Kempsville Christian Church

What We Believe About...

The Bible

The Bible is the infallible Word of God and our standard for faith and conduct.
(1 Cor. 2:7-14; 2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20-21)

Sin & Consequences

Sin is disobedience to God and His Word. Scripture defines sin for us and the consequences of a life of sin outside of a saving relationship with Christ:

“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Cor. 6:9-11)

God

God exists eternally in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matt. 28:19; John 14:16-26)God is the absolute and sole creator of this world and the universe. (Gen. 1:1-2:25; John 1:1-4) God, because of His compelling love, sent Jesus Christ into the world to save sinners by his atoning death on Calvary. (Isa. 53:1-6; John 3:16; Rom. 5:8; Eph. 1:3-6)

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ in the flesh was both God and man.

He was born of a virgin and lived a sinless life.

He revealed the mind of God in his teaching and perfromed miracles exactly as described in the four gospels.

He was crucified, died as the penalty for our sins, and was raised from the dead, bodily, on the third day.

He ascended to the Father, He is head of the church, and intercedes for believers.

He is coming again personally, bodily, and visibly to this earth.

(Phil. 2:5-8; Luke 1:26-35; Heb. 4:14-15; 1 Pet. 2:21-24; 1 Cor. 15:3-5; Acts 1:9-11; Eph. 1:18-23; 1 Thes. 4:15-16; John 14:1-6)

Salvation

Man’s relationship with God has been broken by his own sin.

We can be restored to a relationship with God only through the sacrificial blood of Jesus Christ. Apart from Christ, man remains eternally separated from God, and is ultimately consigned to hell.

This restored relationship is based on God’s grace, not our efforts.

God invites us to accept His gift of grace through faith in Jesus Christ. A repentant life, a confession of Christ’s Lordship, and baptism by immersion are primary responses of our faith as modeled in the New Testament. (John 3:1-21)

Life in Jesus Christ

The Holy Spirit lives by promise in the life of the Christian as God’s pledge and seal of salvation. (John 16:8-11, 13-15; Acts 2:38, 5:3-4; Rom. 8 & 9)

The Christian is enabled to grow in spiritual maturity through obedience to the Words of God by the indwelling Spirit. (Eph. 4:11-16; Col. 1:9-12, 3:12-17)

At death, the Christian’s Spirit departs to be with Jesus Christ. At the return of our Lord our bodies will be raised to the likeness of His resurrected body and will live forever in His divine presence in heaven. (Luke 16:19-31; 1 Thes. 4:13-18; 1 Cor. 15:1-58)

Communion

Each time we participate in communion as a church, we remember the sacrifice Jesus made for our salvation and look forward to His return. We do it weekly because Acts 20:7 says, “And on the first day of the week, the disciples came together to break bread.”

God's Design for Family

God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption.

Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God's unique gift to exemplify the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation.

The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship is an expression and picture of the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and therefore equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve alongside in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
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Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord.

Parents are to demonstrate to their children God's pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Parents have the God-given responsibility and calling to share Jesus Christ with their children in the hopes their children will make a personal decision to profess Christ as Lord and Savior when they reach the age of accountability, understanding the difference between right and wrong. Children are to honor and obey their parents.

(Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-25; 3:1-20; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 1:26-28; Psalms 51:5; 78:1-8; 127; 128; 139:13-16; Proverbs 1:8; 5:15-20; 6:20-22; 12:4; 13:24; 14:1; 17:6; 18:22; 22:6,15; 23:13-14; 24:3; 29:15,17; 31:10-31; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; 9:9; Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 5:31-32; 18:2-5; 19:3-9; Mark 10:6-12; Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16; Ephesians 5:21-33; 6:1-4; Colossians, 3:18-21; 1 Timothy 5:8,14; 2 Timothy 1:3-5; Titus 2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7)

Ask Our Elders Regarding These Topics

Please ask a KCC elder if you have questions about what we believe regarding the following social issues and biblical interpretations of our time:

Abortion
Homosexuality
The Role of Women in the Church
Eternal Security (Once Saved, Always Saved)
Cohabitation (Living together outside of marriage covenant)
Is Jesus the Only Way?
Divorce and Remarriage
Baptism
Alcohol & Leadership
Capital Punishment
Communion
Racism
Speaking In Tongues
Is KCC an Evangelical Church?
What is the denominational background of KCC?
Restoration/Reconciliation Practices

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