Biblical principles that form the UCC core beliefs
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What we believe...
In one God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
(Matthew 3:16-17; John 14:9-10)
God is the Creator of man and of all things.
(Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28)
In Jesus Christ, God's only Son and Savior of the world.
(John 3:16; Matthew 1:18; John 20:24-31)
The Holy Spirit dwells within every Christian.
(John 16:5-15)
The Bible is the inspired word of God and the final authority
for all matters of faith.
(Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Timothy 3:16)
That man, created by God, willfully sinned and, as a result,
is lost and without hope apart from Jesus Christ.
(Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 1 John 1:7)
The Bible teaches that the pattern to follow and
receive Jesus as Savior is to believe in Christ
as God's Son and Savior of the world, to repent
of personal sin, to confess Christ as Lord;
and to be immersed in baptism.
(Luke 24:45-57; Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-7; 2 Peter 3:9)
That the church is the body and bride of Christ, founded
on the day of Pentecost, consisting of all Christians
everywhere.
(Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:14-47)
It is God's plan for the elders to lead the local church.
(Acts 20:28; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 1 Peter 5:1-4)
That salvation (the forgiveness of sins) comes by
grace through the blood of Jesus Christ
(his death on the cross).
(Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:8-11; Ephesians 2:8-9)
That death seals the eternal destiny of each person.
The saved will inherit eternal life; the unsaved,
eternal separation from God.
(Romans 8:10-11; Daniel 12:2; John 6:47)