bELIEVE
What WE
We are unapologetically Christian in our Theology. We are baptistic in our Doctrine. Our church family is comprised of amazing people from a variety of different denominations and some from non-denominational backgrounds as well. Here at Northside, we like to think of that as a little taste of heaven.
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Every Christian church, denomination, and even non-denominational group is most likely wrong somewhere. Still, if we agree on the following list, we believe we can work together to reach our communities with the eternal, life-changing, glorious, breathtaking Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We want to keep this statement as brief as possible to avoid any unnecessary time spent on secondary or even tertiary issues, we have included a brief bullet point list of what we call our:
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Essentials of the Faith
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The Inspiration of the Bible as the Word of God
(Is. 40:8, Matt. 5:17-18), Rom. 15:4, Rom. 16:25-27, 2 Tim. 3:15-17, 1 Pet. 1:25, 2 Pet.
1:19-21)
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The existence of only one true God as three coequal and coeternal persons (the Trinity)
(Gen. 1:26, Gen. 11:7, Matt. 3:16-17, Matt. 28:19, Acts 2:32-33)
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The Virgin Birth of Christ & The Deity and substitutionary atonement of Christ
(Is. 7;14, Matt. 1:18, Matt. 1:23, Matt. 20:28, John 8:58, John 10:30, John 16:27-28,
Luke 24:39, 1 Cor. 15:3-4)
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The bodily resurrection of Christ
(Luke 24:2-6, Acts 1:3)
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The physical return of Christ
(Acts 1:9-11, 1 Thess. 4:16-17, Rev. 19:11-16)
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The priesthood of the believer
(1 Pet. 2:5-9)
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The Sanctity of Human Life
(Gen. 1:27, 9:6, Job 12:20, 31:15, Ps. 127:3, 139:13-16, Jer. 1:5, Matt. 25:31-46, Luke
1:44, 1 Cor. 6:19-20)
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Biblical Marriage & Sexuality
(Gen. 1:27, 2:18, 2:24, Prov. 18:22, Matt. 5:28. 19:2-9, 1 Cor. 6:18, 13:4-7, 2 Cor. 6:14,
Eph. 5:3, 5:22-33, Col. 3:5, Heb. 13:4, 1 Pet. 3:7)
There are many personal preferences (we all have more than we realize) that, while important, are not ESSENTIAL to the faith.
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St. Augustine is credited with saying: “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.” More importantly, scripture (Rom. 12:4-5 & 16, 15:6, 1 Cor. 1:10, 2 Cor. 13:11, Phil. 2:2, Col. 3:14)