What We Believe

We are a church that is passionate about expanding God's kingdom by being the hands and feet of Jesus in our community, state, country and the world. Check out our Missions page to see all of the exciting things we are doing!

Every dimension of our ministry must be saturated in prayer.  Therefore, in any endeavor, we will seek the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit through prayer.

Knowing that there are grave consequences associated with adding to or taking away from God’s Word, the only acceptable interpretation of any passage is the meaning intended by the Holy Spirit when it was first written.  To ascertain this meaning, we therefore limit ourselves to a historical and grammatical method of interpretation of the Holy Scriptures. This requires every word, every verse, and every passage of Scripture to be interpreted just as it was written and always in harmony with the entire Word of God.

God’s Word is inerrant, infallible, and always relevant and sufficient for any challenge faced by a believer today.  Therefore, it is essential that all Crosspoint members receive a regular diet of God’s Word through daily bible study.  

When a person comes to Christ they become members of a whole new family.  An essential aspect of living in Christian fellowship is assembling for corporate worship.  Crosspoint seeks to build relationships through various small group ministries (e.g. home gatherings, Bible study, outreach, service projects).

The “Great Commission” is our ultimate calling as Christians (“to go and make disciples of all nations…”).  Therefore, we will apply ourselves to discipleship training that is purposeful and growth-oriented from the new believer to the most mature believer.

It is the duty and privilege of every follower of Christ and of every church of the Lord Jesus Christ to endeavor to make disciples of all nations.  For a lost world to come to know Jesus we are to intentionally share Him with others both domestically and globally.  Therefore every aspect of our ministry is centered on our passion and responsibility to reach lost people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, by verbal witness undergirded by Christian lifestyle, and by other methods in harmony with the Gospel of Christ.  We support, participate in, and contribute a portion of our resources to the cause of missions all around the world.

God is the source of all blessings, temporal and spiritual; all that we have and are we owe to Him.  Christians have a spiritual debtorship to the whole world, a holy trusteeship in the gospel, and a binding stewardship in their possessions.  They are therefore under obligation to serve Him with their time, talents, and material possessions; and should recognize all these as entrusted to them to use for the glory of God and for helping others.  According to the Scriptures, Christians should contribute of their means cheerfully, regularly, systematically, proportionately, and liberally for the advancement of the Redeemer’s cause on earth.  Every member of Crosspoint has spiritual gifts given by God to be exercised in His service.  It is an honor and our responsibility to serve God by using the spiritual gifts He has given us for the advancement of His kingdom.

The greatest model of leadership was exemplified by the ministry of Jesus Christ.  We therefore seek to lead in the same manner that Christ led his disciples.  His leadership style is characterized first and foremost by the desire to glorify the Father.  To do this Christ was continually filled with a spirit of humility and sacrifice for others.  Our desire to follow His example extends beyond the church to include every aspect of our daily lives.

All Christians are under obligation to seek to make the will of Christ supreme in their own lives and in human society.  Means and methods used for the improvement of society and the establishment of righteousness among men can be truly and permanently helpful only when they are rooted in the regeneration of the individual by the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ.  In the spirit of Christ, Christians should oppose racism, every form of greed, selfishness, and vice, and all forms of sexual immorality, including adultery, homosexuality, and pornography.  While we affirm the benefits of technology in its many forms (e.g. social media, electronic devices), we acknowledge the potential for misuse.  Therefore, technology should only be used in a manner that honors Christ.  In addition we should oppose any claims that attempt to affirm the existence of any genders beyond male and female as clearly defined in God’s designed order of humanity.  We should work to provide for the orphaned, the needy, the abused, the aged, the helpless, and the sick.  We should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death.  Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love.  In order to promote these ends Christians should be ready to work with all men of good will in any good cause, always being careful to act in the spirit of love without compromising their loyalty to Christ, and His truth.  In general Christian living allows for an individual Christian to determine the boundaries of their freedom in Christ to the extent that they uphold the glory of God and edify fellow believers.  

The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man.  It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction.  It has God for its author, salvation for its end, and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.  Therefore, all Scripture is totally true and trustworthy.  It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme and final authority in all matters of faith and practice and completely trustworthy as the Word of God.  All Scripture is a testimony to Christ, who is Himself the focus of divine revelation.  Scripture is to be interpreted contextually, literally, grammatically, symbolically and historically.  Apart from the illuminating work of the Holy Spirit, man would not understand the meaning of the Scriptures.

There is one and only one living and true God.  He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, and Ruler of the universe.  God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections.  God is all-powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures.  To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience.  In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons:  the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.

There is one and only one living and true God.  He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Sustainer, and Ruler of the universe.  God is infinite in holiness and all other perfections.  God is all-powerful and all knowing; and His perfect knowledge extends to all things, past, present, and future, including the future decisions of His free creatures.  To Him we owe the highest love, reverence, and obedience.  In the unity of the Godhead there are three persons:  the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in every divine perfection and executing distinct but harmonious offices in the great work of redemption.

Christ is the eternal Son of God.  In His incarnation as Jesus Christ He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary.  Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God, taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin.  He honored the divine law by His personal obedience, and in His substitutionary death on the cross He made provision for the redemption of men from sin.  He was raised from the dead with a glorified body and appeared to His disciples as the person who was with them before His crucifixion.  He ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God where He is the One Mediator, fully God, fully man, in whose Person is effected the reconciliation between God and man.  He will return in power and glory to judge the world and to consummate His redemptive mission.  He now dwells in all believers as the living and ever present Lord.

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine.  He inspired holy men of old to write the Scriptures.  Through illumination He enables men to understand truth.  He exalts Christ.  He convicts men of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.  He calls men to the Savior, and effects regeneration.  At the moment of salvation He baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ.  He cultivates Christian character, comforts believers, and bestows the spiritual gifts by which they serve God through His church.  He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption.  His presence in the Christian is the guarantee that God will bring the believer into the fullness of the stature of Christ.  He enlightens and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism, and service.

The Biblical account of the creation of the physical universe, angels, and man is neither allegory nor myth, but a literal, historical account of the direct, immediate creative acts of God without any evolutionary process.  Man was created by a direct work of God and not from previously existing forms of life or matter.  All men are descended from the historical Adam and Eve, the first parents of the entire human race.

Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image.  He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation.  The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God’s creation.  In the beginning man was innocent of sin and was endowed by his Creator with freedom of choice.  By his free choice man sinned against God and because all men were in Adam, a nature corrupted by Adam’s sin has been transmitted to all men of all ages, Jesus Christ being the only exception.  All men are thus sinners by nature, by choice, and by divine declaration.  Through the temptation of Satan man transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin.
Therefore, as soon as they are capable of moral action, they become transgressors and are under condemnation.  Only the grace of God can bring mankind into His holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God.  The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.

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 reveal 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 of the human race.
The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image.  The marriage relationship models 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 thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation.
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.  Children are to honor and obey their parents.

Salvation involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification.  There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.  Therefore, man is saved entirely by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone apart from any human merit or works.

The new birth, is a work of God’s grace whereby believers become new creatures in Christ Jesus.  It is a change of heart wrought by the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin, to which the sinner responds in repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Repentance and faith are inseparable experiences of grace.  Repentance is a genuine turning from sin toward God.  Faith is the acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of the entire personality to Him as Lord and Savior.  All who are truly born again are kept by God the Father for Jesus Christ. 

God’s gracious and full acquittal upon principles of His righteousness of all sinners who repent and believe in Christ.  Justification brings the believer unto a relationship of peace and favor with God.

The experience, beginning in regeneration, by which the believer is set apart to God’s purposes, and is enabled to progress toward moral and spiritual maturity through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit dwelling in him.  Growth in grace should continue throughout the regenerate person’s life.  Man’s separation from all religious apostasy and worldly and sinful practices is commanded by God. 

The culmination of salvation and is the final blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.

Election is the gracious purpose of God, according to which He regenerates, justifies, sanctifies, and glorifies sinners.  It is consistent with the free agency of man, and comprehends all the means in connection with the end.  It is the glorious display of God’s sovereign goodness and mercy, and is infinitely wise, holy, and unchangeable.  It excludes boasting and promotes humility.
All true believers endure to the end.  Those whom God has accepted in Christ, and sanctified by His Spirit, will never fall away from the state of grace, but shall persevere to the end.  Believers may fall into sin through neglect and temptation, whereby they grieve the Spirit, impair their graces and comforts, and bring reproach on the cause of Christ and temporal judgments on themselves; yet they shall be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. 

A New Testament church of the Lord Jesus Christ is an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers, associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel; observing the two ordinances of Christ, governed by His laws, exercising the gifts, rights, and privileges invested in them by His Word, and seeking to extend the gospel to the ends of the earth.  Each congregation operates under the Lordship of Christ through democratic processes.  In such a congregation each member is responsible and accountable to Christ as Lord.  Its scriptural officers are elders and deacons.  While both men and women are gifted for service in the church, the offices of elder and deacon are limited to men as qualified by Scripture.
The New Testament speaks also of the church as the Body of Christ, which includes all of the redeemed of all the ages, believers from every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.

The first day of the week is the Lord’s Day.  The Lord’s Day is a Christian institution for regular observance.  It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private.  Activities on the Lord’s Day should be commensurate with the Christian’s conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. 

Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus.  It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead.  Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership.

The Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming.

We believe in obedience to the Biblical commands to separate ourselves unto God from worldliness and from churches that have moved away from the apostle’s teaching (ecclesiastical apostasy).