“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”
– Ephesians 2:8
DNA is best described as the basic genetic building blocks that determine who we are and, ultimately, who we will become. DNA is present in each one of us. The church has DNA, too – a spiritual DNA. At Christ the King, our spiritual DNA is revealed in our identity and purpose statements. These statements reveal who we are and who we hope, by God’s grace, to become.
Christ the King is committed to being and becoming a community that is
Learning, Living, Telling the Story of God’s Grace.
Guided by the Holy Spirit, we seek to grow
The Triune God
We believe that God the Father is our Creator; Jesus Christ is our Savior; and the Holy Spirit is our Sanctifier, who brings us to newness of life. We believe that God is mysteriously three in one.
Jesus Christ and Salvation
Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death and resurrection God fashions a new creation. We teach that all people are sinners. A person is saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. We live not according to a formula of dos and don’ts but in the true freedom of Christian love and responsibility.
The Scriptures
We believe that the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the written Word of God. Inspired by God’s Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God’s revelation centering in Jesus Christ. Through them God’s Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world. The Holy Scriptures are the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith and life.
The Creeds and Confessions
This church accepts the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian creeds and accepts the teaching of the Augsburg Confession as a faithful witness to the scriptures.
The Church
We believe that belonging to a church community is part of the Christian faith. We believe that the church is a fellowship of those who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and are called to worship and reveal God in the world. We believe, as members of Christ’s body, that all Christians are called and gifted to serve the world. Click here for more information on identifying and using your spiritual gifts.