BIBLICAL
At Providence we believe the Bible is the infallible and inerrant Word of God and,
therefore, has the final say concerning what we are to believe and how we
are to live. Because of this we are committed to hearing God's Word sung,
read and preached in worship every Lord's Day in order that God's people may
grow. As those redeemed of the Lord, we believe it is our joyous obligation
to place our lives under the authority of God's Word and we endeavor, in
full reliance upon the grace of God, to bring "every thought captive" to the
obedience of Christ our Lord.
COVENANTAL
Throughout the Scriptures God has related to His people by means of
covenants, the heart of which can be summarized by the oft repeated
scriptural promise, "I will be your God and you will be my people." Yet God
was not only pleased to be a God to individuals but in the covenants he
promised to be a God to believers and to their children (Gen 17:7, Acts
2:39). Because families and children are very important to God, we seek to
make them of great importance in our ministry at Providence Church. At
Providence we seek to minister to families as families and have no desire to
so individualize the ministries of the church that we in effect dismantle
what God is seeking to recreate.
REFORMATIONAL
At Providence we are committed to the godly heritage provided for us in the
Protestant Reformation. We are committed to this heritage not merely
because it is historical but mainly because we have found it to be
thoroughly Biblical. We confess, along with those who have gone before us,
that the Bible teaches (Sola Scriptura) that our salvation is by grace alone
(Sola Gratia) through faith alone (Sola Fide) by Christ alone (Solus Christus)
for the glory of God alone (Soli Deo Gloria)!
A more detailed summary of our churches beliefs can be found in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
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