Victorian Hills Community Church Core Beliefs

The Bible

• God speaks to us through the Bible 
• We believe the Bible to be the complete Word of God.
• That the 66 books of the Old and New Testament were inspired by the Spirit of God as originally written
• The Spirit of God guided the Bible writers so that they wrote without error. 
• The Bible contains all we need to know about God, about ourselves, and about the life here and the hereafter
• The Bible is the final authority in all matters of faith and conduct ·  2 Timothy 3:16

God

• We believe in one God, Creator of all, holy, sovereign, eternal, existing in three equal Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ

We believe in the absolute and essential deity of our Lord Jesus Christ

• He is one with the Father and with the Holy Spirit, but for our redemption He became man. 
• He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. 
• He was without sin. 
• He died to save us, but arose from the dead and is now ascended to Heaven where He is at the right hand of God, interceding for us. 
• We look for His return in power and majesty to set up a millennial kingdom on earth.
• In the end He will judge the world in righteousness 

The Holy Spirit

We believe in the absolute and essential deity, and in the personality of the Holy Spirit

• He is one with the Father and the Son. 
• He is a person and is God's agent in convicting and convincing sinners of sin. 
• He regenerates believing sinners and sanctifies consecrated Christians
• He magnifies Christ in the lives of believers and energizes them to live victoriously 

The Ordinances

We believe that Christ and His disciples ordained two ordinances to be practiced by His Church: Water baptism and the Lords supper. 

• We insist on no exclusive method or mode of baptism or of partaking of the Lord's supper. "Let each be fully persuaded in his own mind." 
• We believe these ordinances are outward symbols, teaching of the inner life, the faith and the hope of believers. 

The Church 

We believe the Church is more than a denomination and more than all the denominations

• The church is composed of true believers in Jesus Christ. 
• Christ is the Head and the Husband of the Church.
• Believers should meet in local assemblies for the worship of God and for Christian fellowship 
• The church has been commissioned by Christ to take the gospel to every creature: It is therefore missionary. 

The Lord's Day

• We keep the first day of the week as the Lord's Day or Sabbath, because Christ arose from the dead on the first day of the week. 
• The early church kept this day in commemoration of God's finished plan of redemption 
• We believe we should keep this day as a day of rest and worship. 

Eternity 

• The Bible teaches that believers shall spend eternity with Christ in a Holy Heaven with holy and happy surroundings. 
• The Bible also teaches that the wicked shall be judged and sentenced to an eternity in perdition. 

Salvation

We believe salvation is for all whom will believe:

• "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9-10 NKJV) 
• When you confess and believe in your heart your salvation leads to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.