Anchored Church holds to the following Confession of faith:
3.1 Scriptures
We believe that the Bible is God’s Word, that it is fully inspired in the original manuscripts, that the Spirit directed the human authors without violating their individual personalities and writing styles, and that it is subsequently without error and completely authoritative in all matters of life, faith, and practice. (II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet 1:19-21)
3.2 Trinity
We believe in the one living and true God (Is. 44:6, Mk. 12:29, I Tim. 1:17), eternally existing in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Mt. 28:19), each being equal in divine perfection, distinct in respective function, and deserving the same worship, obedience, and service. (Gen. 1:26; 3:22, Jn. 5:23, 10:30, Mt. 28:18, Acts 5:3,4, II Cor. 3:17, 13:14, Isa. 61:1)
3.3 Man
We believe literally the account of Genesis, that man was created for God, by God, and in God’s own image, but that man sinned and thereby incurred physical and spiritual death, deserving separation from God, ultimately in the lake of fire. Consequently, all human beings are born with a sinful nature, are sinners by choice, and enemies of God without excuse, and are therefore under condemnation.
We affirm that God designed and created two distinct and complementary sexes/genders: male and female. God also created marriage, which is a life-long covenant between one male and one female. We believe that all sexual activity outside of marriage is sinful and displeasing to the Lord. We also believe that God has a divine purpose in each individual’s created gender/sex and a plan of how they can glorify Him accordingly. (Gen. 1:26-27; 2:18-25; 3:6; Mal. 2:14; Matt. 19:6; Eph. 2:1-3; Rom. 1:18, 20; 3:10,11; 5:12; 1 Thess. 4:3-8)
3.4 Satan
We believe in the existence of Satan: who was created a holy being, but through pride and ambition rebelled against God, thus becoming completely corrupt in character. He is the adversary of God and His people, leader of all evil angels and spirits, and the deceiver and ‘god of this world’; his powers are supernaturally great, but limited by the purposes of God who overrules all his wicked devices for good; that he was defeated at the cross and resurrection, making certain his final doom in the lake of fire. (Ez. 28:13-17; Isa. 14:12-15; Job 1:6-12, Jn. 8:44; Rev. 12:9; I Pet. 5:8, Mt. 12:24-26; Jn 16:11; Eph. 6:11,12, Rev. 20:10)
3.5 Salvation
We believe that salvation is by grace through faith; that it is wholly a gift from God, neither merited nor secured in part or in whole by any virtue or work of man; that it is offered to all people based solely upon the atoning work of Christ on the cross; that all believing in Christ alone for salvation shall receive complete and final forgiveness of sins, the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteousness, sonship in the family of God, deliverance and security from eternal condemnation, every spiritual resource needed for life and godliness, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish. We believe that those whom God saves, He also empowers to continue in the faith. (Eph. 2:8,9, Rom. 3:24; Tit. 3:5; Jn. 3:16; Jn. 10:27-29; Rom. 6:23, II Cor. 5:21, 1 Jn. 3:1,2, Rom. 8:1, II Pet. 1:3,4, Jude 24,25, Eph. 1:13,14, Phil. 1:6)
3.6 Eschatology
We believe in the coming of Christ: that His appearance in the clouds will be personal, visible, pre-tribulational, pre-millennial, and glorious. This is ‘our blessed hope’, the time being presently unrevealed, yet always imminent; and that when He comes, He will first remove His church from the earth by bodily resurrection and translation, judge them as stewards, then pour out God’s righteous judgments on the unbelieving world during the tribulation period, afterward descend with His church and establish His glorious Kingdom over all nations for a thousand years, at the close of which He will raise the unrighteous for their final judgment, and will forever be with His people in the heavenly Jerusalem that will come down onto a new earth. (Acts 1:11, I Thess. 4:16, Rev. 1:7, Matt. 24:30, Tit. 2:13, Mt. 25:13, Phil. 3:20, 1 Cor. 15:51–54 1 Thess. 4:16,17, I Thess. 1:10, Rom. 14:10-12, Mt. 24:21, Rev. 6-19, 19:11-16, Zech. 14:9, Rev. 20:1-7, Rev. 20:5, 11-15, 2 Peter 3:10-13, Rev. 21:3, 4)
3.7 Ordinances
We believe in two local church ordinances ordained by Christ himself: Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe that baptism is the immersion of the believer into water in the name of the triune God, in order to reflect the identity of the believer with the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, and that it is required for membership in the local church. We believe that Christ instituted the Lord’s Supper as a memorial and proclamation of His death, and that it should be practiced within the local church. (Mt. 28:19, 20, Mk. 16:15,16, Mt. 26:26-28, Lk. 22:19-20, Mt. 3:16, Acts 8:36-38, Rom. 6:3-5, Acts 2:41,42, I Cor. 11:18-26)
3.8 Church
We believe in the Church: the Body and Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ into which all true believers of the present age are placed. The members of this spiritual body should assemble themselves together into a local gathering, which becomes God’s household, the pillar and foundation of the truth, and a kingdom of priests. The local church consists of baptized believers associated by like faith, for worship, teaching, prayer, fellowship, discipline, testimony, and the observance of the two ordinances. We believe that God has established two offices for the local church; that of elder, who leads as an overseer and shepherd; and that of deacon, one who serves. (1 Cor. 12:12,13, Eph. 5:31,31, Eph. 4:4-6; Heb. 10:24,25, Acts 2:41,42; I Tim. 3:15, Jn. 4:24, Mt. 18:15-18; Matt. 28:19; 1 Cor. 11:23-28, Tit. 1:5-7, I Pet. 5:1,2; 1 Tim. 3:8-13, Acts 6:1-6)
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