Beliefs

We hold these truths in humble conviction and believe them to be fully taught and validated by Scripture. If you have any questions about any of these doctrinal points please email the elders of New City Fellowship at info@newcityfellowship.net, or if you would like to download a full copy of our Statement of Faith, click here.

THE SCRIPTURES // We believe God wrote the bible through men without error. The Old and New Testaments, in their entirety, constitute the written Word of God and are without error, both inerrant and infallible, in the original manuscripts. They were written by men, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and are therefore fully authoritative in all matters for the follower of Christ.

THE GODHEAD // We believe that God exists eternally in trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There is one God, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, love, justice, goodness, and truth, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-equal in power and glory, who desires that we should know Him intimately and live a life of fulfillment through the pursuit of His glory. 

PERSON AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST // We believe that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity who became a man without ceasing to be God, lived a sinless life, died on a cross, was buried, and rose bodily from the grave to redeem sinful humanity.

PERSON AND WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT // We believe that the Holy Spirit is the supernatural agent in salvation, baptizing all christians into the universal church at conversion, indwelling and sealing them until the day of Christ’s return.

HUMANITY AND SALVATION // We believe all humans are sinful and in need of salvation. Salvation is the the gift of God brought to humans by grace alone, and received by repentance and personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. A true christian will be kept by God’s power forever.

SANCTIFICATION AND HOLINESS // We believe that God will bring about sanctification and holiness in the life of a believer by the means of the gospel, through the power of the Holy Spirit, and with the active effort of the individual.

IMAGE OF GOD: MALE AND FEMALE // We believe that God has created all humans in His image. He has created them uniquely female and male. All humans are created in God’s image; therefore all human life is sacred. In creating humans as male and female, God communicated His image in harmonious interpersonal relationships, equality of personhood and importance and a distinction in role and authority.

THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH // We believe that the church is a spiritual organism made up of all believers everywhere for all time. All Christians in all times and in all places have been united into a single body by an operation of God. This resultant union is called the Body of Christ, the Universal Church.

THE LOCAL CHURCH // We believe in the autonomy of the local church and recognize believers baptism and the Lord’s Supper. 

CONSUMMATION: LAST THINGS // We believe that Jesus will return to earth to judge all people and to rule and reign with His saints forever. All people will be resurrected to give account of their lives before God. The believer in Christ will be resurrected to everlasting blessedness and joy in the presence of God. The unbeliever will be resurrected to judgment and everlasting conscious punishment.