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WE BELIEVE
Pilgrim Congregational Church is conservative in
theology, evangelical in outreach, and committed to the preeminence
of Jesus Christ, our loving Lord and Savior. Therefore, our
worship is Christ centered and cross focused. As our name
indicates, we are governed by Scripture and
congregationally. Adopted by the Conference on June 26,
2008 The Evangelical Free Church of America is an
association of autonomous churches united around these theological
convictions: GOD THE BIBLE THE HUMAN CONDITION JESUS CHRIST THE WORK OF
CHRIST THE HOLY SPIRIT THE
CHURCH CHRISTIAN
LIVING CHRIST'S RETURN RESPONSE AND ETERNAL
DESTINY
We believe in one God, Creator of
all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving
unity of three equally devine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy
Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovreign power, God has
graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to
make all things new for His own glory.
We believe that God has
spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words
of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is
without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His
will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of
human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is
to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it
requires, and trusted in all that it promises.
We believe that
God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted
by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and
by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through
God's saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled
and renewed.
We believe that Jesus
Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two
natures. Jesus, Israel's promised Messiah, was conceived
through the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a
sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the
dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as
our High Priest and Advocate.
We believe that Jesus Christ,
as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross
as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute
the only ground for salvation.
We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that
He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ.
He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in
Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as
heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers
for Christ-like living and service.
We believe that the true church comprises all who have
been justified by God’s grace through faith alone in Christ alone. They
are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ,
of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local
churches, whose membership should be composed only
of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s
Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are
not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances
confirm and nourish the believer.
We believe that God’s justifying grace must not be
separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love
Him supremely and others sacrificially, and
to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the
poor and justice for the oppressed. With
God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we
are to combat the spiritual forces of evil. In obedience to
Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the
gospel in word and deed.
We
believe in the personal, bodily and premillennial return of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to
God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living,
sacrificial service and energetic mission.
We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe
the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus
Christ. We believe that God will raise
the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation
and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and
joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise
of His glorious grace. Amen.