Countryside Chapel Beliefs 

 
As part of the Calvary Chapel family, we agree and do hold to the Calvary Chapel Distinctives. 
And so the following  describes, in part, our position on some essential doctrines which we ascribe to.  

God

• We believe that there is one living and true GOD, eternally existent in three Persons: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory; that this triune God created all, upholds all, and governs all things.
  (Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:8 and 48:16; Matthew 28:19-20; John 10:30; Hebrews 1:3).
• We believe in the person of God the Father, an infinite, eternal, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love; that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men; that He hears and answers prayer; and that He saves from sin and death all those who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
  (Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalms 90:2; Psalms 102:27; John 3:16 and 4:24; 1 Timothy 1:17; Titus 1:3).

Jesus Christ

• We believe in the absolute and essential deity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• We believe in the person of Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings, His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people and personal, visible return to earth.
  (Isaiah 7:14, Micah 5:2, Matthew 1:23, Mark 16:19, Luke 1:34-35, John 1:1-2, 8:58 and 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 1 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 1:8, 1 John 1:2, Revelation 1:8).

The Holy Spirit

• We believe in the Person of the Holy Spirit, who came forth from the Father and the Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and to regenerate, sanctify and empower for ministry all who believe in Jesus Christ.
  (Acts 1:8, 2 Corinthians 3:18, John 16:8-11, Romans 8:26 and 15:13, 16).
• We believe the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Christ and that He is an abiding Helper, Teacher and Guide.
  (John 6:13, 14:16-17 and 16:8-11, Romans 8:26).
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and in the exercise of all Biblical gifts of the Spirit according to the instructions given to us (1 Corinthians 12-14).

The Bible

• We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the complete and only Word of God, fully inspired without error and the infallible rule of faith and practice. The Word of God is the foundation upon which One Hope Christian Fellowship operates and is the basis for which this church is governed. We believe that the Word of God supersedes any earthly law that is contrary to the  Scriptures, which we believe are  given to us by God.
  (Isaiah 28:13, Nehemiah 8:8, John 17:17, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12, 1 Peter 23-25; 2 Peter 1:3-4 and 1:21).

Mankind

• We believe that all people are sinners by nature and therefore, are under condemnation; that God saves and regenerates based upon faith by the Holy Spirit, those who repent of their sins and confess Jesus Christ as Lord.
  (Acts 8:15-17, Ephesians 2:1-3 and 8-9, Romans 3:23 and 5:8, Titus 3:5).

Salvation

• We believe that salvation is offered to any man or woman and to all men and women who would come to God through Jesus Christ His Son.
  (Eph 2:8, Acts 4:12, Romans 10:10, Ephesians 1:13, Titus 2:11, 1 Peter 1:5, 1:9, 2 Peter 3:9)

• We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, which is His personal, visible return to Earth and the establishment of His millennial kingdom, in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous and endless separation of the wicked (Matthew 16:27; Acts 1:11; Revelation 19:11-16, 20:11-15).
• We believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church where all believers will meet the Lord in the air and be taken out of this world prior to the Tribulation that will come upon the earth (Isaiah 26:20; Matthew 24:29-31; Luke 21:36; Romans 1:18, 5:9;
   I Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13-16, 5:9; II Peter 2:7-9; Revelation 3:10, 5:7-10, 7:13-14).

• We believe in a literal Heaven and a literal Hell and that all those who place their faith, hope and trust in Jesus Christ will spend eternity in Heaven with the Lord. Those who reject Jesus’ free gift of salvation will spend eternity separated from the Lord (Psalm 9:17; Matthew 5:3, 5:22, 18:9, 25:31-34; Mark 9:42-49; Luke 12:5; John 3:18; Hebrews 12:23; I Peter 1:4; Revelation 14:10-11, 20:11-15).

• We believe that the Lord, Jesus Christ instituted two ordinances for the church: the full-immersion water baptism of believers and the Lord’s Supper (Matthew 28:19; Luke 22:19-20; Acts 2:38; I Corinthians 11:23-26).

• We believe that God created man and that He created them male and female. As such, He created them different so as to complement and complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. Therefore, we perform marriages in accordance with the Bible consistent with the Old and New Testament (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4-6; John 4:16-18; Romans 1:18-32; I Corinthians 5:11, 6:9-11,18-20, 7:1-3,8-9; Galatians 5:19-21; Ephesians 5:3-7; I Timothy 1:9-11).

• We believe in the pattern and principle of male leadership and responsibility in both the home and the church, according to the sacrificial example of Jesus. Therefore, we believe this limits the roles of pastoral leadership and doctrinal authority to qualified men,
  (I Corinthians 11:1-12; I Timothy 2:1-15).
• We believe in the universal church, the living spiritual body, of which Christ is the head and all who are born again are a part of the Body of Christ,  (I Corinthians 12:12-13; Ephesians 4:15-16).