Our Beliefs
Our Beliefs
As often as our church evolves, with new programs, new campuses and new ideas on how to share the Gospel, one thing has NOT changed since Walnut Hill’s inception: what we believe.
About The Bible
We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as inspired by God and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21)
About God
We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 14:10, 13, 16, 17, 26; 2 Corinthians 13:14)
About Jesus Christ: His Person
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18, 23; Luke 1:35; John 17:11, 21)
About Human Beings
We believe that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature; and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word and deed. (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7; Jeremiah 17:9; Ezekiel 18:4; Romans 3:23, 5:12; Ephesians 2:3)
About Jesus Christ: His Work
We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is true God and true man. (Matthew 1:18, 23; Luke 1:35; John 17:11, 21)
We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His ascension into Heaven, and in His present life for us there as High Priest and Advocate. (Luke 24:6; Acts 1:9; Hebrews 4:14, 10:12)
About the Sacraments | The Lord’s Supper (Communion)
We believe the Lord’s Supper is a symbolic act of obedience through which Christ-followers remember the death of Jesus and anticipate His second coming. We practice the Lord’s Supper on a regular basis. Read more here.
About the Sacraments | Baptism
We believe baptism is a symbol of your salvation, a public declaration that you are dying to yourself so that you may live for Christ. We practice baptism by immersion under water - the way Jesus was baptized. Read more here.
About Salvation
We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit, and thereby become children of God. (John 1:12-13, 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23)
About Eternal Security
We believe that those who have been born again have everlasting life and will not come into condemnation, but are passed from death unto life; and that the Lord Jesus Christ gives them eternal life and they shall never perish, neither will any man pluck them out of God’s hand. (John 5:24, 10:28-29)
About The Church
We believe that the Church is the spiritual body of which Christ is the Head and that it includes all who have been born again. Its mission is to offer acceptable worship to God and to serve Him faithfully by spreading the Gospel and making disciples of all nations. The ordinances of the Church are baptism and the Lord’s Supper. (Matthew 16:18, 28:19-20; Acts 2:41; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29; Ephesians 1:22-23, 3:10-11, 4:11-16)
About The Second Coming
We believe in “that blessed hope,” the personal return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. (John 14:3; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; Revelation 1:7)
About Eternity
We believe in the physical resurrection of the body. Unbelievers will be eternally separated from God’s presence, but believers will live and reign with Him forever. (Matthew 25:46; John 3:36; 5:28-29; Revelation 20:12, 15)
Membership Class
Learn more about what we believe at our next Starting Line Membership Class. You’ll have the opportunity to dig in and learn what we believe, ask questions and meet some friends who are also exploring the Walnut Hill family.
website loved on by Agency O