What we Believe | Fcckokomo

top of page

What we are about

We are an
acts 2 church

We are a great commission
church

The early church was DEVOTED to the Apostles teaching, the fellowship, the breaking of bread, and the prayers. As a church, we seek to prioritize each of these ideals. We specifically work to make sure we have pathways for congregants to grow in their ability to carefully read, interpret, and apply the Word in their daily lives. We believe in a high standard of commitment and accountability within the local body (the first step to following Jesus is denying ourselves by taking up our cross and following, so we believe that by lowering the standards of followership we are doing genuine Christ seekers a grave disservice). We actively make room in the church calendar for our relationships to increase in depth. We choose to be unified in gospel mission over minor distinctives.

Being a GCC means that we will prioritize making disciples (that make disciples) at all costs. We do not believe in the smorgasbord approach to ministry (trying to make sure we have something for everyone). We believe in doing less things with more intention, specifically anything that directly relates to disciple making. When we meet as a leadership to consider any major decision, our qualifying question will always be, "Does this help, or hinder us in our mission to make disciples?"

What we believe

We believe in one God—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:16-17)
We believe God is the creator of all things. (Genesis 1:1)
We believe Jesus is God’s Son and the Savior of the world. (John 3:16)
We believe the Holy Spirit lives within every follower of Jesus and equips each follower for ministry. (John 16:5-15)
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God and the final authority for all matters of faith. (2 Timothy 3:16)
We believe every person has sinned and needs the salvation Jesus provides. (Romans 3:23)
We believe Jesus died, was raised to life after three days, and will return to rescue us. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
We believe salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus. (Romans 5:8-11)
We believe the Church is the body and bride of Jesus on earth. (Acts 2:14-47)
We believe it is God’s plan for elders to shepherd the church. (1 Timothy 3:1-7)
We believe death seals the eternal destiny of each person. The saved will inherit eternal life and the unsaved will experience eternal separation from God. (Romans 8:10-11)
We believe the Bible teaches that marriage is to be a lifelong relationship between a man and a woman. (Matthew 19:6)

Who we belong to

We belong to Christ, and He alone. We are His bride, and He is our head. We are an independent church totally unaffiliated with any denominational ties. Our heritage is that of the Restoration Movement, meaning we share a common bond with other likeminded churches seeking to restore the church to the first century ideals (such as Acts 2 and Matthew 28). It is common for us to have many congregants sitting side-by-side that hail from different church backgrounds. We focus on preaching scripture verse-by-verse as much as possible, and allow space for differing perspectives on non-essential theological issues. We believe unity is best described as walking hand-in-hand, without seeing eye-to-eye. It is our position that God is most glorified and His Spirit can most visibly be seen when we find unity in our mission to reach a lost and hurting world through the making of disciples.

bottom of page