HE WILL RAISE ALL THE DEAD AND JUDGE ALL PEOPLE WHEN HE COMES AGAIN. THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST WILL ENJOY EVERLASTING LIFE IN HEAVEN WHILE THOSE WHO ARE NOT IN CHRIST WILL SUFFER EVERLASTING CONDEMNATION IN HELL. (ACTS 1:11, MATT. 24:29-31, I THESS. 4:14-18, REV. 20:4-6, 11-15)