WHAT WE BELIEVE
Why Connexion Church?
Connexion Church exists because God has given us the privilege of joining His mission in the world. God wants people to come into relationship with Him, redeemed as His children. He also extends that redemption to the rest of our lives and the world. He wants to see lives renewed, families made whole, and broken people healed in community. He graciously journeys with us and desires for us to come alongside others in their own walk with Him. He has given us, Connexion Church, the opportunity to be part of that story here in Bowling Green, Kentucky and beyond.
WHO WE WANT TO BE
We want to be a church of Christians, from all ages and walks of life, who live fully dependent on God, teaching people to embrace and extend the grace and truth of Jesus, so that all people in Bowling Green, Kentucky can hear and respond to the gospel.
We believe there are two primary connections that guide our lives: our connection to God and our connection to each other. Together, we seek God's truth as we learn more about Him, grow in fellowship with one another, and find spiritual peace as we align with His purpose for our lives.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We are an evangelical church affiliated with the Ohio Valley District of the Christian & Missionary Alliance (C&MA).
The statement which follows is also available online at https://cmalliance.org/who-we-are/our-faith-and-mission/statement-of-faith/.
There is one God[1], Creator of all things[2], who is infinitely perfect[3], existing eternally in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.[4]
Jesus Christ is the true God and true man.[5] He was sent by the Father[6], conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin, Mary.[7] He died on the cross, the Just for the unjust[8], as a substitutionary sacrifice[9], and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.[10] He rose from the dead according to the Scriptures.[11] He is now at the right hand of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest.[12] He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace.[13]
The Holy Spirit is a divine person[14], sent to indwell, guide, teach, gift, empower, and bear His fruit in every believer.[15] He convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.[16]
The Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by God and are a complete revelation of His will for our salvation. They constitute the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.[17]
Man was originally created in the image and likeness of God:[18] he fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful nature[19], are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.[20] The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving is existence forever in conscious torment;[21] and that of the believer, in everlasting joy and bliss.[22]
Salvation has been provided through Jesus Christ for all people.[23] Those who repent and believe in Him are justified by grace through faith[24], born again of the Holy Spirit[25], delivered from the dominion of darkness, transferred into the Kingdom of God’s Son[26], granted the gift of eternal life, and adopted as the children of God.[27]
It is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and be sanctified wholly,[28] being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service.[29] This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the believer subsequent to conversion.[30]
Provision is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the whole person.[31] Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures[32] as privileges for the Church in this present age.[33]
The Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church[34], which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world as a witness, preaching the gospel to all nations.[35] The local church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God, for edification through the Word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the gospel, and observance of the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.[36]
There shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and of the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life;[37] for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.[38]
The Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent[39] and will be personal, visible, and premillennial.[40] This is the believer’s blessed hope and is a vital truth which is an incentive to holy living and faithful service.[41]
[1] Deuteronomy 6:4
[2] Revelation. 4:11
[3] Matthew 5:48
[4] Matthew 28:19
[5] Philippians 2:6–11
[6] John 20:21
[7] Luke 1:34–38
[8] 1 Peter 3:18
[9] Hebrews 2:9
[10] Romans 5:9
[11] 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
[12] Hebrews 8:1
[13] Isaiah 9:6–7
[14] John 14:16–18
[15] John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 12:4, 11; Acts 1:8; Galatians 5:22–23
[16] John 16:7–11
[17] 2 Peter 1:20–21; 2 Timothy 3:15–17
[18] Genesis 1:27
[19] Romans 3:23
[20] 1 Corinthians 15:20–23
[21] Revelation 21:8
[22] Revelation 21:1–4
[23] 1 John 2:2
[24] Romans 3:21–24
[25] Titus 3:4–7
[26] Colossians 1:13
[27] Romans 8:14–16; John 1:12
[28] 1 Thessalonians 5:23
[29] Acts 1:8
[30] Romans 6:1–14
[31] Isaiah 53:4–5; Matthew 8:16–17
[32] James 5:13–16
[33] Acts 4:30
[34] Ephesians 1:22–23
[35] Matthew 28:19–20
[36] Acts 2:41–47
[37] 1 Corinthians 15:20–23
[38] John 5:28–29
[39] Hebrews 10:37
[40] Luke 21:27
[41] Titus 2:11–14